Current Wisdom

“The only way in which banking has changed after doing away with the Gold Standard is that hyperinflation has gotten worse.”

— Allan H. Meltzer, a professor of political economy at Carnegie Mellon University, speaking @ the American Enterprise Institute on October 28, 2009.

“I’m as happy to be here as Roman Polanski would be to be at a Hannah Montana concert.”

—author and columnist Jonah Goldberg at Accuracy in Media’s 40th anniversary conference.

“Complexity is the enemy of truth.”

—Lord Christopher Monckton at Accuracy in Media’s 40th anniversary conference on October 23, 2009.

“I reject the comparison of the New York Times editorial page to Pravda. Pravda actually says something.” – Johns Hopkins…