A Problem
Jun 08The problem with elections is that the incumbents always win. If not the present incumbents, then the future incumbents.
What About Smothered and Covered?
Jun 08Ever wonder what the difference is between “isolated” and “scattered” thunderstorms in a weather forecast? Well, it depends who you ask. The most popular answer, purportedly endorsed by the National Weather Service, is that it’s a matter of the probability of the thunderstorms’ occurrence. (See here and here.) But the WGN Weather Center says instead [...]
Roundup on BP
Jun 08The next time someone tells you that the BP oil spill shows the dangers of a free market and/or the necessity of government intervention, send them to: Darian Worden here, Sheldon Richman here, Gary Chartier here, Alex Knight here, and Kevin Carson here, here, and here. Please let me know in the comments section about [...]
Ayncyclopedia
Jun 08The entry on Ayn Rand that Neera Badhwar and I co-authored for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is now online. While we each wrote a bit of everything, Neera was the principal author for the sections on ethics and social-political philosophy, as well as for the biographical section, while I was the principal author for [...]
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