Farming in an Equilibrium Trap
JayG wrote something today about how this summers drought is hitting farmers very hard; which is absolutely true. And it’s already having an impact on food prices, and that impact is just going to...
View ArticleAtlas Shrugged Part II in Theaters This Weekend
Atlas Shrugged Part II is opening this weekend. Want to check it out? Follow this link to find a theater near you. And now, the official Atlas Shrugged Part II trailer:
View ArticleThe Basic Premise Behind Campaign Finance Laws
A great deal of ink (or film, or bits) has been expended this election cycle, primarily on the far left (though some on the right… particularly with the more populist factions), decrying the actions of...
View ArticleThe Modern Republican Party is a Special Kind of Suck (Part 1 of 3)
Barack Obama’s Record of Suck Four years ago, Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. He promised hope n’ change from the failed policies of George W. Bush. His policies were...
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“That’s a Violation of My Privacy!”
In Little Canada, MN the police are trying to argue that Andrew Henderson violated HIPPA (federal healthcare privacy law) when he recorded a police interaction with a third party which required an...
View Article“Common Sense” Legislation to Curb Gun Violence?
Like most people who value individual liberty, I listened to President Obama’s speech about reducing gun violence with a great deal of trepidation. He presented several ideas such as limiting the size...
View ArticleRecovered from the Memory Hole: Inaugural Rhetoric vs. Reality
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View ArticleTake Back Your Government
Tuesday night, I spoke before the Bonner County Republican Party Central Committee (all elected county officials in Bonner county are Republicans right now), in support of a resolution (which I had a...
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Maybe its Immigration Policy That is the Problem?
Immigration, especially of the illegal variety, is one of those important issues that is difficult to have a rational discussion about. The discussion quickly devolves into the need to “secure” the...
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Are You or Someone You Know a Victim of the Drone Mentality?
In light of the recent white paper release by the DOJ concerning the Obama administration’s drone policy, I thought it would be apropos to repost a post I wrote back in November 2011 entitled: Are You...
View Article136 Companies Band Together to Close “Police Loophole”
Just about everyone has heard of the “gun show loophole” by now but there’s another gun loophole that some of the gun manufacturers themselves with to close: the police loophole. What exactly is the...
View ArticleFossil Fuels Are Making the Planet…Greener?
When it comes to many of the issues concerning the environment, particularly global warming I’m very much in the “I don’t know” camp (though if I must pick a side, I’m skeptical about the phenomenon of...
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Libertarianism And Privacy In The Data Age
The world is changing. It’s happening rapidly. And it’s freaking people out. Libertarians are concerned that constant surveillance, like that which helped identify the Boston bombers, is an...
View ArticleFree Market Organs: The Case for Capitalism in the Organ Transplant System
A 10-year old Pennsylvania girl by the name of Sarah Murnaghan could die within a few weeks if she doesn’t receive a lung transplant soon. There’s currently a petition on Change.org directed at HHS...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: “Highest Honor” Edition
“Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American…” - Edward Snowden in response to Cheney and others calling him a traitor for his NSA leaking.
View ArticleJoe Scarborough vs. The Minister of Truth
MSNBC is typically a safe place for the Obama administration to promote talking points, propaganda, and bald faced lies. Imagine Press Secretary (or more accurately, Obama’s Minister of Truth) Jay...
View ArticleReason’s Mike Riggs Interviews Radley Balko on Police Militarization
It’s been nearly a month since Radley Balko’s latest book Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces was released. Now Balko is making the rounds with the various media...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: Failed Attempt at Intimidation Edition
“If the UK and US governments believe that tactics like this are going to deter or intimidate us in any way from continuing to report aggressively on what these [Snowden] documents reveal, they are...
View ArticleIt isn’t, wasn’t, aint ever gonna be…
I mentioned Social Security as an entitlement payment in my post on the government shutdown, and it raised a fairly common objection in several who read it: They don’t think of Social Security as an...
View ArticleBye Bye 4th and 5th amendment: Obamacare info may be used for Law Enforcement...
Well… we knew that the 4th and 5th amendment meant nothing to them… never mind HIPAA… but really? Obamacare Marketplace: Personal Data Can Be Used For ‘Law Enforcement and Audit Activities’...
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