Archive for “May of 2007”

On Immigration: The Good Stuff

May 31, 2007

The video I watched last night says that the 1990s saw the biggest population boom in U.S. History. This is undoubtedly true. What NumbersUSA does not tell us, is that this is in strictly nominal terms. Sure, the country’s population grew by more persons during that decade than in any other decade […]

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On Population Growth

May 31, 2007

In response to a comment yesterday evening warning against anything even approaching an open-borders policy, I’m putting together a response. Commenter “razorgator” suggested that I watch this video on google. I hate watching videos, for the record - and this goes to everyone: don’t send them to me, give me text. I […]

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Illegal Immigrants to Sue for Minimum Wage Grievances

May 30, 2007

Do illegal immigrants have a right to file suit in U.S. Courts? It sounds awfully far-fetched to me, just as a matter of reason.
Now, I’m on record as opposing immigration laws - but I’ll hand it off to Don Boudreaux at cafehayek, who discussed recently the substantive difference between malum in se and malum […]

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Vacation Pictures, round 1

May 30, 2007

Check out my flickr account for pictures of our rafting tour on the White Salmon, in Washington State, just North of the Oregon border, Saturday, May 26. In the picture below, I’m completely engulfed by the raging river.

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Business Ethics 101

May 30, 2007

Your final exam consists of one short-answer essay question.
Would any organization adhering to even the basest tenets of fiduciary responsibility spend $600B on a capital investment in the middle of a civil war? Is this ethical? Why, or why not?

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Bad Economics

May 30, 2007

I’ve noticed that a lot of bad economics is based on some notion of the “socialist man,” who, according to Marx and Engels, was to rise from the lifeless body of the greedy capitalist who sold his hangman the very noose that hanged him. Or something like that. The “socialist man” is a […]

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Hecho en Mexico

May 25, 2007

Just got back from a full day of riding Mt. Hood - after which we drove up to Hood River, about an hour North and messed around a bit, had dinner and a beer. On the way back, we were emasculated by the gas station, which is full-service only. Brad asked where we could get […]

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