Daily Archives: June 8, 2010

A Problem

8th
Jun. × ’10
By Roderick

The problem with elections is that the incumbents always win. If not the present incumbents, then the future incumbents.

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What About Smothered and Covered?

8th
Jun. × ’10
By Roderick

Ever 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 [...]

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Roundup on BP

8th
Jun. × ’10
By Roderick

The 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 [...]

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Ayncyclopedia

8th
Jun. × ’10
By Roderick

The 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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