Who Were the Sea Peoples?

I explain here . There are spoilers in this article so please don't read it until you've seen the (fantastic) movie.

Or, as Reuters would shockingly have it, Columbus debunker sets sights on Leonardo da Vinci . It's amazing -- every scholar who has looked at Gavin Menzies's work, which claims, for instance, that the Chinese circumnavigated Greenland in 1421 -- think 'ice', folks -- has demonstrated this work is utter rubbish . Menzies is posing as an expert on Chinese history, and yet he can't read any Chinese . The guy has even been shown to lie about his own history. But this writer from Reuters presents the story as if there is a serious controversy about Menzies's claims, based, seemingly, on the fact that Menzies has "gained an international following among readers." The Reuters dolt does present some academic criticism, but here's his idea of a scholarly response to that criticism: "Menzies brushes off the criticism, pointing to shelves of files in the rooms of his basement study filled with material he says supports his theories." See, he pointe...

Twice now at FEE, I've been introduced to someone who has said to me, "I loved your book on the Great Depression." Of course, I've written no such book, but who are they mistaking me for? Murray Rothbard? Bob Higgs? John Maynard Keynes? Any ideas?

In a hotel room, watching movies, I noticed how, whatever way a naked woman moves about in bed, the bedsheets manage to stay plastered to her chest just an inch or so above her nipples. Where can I get sheets like that? (I've had a problem with peeping Jens lately.)

I haven't been able to blog much -- threw a big BBQ last weekend, and then talked at FEE tonight. But I just saw some of my earlier talks at FEE are online here .

Once upon a time before the sun went Boom Lived a dirty little rat in a filthy little room. "Eeek" cried the rodent, "Wa-oom" went the room, And so did they live while awaiting doom.

People have been ridiculing Bush and McCain for the "psychological" benefits of offshore drilling, perhaps correctly. But I explain in this piece that opening up more US federal lands to drilling would provide tangible relief right away, because producers with excess capacity would pump more in the present (expecting lower future prices).