Articles by Karen De Coster

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Life as a Trained Monkey

Karen De Coster on people of the boom and the state.

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1/23/2009

Four That Must Be Nuked in 2009

Fashion trends, that is.

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1/16/2009

I Escaped Life in an Auto Plant

UAW workers can too, says Karen De Coster.

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1/2/2009

Yankees Attack the South Over Trade

Again.

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12/31/2008

Raising Little Spenders

That sort of parenting is over in the correction.

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12/26/2008

Depression-Survival Tactics

Karen De Coster on spiders, credit, cars, caffeine, malls, land phones, wine, houses, and more.

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12/17/2008

Stuff

It does not equal wealth.

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11/10/2008

Square Pegs, Round Holes

Karen De Coster on our socialist path, and what to do about it.

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10/29/2008

Warren Buffett, Government Propagandist

And shill for the power elite.

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10/23/2008

Ride That Treadmill

Like you stole it.

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10/21/2008

26 Titillating Things To Do

Instead of watching the financial news.

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9/22/2008

The Bankruptcy of Wall Street

Karen De Coster and Eric Englund on the end of General Motors and so much else.

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8/5/2008

Cold Stone Dead Creamery

Karen De Coster on a story of the boom and bust.

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7/28/2008

Ten Reasons To Love the Free Market

From Enterprise Rent-a-Car to Waffle House.

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2/4/2008

Christmas Music: A Postmortem Reflection

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12/29/2007

Deflation Nightmare

Consumers scared off by low prices!

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12/28/2007

Detroit Iron?

Rusted.

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11/9/2007

A Perfect Storm in a Sea of Statism

Karen De Coster on Ron Paul.

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10/18/2007

First, Let’s Punish the Taxpayers

Karen De Coster on the Michigan state shutdown.

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10/1/2007

The Fascist Factor

Karen De Coster on how to test for it.

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9/28/2007

How Dare You Burn a Flag or Disco Record

Because it's an act of freedom, says Karen De Coster.

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9/7/2007

Fast Freedom

Karen De Coster is a girl on a bike.

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8/11/2007

What Ron Paul Means to America

Karen De Coster on making us think.

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6/11/2007

When Totalitarianism Comes to America

It will be low-sodium, decaffeinated, and have no carbon footprint, says Karen De Coster.

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6/2/2007

Anarcho-Kitchen

Karen De Coster on the essential ingredients.

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9/12/2006

Hitlerism on the Homefront

Karen De Coster on what we may face.

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8/28/2006

Conservative Bloodthirstyism

Karen De Coster on Thomas Sowell.

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8/17/2006

Women and the Freedom Philosophy

Karen De Coster on gender differences and libertarianism.

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8/11/2006

Wine, Glorious Wine

Karen De Coster and Eric Englund on drinking and subjectivist economics.

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7/29/2006

Lipitor and the Cholesterol Hoax

Karen De Coster on the state-medical complex and you.

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7/25/2006

‘Plunge Protection’

Karen De Coster and Eric Englund on the feds, GM, and propping up the stock market.

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7/5/2006

The Lifestyle Fascists

Karen De Coster on what to do about them.

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6/1/2006

The Power of Thought

Karen De Coster on The Quotable Mises.

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5/16/2006

Good Times, Noodle Salad, and the State

Karen De Coster on what the Fed fosters.

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4/24/2006

Dilbertville for Dummies

Karen De Coster on the corporate state and corporations.

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3/16/2006

In the Long Run

We're all dead, or mice.

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3/11/2006

Sowing the Seeds of Delusion

It's the same sappy, frolicsome folktale.

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3/8/2006

Votescam in Detroit

Karen De Coster on the Motown god that failed.

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11/7/2005

The ‘Stakeholder’ Fraud

The word is shareholder, says Karen De Coster, and don't you forget it.

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10/25/2005

A Dad and His Daughter’s Purse

In the electrical department of Home Depot.

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10/17/2005

I Hate Meetings

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10/11/2005

Whose Real World Are We Talking About?

Karen De Coster on the latest crazed criticism of homeschooling.

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11/30/2004

Detroit Iron

Karen De Coster on automobiles as they were meant to be.

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7/6/2004

My Airport Fugitive Moment

Karen De Coster meets Homeland Security.

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3/11/2004

Libertarian Hockey

Karen De Coster on Herb Brooks, individualist.

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3/3/2004

One Righteous Brother

Bobby Hatfield, RIP.

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2/10/2004

The War Fête

Karen De Coster on the Saddamathon.

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12/16/2003

‘Gun Nut’ News

For those of us who think like Patrick Henry. Article by Karen De Coster.

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12/10/2003

Baseball and Godfathers

Karen De Coster on a better America.

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12/3/2003

I Went to a Baseball Game

And a hockey game broke out, says Karen De Coster.

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10/17/2003