The Man of System; or, See the Pyramids Along the Niagara
Jul 15I’ve never read The Human Drift, an 1894 utopian novel by King Gillette, inventor of the safety razor – and not to be confused with Jack London’s book of the same name – but judging from the book’s write-up on Wikipedia, I don’t think it’s going to be getting a Prometheus Hall of Fame Award [...]
Bash Back
Jul 13A letter I just sent: Dear members of the LP National and/or Platform Committees: I’m writing to express my concern over reported comments by LP Platform Committee member Rick Randall to the effect that free-market anarchists are not genuine Libertarians and should be ousted from the Party: “Every time they surface, the mainstream (true) Libertarians [...]
Irish Bull
Jul 13Dermot Ahern, Ireland’s Minister for Justice (sic), is calling for a law whereby anyone who intentionally utters or publishes material “grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion,” would be penalised by a “fine not exceeding €100,000.” [...]
Discipline and Punish
Jul 13An Alabama man just got out of prison after serving nearly 30 years for … stealing a toolbox. Notice how his attorney assures us that the legal system is much better nowadays – he’d probably only receive ten or fifteen years (!). In related news, see Jeff Tucker on the Madoff case and the perversity [...]
Anarchobama!
Jul 13Speaking in Ghana, President Obama recently called for the abolition of the American form of government: No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves, or if police can be bought off by drug traffickers. No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 [...]
On Marvellous Things Heard
Jul 13The other night on tv I heard Chuck Hagel expressing his hope that US/Russia arms talks would be the first step toward a “nuclear-free universe.” (Good luck convincing the Vl’hurgs.) I also heard a Senator or Rep, whose name I didn’t catch, insisting that health care policy should focus on “wellness prevention.”
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