Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia differs from almost every other member of the federal government inasmuch as I’ve always at least wanted to like him. I like his temperament, and his Supreme Court opinions (or even better, the dissents) are almost always a great read because they’re well written and unafraid to ridicule his colleagues’
According to this UPI article , Will Smith is gearing up to make Greenbacks , a movie about “a plot to destabilize the world economy though a sophisticated money counterfeiting plot.” Should be amusing to see the movie’s treatment of the economics involved, whether it gets them right or wrong. Given that it’s from the people who brought us Double
By coincidence, just yesterday I discovered Ayn Rand Answers (referenced below by Mr. Tucker) at the library and checked it out. So far, I’ve been surprised at how much I like Rand on so many things. I had become so used to ignoring some of her warmongering and libertarian-hating followers that I had forgotten how good she can be when she is good.
Last Friday, I presented a paper (co-authored with Walter Block) at the 49th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space at the International Astronautical Conference in Valencia, Spain. Advertising Age , the industry bellwether, interviewed me regarding that paper, and an article related to the paper and the interview has now appeared in the latest
As the much-anticipated Casino Royale opens today, I wonder why it is that many libertarians — perhaps even a disproportionate percentage — like James Bond so much, even though he’s a cold-blooded killer for the state? Some of us may have gotten started with Bond because Ian Fleming was one of the few twentieth-century authors other than herself
Gregg Easterbrook has an excellent piece in Slate tearing apart NASA’s much-heralded plans to put a base on the moon. I especially like that he ridicules the government’s claim that establishing a moon presence will help us create “heritage sites” — i.e., nature preserves of nothing but lunar dust that no one would disturb anyway! Walter Block and
U.S. Holds Going-Out-Of-Business Sale While many younger Americans said they consider the U.S. government passé, older residents were wistful about the demise of the longtime institution. “I just don’t know what I’ll do when the U.S. shuts down,” said Vermont resident and loyal U.S. consumer David Wilson. “Who’s going to deliver the mail or put
So we all like the Norwood decision ( 1 2 ) because the result is more respect for private property rights. But what about the Court’s reasoning? Was it really pro-property? Yes, it was. Not Rothbardian or Hoppean, mind you, but as good as you’re likely to see from a government court. Here’s part of what they said: Believed to be derived
Today (via Drudge) we get a clear example of what radical environmentalists are about: University of Texas professor Dr. Eric Pianka -- who has just been named a “distinguished scientist” by the Texas Academy of Science -- has called for the elimination of 90 percent of the human population, preferably via disease. Here’s just a small taste of his
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