Coyote Blog has an excellent article on the inherent problems of using the power of the state to impose good intentions on others.
I am reminded of all this because the technocrats that built our regulatory state are starting to see the danger of what they created. A public school system was great as [...]
Posted on November 30th, 2005 by pwyll
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I’m not a football fan, a lot of my friends are. Some of them like to play fantasy football. Plenty of men fantasize about being an NFL coach or better, an owner. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could just deal yourself into the game without athletic talent or real money?
Sen. Arlen Specter, ardent [...]
Posted on November 30th, 2005 by pwyll
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I sometimes get email from people trying to get Representative Jim Davis elected governor of Florida. I live in North Carolina, so I likely won’t be voting in the Florida 2006 election. But I do have a question for Mr. Davis.
The state of Florida has committed a grave injustice against Richard Paey, as described [...]
Posted on November 28th, 2005 by pwyll
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Seventy percent of people surveyed said that criticism of the war by Democratic senators hurts troop morale — with 44 percent saying morale is hurt “a lot,” according to a poll taken by RT Strategies. Even self-identified Democrats agree: 55 percent believe criticism hurts morale, while 21 percent say it helps morale.
The results surely will [...]
Posted on November 28th, 2005 by pwyll
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I stumbled across this on The Bidinotto Blog
Philosophy, particularly ethics, sets the tide levels of public discourse and opinion concerning matters of values; and those value-premises underlie all political debates and policy-making. However, the premises of rational individualism to which I subscribe explicitly — and to which our Founders did implicitly — are no longer [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2005 by pwyll
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Why has Michael Jackson’s career tanked? It turns out the Jews are behind it.
On Tuesday, ABC’s “Good Morning America” aired portions of a 2003 voice message that Jackson was alleged to have left for a former adviser, Dieter Wiesner.
A transcript provided by King’s office quotes Jackson as saying: “They suck them like leeches. … They [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2005 by pwyll
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