There’s “no reason to think a federal incentive would work any differently from state incentives,” says one expert.
State Film Subsidies Lose Money. Trump Wants To Try the Idea Nationally.
State Film Subsidies Lose Money. Trump Wants To Try the Idea Nationally.
04 Sep 2026 1 Comment
in applied price theory, movies, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, television, TV shows Tags: corporate welfare
Bill Maher’s “new rule”: the young are puppeteering the lunatrocracy
30 Aug 2026 1 Comment
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In yesterday’s “Real Time” comedy-and-politics bit, Bill Maher calls attention to the fact that much of the real work in Congress isn’t done by the older Senators and Representatives, but rather by their staff, who may be “too young.” In other words, the 20-somethings are writing the bills, and, as Maher said, “the kids are…
Bill Maher’s “new rule”: the young are puppeteering the lunatrocracy
Bill Maher promotes the resumption of workplace romances
23 Aug 2026 1 Comment
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In his “New rule” comedy-and-news/opinion segment of Real Time, Bill Maher argues that there’s been too much disapproveal of romances in the workplace. (He mentions the draconian rule proposed by AOC, which demonizes romances between people in Congress and any staffer, no matter who they work for, even though Congresspeople are already prohibited from dating…
Bill Maher promotes the resumption of workplace romances
Bill Maher’s latest bit: Communism, the DSA, and the Democrats
02 Aug 2026 1 Comment
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Bill Maher’s back after his summer vacation, and his latest “new rule” bit starts in with some hard criticism of the “far far Left”—the progressives—for being close to Communists, and the Democratic Socialists of America for using Communist jargon. I’ve talked before about the DSA’s platform, which includes abolishing the Senate and ditching the President…
Bill Maher’s latest bit: Communism, the DSA, and the Democrats
Red Dwarf – An excellent suggestion, sir, with just two minor drawbacks
22 Jun 2026 Leave a comment
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Bill Maher on Graham Platner
15 Jun 2026 Leave a comment
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I wondered what Bill Maher thought about the sketchy Graham Platner and his run as a Democrat for the Senate seat from Maine. Well, see the video below. Maher realizes that Platner is a “broken person,” but we’re “always electing our reflection in the mirror.” And he thinks that Dems should still vote for Platner…
Bill Maher on Graham Platner
The Pre-Trek Years: Gene Roddenberry’s Career from Bomber Pilot to LAPD Speechwriter
15 Jun 2026 Leave a comment
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Before he built the final frontier, Gene Roddenberry lived a life that read like an adventure novel. Long before he was a Hollywood showrunner preaching a utopian future of interstellar cooperation, Roddenberry was a decorated combat pilot, an international airline captain, and a street-hardened Los Angeles police officer. These early chapters of his career did […]
The Pre-Trek Years: Gene Roddenberry’s Career from Bomber Pilot to LAPD Speechwriter
Hayekian Literary Criticism
09 Jun 2026 Leave a comment
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In economics, Marx is relegated to the history of thought as his ideas were an economic dead end and a political disaster. Yet Marx-influenced literary criticism is a dominant mode of analysis in nearly every English department in the country. It’s not that the English professors are all Marxists, it’s that even the non-Marxists reach…
Hayekian Literary Criticism
New Rule from Bill Maher: Let’s be Frank
31 May 2026 1 Comment
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Here’s the latest opinion/comedy bit from Friday’s Real Time show with Bill Maher, with the episode called “Let’s be frank.” Maher starts out by citing the recent Democratic Party Autopsy (here) about why the party lost the Presidency and Congress in 2024. But he then faults both parties for having politicians in office who won’t…
New Rule from Bill Maher: Let’s be Frank
Put it into Plain English! | Yes, Minister | BBC Comedy Greats
22 May 2026 Leave a comment
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Bill Maher’s new rule: “No Jews, no news”
19 May 2026 Leave a comment
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Bill Maher continues his defense of Israel on the country’s birthday by pointing out the pervasive Israel-dissing of the mainstream media, adding that there is one thing that the American Left and Right agree on: Israel is the “monster country of all time” (he includes the NYT in this category). He also calls out Democrats,…
Bill Maher’s new rule: “No Jews, no news”
Bill Maher’s newest rule: young people and political violence
13 May 2026 Leave a comment
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This week Bill Maher’s comedy-and-news bit is about the “Assassination Generation,” referring to all the young men who kill or commit arson for ideological reasons. As we know, a big proportion of young people (about 40%) think that political violence is sometimes warranted. As you might expect, Maher deplores this behavior and the ideas behind…
Bill Maher’s newest rule: young people and political violence
The Paramount Question Isn’t Paramount
17 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
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Big mergers make headlines. They don’t always make antitrust problems. In a previous commentary, I explored the antitrust implications of a potential acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). That uncertainty is now resolved. On Feb. 27, Paramount Skydance Corp. agreed to acquire WBD for roughly $110 billion in enterprise value—$31 per share, all cash. The…
The Paramount Question Isn’t Paramount
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