from LRC 2003: Punishing Politicians Posted by Stephan Kinsella on October 23, 2003 04:29 PM From Rothbard’s great article, H. L. Mencken: The Joyous Libertarian: In discussing how to punish guilty public officials (“jobholders”), Mencken said, “What is needed is a system (a) that does not depend for its execution upon the good-will of fellow […]
from LRC 2003 Breakin’ the Law Posted by Stephan Kinsella on September 23, 2003 05:45 PM So here I am, yesterday, on my daily drive home from work in Sugar Land, back to home in Houston, wending my way through a one-mile stretch that passes through an island of suburbia known as (we’ll call it, […]
from LRC 2003 Poodles Bite Posted by Stephan Kinsella on September 24, 2003 11:14 PM [An edited version of an email I prepared and sent to friends shortly after Christmas, 1998. Before 9/11/2001, when the world was still innocent. Sigh.] So our Cocker Spaniel, Muffy (yeah, that’s her name, what of it?), kicks the bucket […]
From LRC 2003 Anna Belle (da poodle) ‘n Me Posted by Stephan Kinsella on September 27, 2003 01:30 AM Anna Belle (da poodle) ‘n Me [From about February 1999] So the other day, Cin’s sister Amy and her family were visiting. On a fine Saturday morning, I decide to take my 6-year-old nephew, Thomas, and […]
From LRC, 2003 Things not to say to a first-time mom Posted by Stephan Kinsella on September 17, 2003 01:30 AM Ahh, I’m learning a lot these days. If you ask, “Where exactly do I put dirty baby clothes? Where is this alleged special baby clothes hamper you always refer to?” and the wife answers, […]
My wife and I saw Avatar this weekend in 3D. Here’s the verdict: four out of four stars. Absolutely amazing special effects–best I’ve ever seen; fun story; all in all a very fun, nice movie. And at its core it was very libertarian: it was about a group of people (the Na’vi) defending their property […]
In the Dec. 18 Slate Political Gabfest, the three liberal hosts discuss a case (also discussed here by host Emily Bazelon) of whether a high school could “punish” a student who posted a YouTube video mocking and insulting a fellow student of the same high school. The mean girl was suspended for 2 days (some […]
It’s no wonder that Obama sounds no different than George W. Bush on war: the left are just as warlike as the right. Example: On the December 11 Slate Political Gabfest, the hosts discuss B. Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech, including his remarks that we should honor American soldiers “not as makers of war, but […]
This Huffington Post piece by Alan Kaufman, “Google Books And Kindles: A Concentration Camp Of Ideas“. I thought this piece was a joke at first, but realizing it’s not only reminds of how terrible the left remains. Utterly hostile to technology, commerce, progress, industry, individuality, freedom, and modernity. A few choice sentences are enough to […]
