The great libertarian blind spot?
To Mark’s welcome comments about the focus and direction of this brand new (or is that reinvented?) blog, I want to add something about my own preferences. Actually, preferences isn’t really the word....
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Smoking links
• “Don’t think of a giant blue baboon!” Too late. A picture of a giant blue baboon just flashed through your mind. Likewise, reminding smokers they may not light up inevitably makes them think of...
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Texas: Telling fish tales equals jail time
Texas legislators, who, like all politicians, despise fibbing, are coming down on a weighty issue: cheating in bass-fishing contests. Telling tall tales may be a matter of pride in Texas. But it may...
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Branches of government
Does the government, at any level, care exactly how you trim your trees? You’d better believe it. Every two to three years, Eddie Sales trims and prunes the crape myrtles at his church, Albemarle Road...
View ArticleYour kids: one reason libertarianism matters
Here’s the thing. I don’t like a lot of the things you do. I can pretty much guarantee that. You let your kids play outside too long. You let them jump on the trampoline and scream for hours — usually...
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Tennessee criminalizes the Internet — with pics!
The Tennessee legislature just passed a law saying that posting images online can be a crime if they “frighten, intimidate or cause emotional distress.” The distress doesn’t have to be intended, or...
View ArticleSomeone to watch over me
Mark wrote the other day about a post of Maggie’s. The two of them touched on a subject that really goes to the heart of libertarianism: freedom of one’s own will; the ability to consent to something,...
View ArticleMuslim fundies demand protection from music
A kindergarten student in Saint-Michel (Quebec, Canada) will be wearing a noise-reducing headset in class. That’s because her Muslim parents insist their religious beliefs don’t allow the five-year-old...
View ArticleShould Prostitution Be Legal?
More than half the world’s countries now have legalized or semi-legalized prostitution. The sky appears to have fallen in, let’s see…none of them. As everyone knows, the U.S.A. is not among these more...
View ArticleIllinois battles drain cleaner
Got a plugged-up drain? If you live in Illinois and are thinking of buying Drano or Liquid-Plumr, better bring an ID. You’ll be asked to show it and sign for your purchase. That’s mostly because some...
View ArticleGoing mental, going metric
Another pot raid [via Balko]. No deaths this time, not even a gun battle, just seventeen shattered windows, a battered-down front door, plus half-burned curtains and char marks on the walls from the...
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Rick Santorum vs. Marc Randazza: A Dichotomy of Zealotry
The censorship method … is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and...
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15 reasons to oppose drug testing in schools
This makes me ill. I’d be tickled to death to have [our students] drug tested! …singsongs one of the leaders of the Acadia Christian School, up the road from where I live. Which sounds pretty damn...
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A day to honor our right to disagree
We don’t have to worry about it much in the West, but there are dozens of countries where criticizing religion, or even just saying that there is no God, is a hazardous affair that can land you in jail...
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On Being Offended
If you’ll forgive a little loftiness: I write to sort out and arrange my thoughts, but also to inform, surprise, inspire thought, and entertain. I don’t set out to wound, but I do have a sense of humor...
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