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Read MoreGovernment by lawyers?
Someone sent this to me recently, an article by Bruce Walker asserting that the Democratic Party is full of lawyers (who love laws and litigation) compared to the Republican Party which is full of businesspeople (who love economics and production): The Democratic Party has become the Lawyers’ Party. Barack Obama ...
Read MoreMy ‘podcar’ article in the LA Times
A slightly edited version of this post of mine about the podcar system (and preferring the automated highway system instead) appears in today’s LA Times as a Blowback. The last time the Times picked up an article of mine – Defending Kozinski – it ended up an ongoing back-and-forth in ...
Read MorePhilips, Pompeii and human sexuality
Once upon a time, human beings were enjoying an unprecedented rise in the advancement of their civilization during the period of the Roman Empire. One day, Mount Vesuvius erupted, covering the vibrant, port city of Pompeii and all its inhabitants in ash, preserving a remarkable record of ancient life. A ...
Read MoreSecond Life: a libertarian experiment
A few weeks ago, I downloaded Second Life without consciously connecting it with libertarianism. How interesting that, only a few weeks later, Drew Carey presents this video about Second Life as an experiment in liberty, in the same way that America could have been called an experiment in liberty when ...
Read MoreBiden: Stand up, Chuck!
This has to be my new favorite moment from the campaign; Obama’s running mate Joe Biden asking Chuck Graham to stand up, forgetting that he’s in a wheelchair. It’s pure comedy, and if you don’t laugh at this, you don’t have a sense of humor:
Read MoreAmon: Candidates by the issues
Dale Amon (fellow libertarian, fellow Belfast man, fellow American resident, fellow blogger) posts today on Samizdata.net setting out both presidential candidates on the major issues of interest to him.
Read MoreIPCC: Cut back on red meat!
See, this is why there’s no half-assed eco-fighting. It’s vegan-diet, bike-riding, medieval-living, shallow-breathing, barely-existing ecomania, or else let the world go to hell in a handbasket. (What the hell is a handbasket, by the way?) About the meat-eating thing: Cows and other ruminants, such as sheep and goats, release methane ...
Read MoreLast night
While barbecuing last night, we had a storm which produced the rainbow below, captured expertly by my wife Melissa – also pictured below – before it could disappear. The storm produced a gust of wind which blew my Brinkmann gas grill over in my direction just as I was lifting ...
Read MoreForget the podcar, the AHS is the future!
Catherine G. Burke, an associate professor at USC’s School of Policy, Planning and Development, had an article published in today’s LA Times touting the benefits of the podcar system for replacing cars and roads: We will need something better than the auto — and better is here, now. It’s a ...
Read MoreProstitution and the Poppy Project
I believe in legal prostitution. Or, rather, I believe prostitution should not be illegal. Statements like this tend to raise eyebrows. Yet almost everyone expects that, separately, their sex lives and how they spend their money should be left alone by the government; it’s only when they come together – ...
Read MoreWoot! inspires (amusement)
Woot!, the website that sells a single, greatly reduced item every day, has some fairly creative descriptions to go with the items at times, but this one takes the cake. July 30, 1958: Just awoke from a dream. Had to write it down. Was in an office much like my ...
Read MoreI kissed a girl, liked it and went to hell
Katy Perry’s lady-frenching ways aren’t popular with the Christians that used to buy her albums when she was a gospel singer: BLACKLICK, OH — A church in the Columbus area is turning heads with its public spin on the pop song “I Kissed a Girl.” A sign outside Havens Corners ...
Read MoreKeen on America
Justin Webb’s book isn’t the only pro-America response to anti-Americanism by British authors, according to Andrew Keen: Three of the most positive books about America that will published this year — Matt Frei’s Only In America, Bronwen Maddox’s In Defence of America and Justin Webb’s Have a Nice Day — ...
Read More‘Assorted Americana’: a brief response
Crawley is a self-confessed Americanophile. In this post, he asks for discussion relating to the themes in Justin Webb’s new book, Have a Nice Day, which is a British journalist’s portrait of the United States of America in a mostly – I assume – positive light. I had to respond ...
Read MoreRon Paul Rally highlights
Reason TV has this video from Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic:
Read MorePalin’s big speech (and ‘Why I like Palin’)
Soundbites: “Well, I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. The media considers me unqualified, but now here’s a little news flash, I’m not going going to Washington to seek their opinion. I’m going to Washington to serve the good people of this country.” “We need to produce more ...
Read MoreHollister
Best-fitting quality jeans anywhere. (The result of true American capitalism.)
Read MoreMatthews on breasts:
From the Hollywood scriptwriter David M. Matthews on man’s fascination with breasts: It’s not unlike many women’s fascination with diamonds. Big ones catch your attention and may cause a chorus of “oohs” and “ahhs,” but a smaller-caratted cut of equal brilliance will still illicit its fair share of complements – ...
Read MoreWatch the Ron Paul rally live
Rally for the Republic is happening right now, all day, in Minnesota. Put thousands of libertarians and Ron Paul supporters in a stadium, add a lineup of liberty-loving speakers including Paul himself, throw in a couple of music acts for good measure, and you have the kick-off to Ron Paul’s ...
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