Hello all,

Is it just me or is there not a whole lot of major events going on right now?

I mean, the economy still sucks and cronyism is rampant, but it just seems like everything is cool, calm and collected (to borrow a phrase from a Ghanaian friend of mine) at the moment. At least in the West.

Update: there is a “looming government shutdown” in the works? Yawn. I’ve seen and heard this trick-and-pony show before.

Ludwig von Mises’s birthday was yesterday. He would be 132 years old.

Is Syria about to see a horrific bout of ethnic cleansing?