According to the SAF , the City of New Orleans will return the guns that were stolen by the police following Katrina. You would think that since they were *gasp* taken at gunpoint, that they would be nice and make the process as easy as possible. But no: Gun owners will have to provide proof of ownership, which could include a bill of sale, a
Christopher Westley’s article is solidly libertarian. But I should like to indicate here, some of the very real complexities of Iraq. 1. Iraq is not ‘composed of three nations, Shia, Sunni & Kurd’. ‘Shia’ & ‘Sunni’ are religious divisions, dating back to the 8th century, & found right through the Islamic world. Sunnis are in a large majority
I apologize for posting something that isn’t completely germane for this blog, but this New Yorker article on the White House’s plans for Iran is truly frightening (especially to people in the Middle East). One of my game theory students tipped me off to it because some of the analysis is “strategic,” but I told him that I didn’t think the
The universe is full of mysteries; like when does the phone company collect the coins in pay telephones? (Have you ever seen a guy in a phone company uniform lugging a satchel full of quarters out of the airport phone booths?) Why is it that your driver’s-side windshield wiper is ALWAYS the faulty one? And why do we Southerners say “lyberry”
Reading the thread on global warming below, I see a common mistake that pops up in a lot of arguments at the intersection of science and policy. With all due respect to the participants in the thread, they are largely talking past one another. This often happens in arguments over global warming, and I think there’s a specific reason for it: there
In “ George Mason: Protectionism at its Worst, “ T. Norman Van Cott makes the case that despite Mason’s important contribution to America’s revolution and to the principles of American government (particularly in the Virginia Declaration of Rights), his involvement in the slavery issue reflected nothing more than self-seeking. I do not disagree
Looks like the Chicago city council wants to require every dog to be implanted with a microchip ID , limit tethering, pay fines for letting them roam free and choose between neutering or higher license charges. Also, “grooming, boarding and doggie day-care facilities would be licensed and subject to strict operating standards...” Says a Chicago
The following edited comments are excerpted from a recent email discussion with Walter Block and one of his correspondents, a Philosophy Professor (designated [PhilProf] below): Walter, [PhilProf] -- Thanks for your email. Only time for a few comments now. [PhilProf]: “I find it difficult to accept the following possibility, namely, that when,
Because I think they’re only accessible to people with paid subscriptions, I rarely blog items from the Wall Street Journal. But this one from the Opinion page of today (Friday, May 26) is worth a click just to see if you get lucky. Or grab the PAPER while it’s still in the office/house. The article explains the proposed merger between the New
A nice piece by our own Robert Bradley, author of the splendid Energy: The Master Resource . “ Little has changed in the 75 years since Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset wrote, “In disturbances caused by scarcity of food, the mob goes in search of bread, and the means it employs is generally to wreck the bakeries.” Revised for the crisis du
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