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George Will is right that Barack Obama is right (if duplicitously so) on the question of whether or not Uncle Sam should intervene in Syria [2]. Here’s his conclusion:
Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [3] said “it is in our DNA” to believe “there are no limits on what is possible or what can be achieved.” Obama seems to know better. Certainly his confused — or perhaps calculatedly confusing — words about red lines serve his policy of sensible caution.
George Selgin writes about Dick Timberlake’s new book, Constitutional Money [4].
Bob Murphy calls Paul Krugman out on the latter’s (in Bob’s apt words) “botched inflation call [5].”
Mark Perry explains why a gas tax on mileage is a very bad idea [8].
Tyler Cowen reflects on some reflections on the Oregon Medicaid study [9].