In Beigest Day, In Plaidest Night
Apr 27Once upon a time there was kryptonite, and it was green, and it was good. (I mean, storywise good.) Then they added red kryptonite, gold kryptonite, blue kryptonite, silver kryptonite, etc., etc., each one with a different effect. And it was … kinda dumb. Once upon a time there was a Green Lantern Corps ….
Gil Guillory named Research Associate
Apr 27FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Libertarian writer and entrepreneur Gil Guillory has been named Research Associate. AUBURN, ALABAMA – April 27, 2009 – Libertarian writer and entrepreneur Gil Guillory has been named Research Associate of the Molinari Institute. In his role, Guillory will continue his research programme on a business model for private security, Subscription Patrol and [...]
Go Read a Bunch of Stuff
Apr 27Charles has a new post on W’a L’ma R’t. Stephan replies here, albeit to arguments different from those Charles actually gave. Also check out this long thread on Da Leftlib and related issues (wherein it transpires inter alia that William G. has doubts about “the Carson/Long project,” though I’m not entirely sure what that is).
How Not to Help Somalia
Apr 26Good sense from Jesse Walker on Somali piracy. (Conical hat tip to Sheldon Richman.) Also, don’t forget Ben Powell’s piece on Somalia.
Why We Fight (the Power)
Apr 26The Stanford prison experiment shows that if you give average people power over others, an alarmingly high percentage will abuse that power. The Milgram experiment shows that if average people are commanded by a perceived authority to commit atrocities, an alarmingly high percentage will obey. On a cheerier note, Axelrod’s data show that average people, [...]
Peace Through Statism, Part 2
Apr 24See this follow-up from Charles to my earlier post on Ken MacLeod’s post on the correlation between peace and statism. Charles makes, inter alia, the point that states aren’t all that peaceful once one includes the state’s aggressive actions toward its own citizens. That also reminds me of the point I made somewhere that given [...]
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