Monthly Archives: August 2008

American Solipsism

31st
Aug. × ’08
By Roderick

Three years ago I commented on the Weather Channel’s reporting that in a “worst-case scenario” the edge of hurricane Emily might graze Florida or Texas, but not to worry, the worst part of the storm was merely headed toward Mexico. Tonight I just saw some doofus of a reporter on CNN saying how we all [...]

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Palin Dromemord Nilap

29th
Aug. × ’08
By Roderick

When I first heard that McCain had picked Palin as his running-mate, I was excited – until I found out they didn’t mean Michael. Seriously, though, this strikes me as a fiendishly brilliant move (and it’s probably making Obama wonder if he shouldn’t have picked Clinton after all instead of bland apparatchik Biden). Since I [...]

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Blogging the Impossible

29th
Aug. × ’08
By Roderick

[cross-posted at Liberty & Power] I’ve begun a ten-week stint of blogging at The Art of the Possible, a blog devoted to liberal/libertarian dialogue. (The title comes from the line “Politics is the art of the possible,” a quotation from that great champion of liberal/libertarian dialogue, Otto von Bismarck.) My first post is now up: [...]

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Pictures From the Revolution

28th
Aug. × ’08
By Roderick

[cross-posted at Liberty & Power] I’ve been to Indianapolis twice recently: last month for a Liberty Fund conference on Zora Neale Hurston, and last weekend for another Liberty Fund conference, this one on Landes and Posner’s Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law, and held at Liberty Fund’s own offices (and incidentally the first Liberty Fund [...]

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Obama Offers To Fund Government Programs Out Of His Own Pocket!

28th
Aug. × ’08
By Roderick

At least I assume that’s what he meant just now when he said: “These programs will cost money – and I’m going to lay out exactly how I’ll pay for every dime.”

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Sunscreen in Denver, Part Duh

28th
Aug. × ’08
By Roderick

Okay, I don’t want to start liveblogging the damn convention, but Biden just had two accidental moments of honesty: “When we said we were going to have an open convention, we meant this” (pointing around to the open-to-the-sky arena), and “We’re here for the cops.” Plus, one of the commentators said that the moral of [...]

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