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12 Posts of Christmas, 2024 (Day 1)

     Christmas is the season for… Padaru! Especially from VTuber Gawr Gura.      Merry Christmas!

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Firing Line Friday: Realistic Insights into Crime and Punishment

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      The question of crime and what to do about it often seems simple when we listen to politicians … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving for 2024!

     This Thanksgiving, let us eschew politics for at least one day while we enjoy the company of kith & kin… and even more Thanksgiving themes shots of alcohol.      Enjoy… but don’t drink n’ drive!

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The Nouveau Nomenklatura

     A century and a half ago, James FitzJames Stephen said something rather prescient:      People came in time to regard their rulers rather as their own agents and the depositaries of their own power than as antagonistic powers to be kept … Continue reading

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Firing Line Friday: Do We Need Prisons at All?

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      When it comes to crime and punishment, we seem to go through cycles where high crime lead inevitably … Continue reading

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The Government Is Not Your Daddy

     Back when Barack Obama was President, Chris Rock said that “the president and the first lady are kind of like the mom and the dad of the country. And when your dad says something, you listen. When you don’t, it … Continue reading

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Firing Line Friday: Resolved: That the Death Penalty Is a Good Thing

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      The death penalty isn’t at the top of voters concerns like it was thirty years ago, but the … Continue reading

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Happy Halloween! (2024)

     Here is the silent film classic The Haunted House from 1908.      May it be less scary than all the political ads you’ve been getting!

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Our Manichean Political World

     It feels, especially online, that more and more people are falling into a manichean trap—imposing a false dilemma fallacy upon themselves (and others)—not by categorizing others as being not on your side but by categorizing your side as not being … Continue reading

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Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 9)

     With the Presidential election but a couple of weeks away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics.      The … Continue reading

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