Nader-Napolitano Lovefest
Jul 11Check out this (mostly) excellent conversation between Ralph Nader and Andrew Napolitano.
A Match Made In Hell
Jul 11For Doctor Who fans only: some recent iconic villains from the show meet one of the show’s original songs. It seemed a natural idea to put these two elements together, but apparently nobody had, so I did.
Ideas That Stick With You
Jul 10Under the feudal system, rights to one’s person were alienable (swearing fealty to a lord was irrevocable) while rights to land often weren’t (a feudal lord couldn’t sell his estate, as it belonged in perpetuity to his heirs) – the exact reverse of the rights system that most libertarians advocate. Forbidding the alienation of rightfully [...]
Apple Shavings
Jul 09Darian Worden on Almost Getting Away With Murder William Grigg on Costumed Government Goons vs. Children and the Elderly Charles Johnson on The Police Beat: Officer J. Smith, Las Vegas Metro Radley Balko on More Watching of the Watchers Radley Balko on Innocence, Schminnocence: We Have Rules, You Know John Markley on To Serve, Protect, [...]
Walking on Sunshine
Jul 08A solar-powered plane has just completed a 26-hour flight, the nighttime portion of the flight being powered by the daytime portion – with power to spare. With an average speed of 25 mph, solar-powered flight isn’t quite ready to render jet fuel obsolete; but it’s nice to see some progress on the power-sources-that-aren’t-depleted-by-use-and-don’t-cause-so-much-collateral-damage front.
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