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Root is either insane, or acting like he is to deliberately tarnish people's view of the Libertarian Party. He's put out a bet that he had a better GPA than Obama, and said Obama was only admitted to Harvard because he was black. Ever hear of negative public relations, Root? It was bad enough when the media was trying to link Ron Paul to white supremacists who donated to his campaign; now we have the LP VP actually making racist remarks himself. When Root was nominated as the LP VP candidate some people said he was deliberately trying to destroy the party and I'm almost ready to believe that now.

Root's insane (devious?) comments

Using the tools of economics, the author examines a series of questions with surprising results. What caused a sudden drop in crime in the 90s? Do political campaigns which spend more tend to win? How does a person's name effect their life? The book varies from intriguing in some areas to simply boring in others, but it is a decent read.

This is a short book written by a computer science professor dying rather young of pancreatic cancer. But, as the author says, it is a book about living, not dying. It manages to be entertaining despite the tragic undertone, and dishes out some good advice.

When I first encountered this book I was mildly interested, but didn't get around to actually reading it. After I discovered that it was written by the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma I decided to pick it up. The book is sort of a continuation of the themes in the Omnivore's Dilemma. The first book examined various different food chains and the culture, economics, and ethics surrounding eating, while this one tries to determine what is best to eat nutritionally. It wasn't as good as The Omnivore's Dilemma, but it's worth reading.

One man's quest to obey every law in the bible for a year, even the most obscure and absurd. Along the way he grows a bear, dresses in a white robe with a staff, blows a horn at the start of each month, hires a slave, and stones an adulterer with a pebble.

This is Ron Paul's recent book. It explores a lot of what is wrong with the federal government. If you're already a libertarian you will be familiar with most of the subjects, but Paul provided some ideas that were new to me. If you're not, this book would serve as a good introduction to the philosophy.