Slate Magazine published something remarkable this week - and I'm not referring to the drivel about you being evil for wanting to give your kid the best education available. No, in this case, remarkable is a good thing.

Today on the FreedomCast, writer and comedian Emily Zanotti joins me to discuss the importance of engaging the pop culture, why conservatives need to loosen up a bit and how she made economics sexy with "Hey Girl It's Paul Ryan."

Universities have long been considered hotbeds of liberalism. Radical protests, dreary PC speech codes, far-left professors and outright attacks on conservatism are not just common but expected. Academia has become so stridently left-wing, faculty views even a single ember of center-right thought as a dangerous wildfire.

Early Friday morning a meteor screamed from the sky, creating a jagged contrail and exploding over a city in Russia’s Ural mountains. Several dashboard cameras captured the amazing descent, while handheld cams recorded the jarring boom that seemed to set off every car alarm in central Asia.The footage taught me three important facts:

It's time for a no holds barred discussion on race and economics in America and who better to bring it to you than Matt Kibbe and Deneen Borelli?   They're kicking off the multi-city tour in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this Wednesday, September 26th.

Professor Philip Booth, from the London-based Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), had a great post on yesterday's Daily Telegraph blog (UK), discussing why the latest economic crash strongly supports the arguments made by Freidrich Hayek and other A

(a) He talks about economics (b) He says he believes in lower government spending (c) Even the left-leaning Associated Press says he's misleading voters (d) All of the above For today's installment of answer (d), see today's AP article on Obama's infomercial last night: "Obama's prime-time ad skips over budget realities"

In keeping with the Milton Friedman posts here at FreedomTalks, I thought I'd post this fascinating video. It's Uncle Milty on Donahue back in the 1970s defending capitalism. More importantly, however, he stands up for the concept which Adam Smith identified so eloquently in An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations- individuals pursuing their personal interests. This concept, unfortunately, has come to be known as "greed" by the Left. Friedman dashes this pejorative meaning to the term.