LibertyWeek 25: The Silver Lining to the News


Welcome to LibertyWeek’s Silver Anniversary with your hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist and Special Guest William Yeatman. Our 25th episode starts with timely events from years past in The Day in Wikipedia, and then moves quickly into the latest, newest New Mexican news about Gov. Bill Richardson’s municipal bond scandal. We return to the salty seas to see some Somali pirates get their karmic comeuppance, listen to the bailout blather du jour coming out of Washington and New York and stand strong against attempts to demonize those violent video games we love so well. With that down, we congratulate the winners of the Golden Globes and finally turn to our Special Guest for a discussion of the President-Elect’s energy and environment team. We round out the show, as always, with an encouraging bit of Olympic News.

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VIDEO: Barack Obama and the Price of Change



How much will President Obama's plans for economic stimulus and other federal spending cost the American taxpayers? The Competitive Enterprise Institute does the math.

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LibertyWeek 24: Pro-Freedom Pop Culture

The painfully infrequent, lurching updates are back! My podcast is in its 24th weekly episode and I'm pretty proud of it. Read, listen and love.


A new year brings a new episode of LibertyWeek, with your hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist and Senior Culture Correspondent Ryan Lynch. We start out by wishing everyone a happy new year and direct them to the new Bureaucrash t-shirt store – with only eleven and a half months of shopping until Christmas, you’ll want to stock up on stylish, revolutionary apparel at Bureaucrash Contraband.

After observing a couple of timely anniversaries, we move on to Scandal Watch, where we raise some questions about the electoral race between current U.S. Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) and onetime SNL funnyman Al Franken. Next it’s off to the high seas where we tangle with Somali pirates and are rescued by the French Navy (who knew they still had it in them?) before confronting Vice President-Elect Joe Biden’s war on the economy. We wind up the headlines with the tale of alleged New York City “skank” Liskula Cohen, and her effort to get the courts to force Google to rescue her from her online tormentors.

Finally, it’s time for Pop Culture with Ryan Lynch, in which the panel examines our favorite books, movies (and graphic novels) that have thoughtful, pro-freedom messages. We end the show, as always, with some fresh Olympic News – this time about octo-lympian Michael Phelps’ latest $1 million endorsement deal in China.

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Episode 13: Just in Time for Halloween



The newest episode of LibertyWeek is now up and ready for everyone's listening pleasure. You know, the podcast that I co-host yet haven't mentioned on my own blog until this week. That's the one: LibertyWeek!

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Not Everyone Is Upset About Lehman Brothers

ICYMI - CNN - 2 Guys making-out in front of Lehman Bros. during Live Broadcast @ Yahoo! Video

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Thank You, Orbitz

My work trip to fantastic Roanoke, Virginia is coming up, and I'm counting on one of the best-known airline reservation websites to help me out. Luckily, it only returns the best, most practical results (click image to enlarge).



Seriously, Orbitz, why is this even displayed? Couldn't your system find anything that routed me through Narita?

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Annoying Commercial Revenge



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Loves It: Paris Hilton '08

See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die

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Reason TV on Congressional Earmarks

Watch as Dr. Nick hosts Episode 17, featuring an interview with Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. He hates pork so much he's practically a Muslim.



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The Government's 10,000 Commandments

Do you know how much government regulations cost us every year? You might be surprised. Featuring my voice and directorial flair.



Cited on National Review Online here.

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