I suppose that I wasn’t entirely aware of how hard-core Henry Hazlitt was on the gold question until re-reading The Inflation Crisis and How to Resolve it:

According to this UPI article, Will Smith is gearing up to make Greenbacks, a movie about “a plot to destabilize the world economy though a sophisticated money counterfeiting plot.” Should be amusing to see the movie’s treatment of the economics involved, whether it gets them right or wrong. Given that it’s from the people who brought us Double Jeopardy, I’m not expecting much sophistication.

Most years, the millions of last minute tax filers make April 15 National Procrastination Day. This year, procrastinators can stall even longer, because April 15 falls on a weekend, pushing the deadline to April 17 (April 18 in states celebrating Patriot’s Day on the 17th). But those honoring this unofficial holiday feel guilty about it. That guilt is not necessary, however, because procrastination is often efficient.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia differs from almost every other member of the federal government inasmuch as I’ve always at least wanted to like him. I like his temperament, and his Supreme Court opinions (or even better, the dissents) are almost always a great read because they’re well written and unafraid to ridicule his colleagues’ outrageous views. He’s also great to listen to in person, if you ever have the chance.

The Pew Research Center has released “A Barometer of Modern Morals: Sex, Drugs, and the 1040”. Here are the results of a poll of 745 people, with the percentages of people classifying each behavior as morally wrong:

In a region in Florida where a newspaper for which I write columns is published we can witness a rather direct confrontation between some citizens and the nanny state. The case reportedly involves the “owners of two local escort services — Destin’s Angels and Florida Dream Girls — [who] are facing possible prison time on charges they used escorting as a front for other crimes,” the State Attorney’s Office says. “These escort agencies were fronts for prostitution,” Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Michele Nicholson told reporters.

“They know this company doesn’t care anything about them,” so says a UAW official, local Huntsville president, Terry Scruggs. And he’s talking about Delphi Corp, the employer of those neglected orphans that nobody cares about. Delphi, as the financially informed world knows, has crippling problems.