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socialism

January 27, 2006

Glad to see the Labor Theory of Value is still alive and well throughout the world these days. Because, if you repeat it often enough, it becomes the truth, right? Well, not so much. Lest I remind the good folks over at Workers World Online (come on, say you were surprised!), Lest I […]

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on paternal donor anonymity

January 26, 2006

Apologies, it’s kind of long….Yesterday, Kip posed a very interesting question. My first inclination was to disagree, but he made some very good points. But I think I’ve come back around to my initial dissent.
Does a child conceived by artificial insemination, in accordance with an agreement whereby at least one of […]

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Ideas: The King’s Friends

January 26, 2006

Just a brief follow-up - David Friedman penned (do you still pen an article in these days of push button publishing?) titled Ideas: The King’s Friends. He adds a little historical/common law analysis to the domestic spying issue I wrote about yesterday night.
The thing to remember, which Friedman, and Kip make note of - […]

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On costs, unseen

January 25, 2006

I work in the un-glamorous side of real-estate transactions — namely, I work in title insurance. We provide peace of mind. Yadda yadda yadda…
A great deal of monotonous work goes into clearing title to property you wish to acquire, or wish to refinance, etc… Thanks to the Patriot Act, (which, I might […]

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