Evening Matters

• Anne Applebaum says the Madoff bust may cripple American capitalism.
• Libertarian purity test: If preventing people from committing force or fraud against others is a legitimate function of government, how do you feel about the government shutting down fortune tellers? Legitimate fraud prevention, or infringement on free speech?
• Ted Galen Carpenter throws cold water on DEA claims that our Latin American intervention efforts are “working.”
• More Madoff fallout: Looks like the criminal justice advocacy foundation JEHT will fold. They’re also one of the big sponsors of the Innocence Project. That’s bad news.
• Utah man sprays raiding SWAT team with bear repellent. Probably a pretty good indicator that the guy didn’t know they were cops. They also charged him with possession, which means they didn’t find enough drugs to merit a distribution charge.
• The Wall Street Journal on Obama’s sudden fondness for pre-Bolshevik Russian nobility. Nothing like the head of a democracy showing he’s serious about a problem by bestowing on a political appointee a title that implies authoritarian power.
• CNN Meteorologist: Manmade Global Warming Theory "Arrogant"
• UN divided over gay rights declaration
• Turning Japanese?
• Beware - "Quantitative Easing" Is Hallucinogenic
• OPEC's Surprise Announcement Gets Big Yawn
• Real GDP Declines in Recessions
• Wave of Frozen Salaries, Frozen Pension Contributions on the Way
  
• No Inflation "IF IT IS HOARDED"
• Breakeven Inflation... How Low Can We Go
  

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