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Tag Archives: Dennis Miller
Being wrong isn’t bad
I listened to two podcasts in row that happened to touch on the subject that inspired me to start this blog — changing one’s mind. I’ve always been fascinated by events, arguments, rhetoric, conversations and observations that get people to … Continue reading
Posted in Changing Minds, Critical Thinking, Debate, Trial and Error
Tagged bias, changing minds, David Horowitz, Dennis Miller, Freakonomics, Podcast, Stephen J. Dubner
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Ron Paul is not an isolationist
Rarely do I defend politicians. I’m not sure this is a defense. It’s more of a correction, or maybe clarification on one distinction between conservative and libertarian thinking. I’ve often heard Ron Paul’s “foreign policy” referred to by conservatives as … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Military, Politics
Tagged Cafe Hayek, Dennis Miller, Don Boudreaux, George Mason University, George Will, isolationist, Ron Paul
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Effective Visual
On the Dennis Miller Show, columnist Jeff Jacoby provides a good illustration of what it means to him when he heard President Obama say he wants to freeze government spending for the next five years. I was envisioning a guy … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics, True Measures
Tagged Dennis Miller, government spending, Jeff Jacoby
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Sowell Podcast
There’s an excellent interview with Thomas Sowell on The Dennis Miller Radio Show available as a free podcast on iTunes. It was released on January 14 (or search for Sowell Dennis Miller in the iTunes search box). Sowell should get … Continue reading
Last Call!
In a recent interview with Dennis Miller, Tim Pawlenty offers a great illustration of how incentives matter. All you really need to know about what we need to do with government is go to two weddings. Go to one where … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Thinking, Economics, Education, Government, Health Care, Liberty, Politics
Tagged Dennis Miller, incentives matter, Tim Pawlenty
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Rand Paul on Dennis Miller Show
Here are Rand Paul’s top five issues from the interview he did on the Dennis Miller Show last week: Deficit is a big issue. Need a balanced budget amendment. We need term limits. They [politicians] go and stay too long … Continue reading
Dennis Miller Show Podcasts
Here are two quotes from the Dennis Miller show last week. The first came in an interview with Michelle Malkin and it was in reference to Malkin’s new book title, Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Thinking, Debate, Liberty, Podcast
Tagged Arthur Brooks, Dennis Miller, Michell Malkin
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Dennis Miller is Reading Thomas Sowell
In an interview with John Stossel on Dennis Miller’s radio show, Dennis Miller said that he’s reading Thomas Sowell’s book Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Economy. That’s an excellent place to start. That’s the first work of Sowell’s … Continue reading
