The Check Is Not In the Mail
Dec 18According to this story (CHT LRC), the first check (or cheque) in England was written in 1659. Clearly this is false. Nobody would have accepted the first check; indeed, nothing even counts as “writing a check” except against the background of an established practice of check-writing. Hence there could never have been a first check. [...]
Healthcare Con
Dec 18The following letter appeared in this morning’s Opelika-Auburn News: To the editor: To understand the current debate over healthcare, one needs to see past the rhetoric of both parties and look at the policies they actually enact. Republicans promise to protect us against big government, while Democrats promise to protect us against big business. But [...]
I’m In an Infinitely Reproducible New York State of Mind
Dec 18The papers for the Molinari Society’s upcoming IP symposium at the APA are now online. (For those planning to attend, I’ll announce the session location here as soon as I can wrest the information from the APA’s bony fingers at registration.) I notice that the Ayn Rand Society session at the APA is also devoted [...]
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