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Thoughts on Heller, Collective Rights

June 30, 2008

There has been a lot of good commentary on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Heller. I have to admit that I was not following the case because I wasn’t terribly optimistic about the Court’s ability to strike a blow against tyranny. I was wrong (sort of).
As a libertarian, I’d be remiss [...]

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If You Use Internet Explorer…

June 28, 2008

If you subscribe to my blog via Google Reader, or otherwise view the Feed instead of the actual site, this is of no consequence to you. If you don’t use Internet Explorer, this is of no consequence to you.
If you do use IE, keep reading:
It’s been brought to my attention that my website here [...]

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What is Time Preference?

June 26, 2008

A while back, in Comments on Comments #13, The Coast responded to discussion about Allodial title. Among my charges is the argument that “governments don’t have discount rates.”
[A]s far as the government not having a discount rate isn’t quite true. The fed rate (the rate in which the loan out money to banks and [...]

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McCainomics

June 25, 2008

As if to say, “I can spend other people’s money as well as anyone,” and of course, not to be out-promised by Obama, presidential hopeful John McCain recently offered his pledge of $300 Million to the developer of a cheaper and more efficient electric car battery.
The question I posed about Obama’s promises to the auto [...]

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