Archive for “August of 2007”

Market Anarchist Blog Carnival #6

August 31, 2007

Due to circumstances beyond my control, whoever was in charge of compiling this month’s edition has flaked. Totally. Has not posted on his blog since early June. In any event, several regular contributors have come up with the following solution:
If you have submitted entries for the recent and now DOA carnival edition, […]

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Another Chink in the Armor

August 30, 2007

“I started to cry because we so badly want to be able to be protected if something happens to one of us,” Rethmeier said.
And that’s precisely what “separate but equal” clauses can’t guarantee. Which is precisely why they’re unconscionable. Which is why a district court judge in Iowa ruled the State’s ban […]

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Lao-Tzu: Anarchist?

August 30, 2007

I have a copy of the Tao Te Ching, which I bought years ago, probably after my intro to Philosophy class in high-school. It’s been some time since I read any of it, until today.
If you want to be a great leader,
you must learn to follow the Tao.
Stop trying to control.
Let go of […]

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On Redistribution

August 27, 2007

From time to time, I find myself debating the merits and efficacy of redistributionist policies as a means of achieving social warfare welfare, equality, and justice. This particular argument has been simmering for about six months, but I think its time to get it out.
Central to my thesis is the belief that somewhere and […]

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For the Children

August 23, 2007

A ban on - of all things - low-rise pants?
“Little children see it and want to adopt it, thinking it’s the in thing, I don’t want young people thinking that half-dressing is the way to go. I want them to think about their future.”
Where to start? Hmmm: teach your kids […]

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Tax Law Forces Sale of Collectible

August 22, 2007

Please bear with my rhetorical anecdote:
Years ago, I found a watch in my father’s “junk drawer.” You know, the drawer where a man keeps his wallet, keys, golf tees, receipts, buttons that can’t be matched to a shirt, and various other baubles and trinkets of practically no use to anyone? Anyways, the watch […]

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Hothouses & Healthcare

August 22, 2007

Two quite unrelated topics, today:
It’s expensive to ship fresh produce via air freight to the Northern provinces of Canada, yet it’s somehow, miraculously, going to be cheaper to ship tons of potting soil, trusses, panes of glass, insulation, fertilizer, irrigation systems, etc., in order to build a multi-million dollar greenhouse for seventy-five idiots who live […]

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