A high percentage of people I’m close to are politically left-leaning. They, along with me, have been looking on with unhappiness at the attention paid to what is by all rights an open-and-shut case of property rights, the case of the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque”. I have nothing to add to a discussion of either the [...]
Just last night while filing a claim to be paid from my FSA (New Jersey forbids most of its citizens to purchase health insurance plans that are compatible with HSAs), I was greeted with a friendly message: Health Care Reform Affects Your Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Some provisions of the recently enacted Health Care Reform laws [...]
In November of 2008, I predicted here that “in late 2013, the notion of a global scientific consensus about the severity of global warming will be shattered, and governments will no longer introduce legislation to limit carbon emissions”. And now this in Forbes: “The global warming warriors will likely have to go through the five [...]
Reason.com comments on Barney Frank’s H.R.2267 passing committee, and quotes him discussing online gambling back in 2006: People have said, “What is the value of gambling?” Here is the value: Some human beings enjoy doing it. Shouldn’t that be our principle? If individuals like doing something and they harm no one, we will allow them [...]
Just pointing out the obvious: When Pakistan’s government banned Facebook over “Everybody Draw Muhammed Day”, this was not an act of self-defense. I really dislike reality television game shows, but I don’t need to ban them, because I can just not watch them. No, Pakistan’s government banned Facebook because they knew that people _did_ want [...]
In five years, in late 2013, the notion of a global scientific consensus about the severity of global warming will be shattered, and governments will no longer introduce legislation to limit carbon emissions. I know I’m not the first to say this, but I’m just going on record.
Speaking of Proposition 8, I was having a quick conversation the other day with a dear friend in California about the success of the ballot measure. She had worked for its defeat, and was understandably dismayed by the results, given that her preferred presidential candidate won California so handily. She had said (and I’m paraphrasing [...]
(cross-posted at GoingJohnGalt.org) While I certainly hope the travesty of California’s Proposition 8 is short-lived, it will be something to see if celebrities stick to their guns in case the injustice continues. I would love to see a tax showdown, but I fear that the State of California will have to crack down just on [...]
A few quickies: Of course, the events in and around Zimbabwe never fail to sadden me. Note the “If we all believe it, it can be true” wishful thinking of South Africa’s president Thabo Mbeki, who pronounced that there was no crisis in Zimbabwe. This, hours before the convening of the Southern African Development Community [...]
I’ll come out of retirement to note this hopeful turn of events in Zimbabwe: Mugabe aides discuss ceding power. Things are likely to still turn pretty ugly and violent, but that’s been the likely scenario for awhile now. I hope the inevitable difficult transition is mercifully short, and that Zimbabweans can begin reclaiming their lives [...]