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Incentives Matter: Winter Heating Options

August 31, 2006

During the last year of my undergraduate studies, when I was fortunate enough to live in a run-down 100-year old fraternity house with 9 of my friends, and all of their respective girlfriends, bar-sluts, drinking-buddies, teammates, study-partners, etc., it was not uncommon for our heating bill in the winter months to exceed $900. We […]

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You mean, FEMA is subject to red-tape?

August 30, 2006

A little under a year ago, I swore I’d never blog about FEMA again. At least in reference to Hurricane Katrina. At the time, I honestly felt the bit was played out - the media and the blogoverse had covered it like flies on shit for the better part of way-too-long. FEMA […]

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Castro’s Cuba Part II

August 29, 2006

[Cuban exile Luis Garcia] Garcia says he’s not sure how he feels about the fact that Castro will soon be dead. “I am apprehensive,” he says. “Who knows what might happen next? But then I think: whatever happens, it can’t be worse.”
Check out Caroline Overington’s Land of rum and rumba blighted by communism. […]

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Detroit Public School Teachers Strike (Again)

August 28, 2006

In Detroit, the annual parade is in full force and effect. The public school teachers have gone on strike, and are picketing. Now, as taxpayers, don’t they work for us? Aren’t they providing a “public good,” you know, the type of good that is so important it can only be provided through […]

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Meow?

August 25, 2006

Having solved all of the world’s problems, government agents in Jeannette, PA, are deciding the life-and-liberty-threatening question: “Is ‘Meow’ a harassing word?”
JEANNETTE, Pa. — Meow. A Pennsylvania judge is being asked to decide whether that word is a harmless taunt or grounds for misdemeanor harassment.
The article uses the word “meow” (or some variation thereof) eight […]

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Smoking: Still healthier than fascism

August 23, 2006

The latest in the assault on property rights and individual freedom comes from Detroit-area businessman and layer, Daniel Haberman. Matt++ tipped me off to this recent Detroit news editorial, from the horse’s mouth.
“Personal liberties are essential in our democracy, but none of us has the right to put the lives of 50,000 others in […]

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Arbyte on the “Religion of Peace”

August 23, 2006

Cap’n Arbyte has an insightful piece about the “religion of peace,” by which he means “religion in general.”
Many people are comfortable blaming the violence on Islamic extremism or fundamentalism, carefully carving out space for moderate Muslims. Few people claim that the problem is inherent in Islam and that the “religion of peace” is, in fact, […]

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