Remember bold, brave Rand Paul, the noble filibusterer? Unlike the chickenshit so-called “progressive” Democrats, he stood athwart the Senate floor and yelled “stop” when the appointment of head of the CIA was being debated, demanding that “the president or the attorney general […] clarify that they will not kill Americans on American soil”. Paul quit his filibustering …
Glibertarianism
Maybe we could take up a collection to send one of these folks to The New York Times Global Forum
I think they could impart invaluable insights into strategies for success in today’s new world order and answer the question: “What World Are You Living In?” Standing with other protesters on Chicago’s storied State Street, Charde Nabors, 21, said she’s fighting for better pay and more opportunities for workers like her. Nabors said she earns …
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Buy ‘Em?
Harold Meyerson, at the Washington Post, worries about the Koch Brothers’ latest attempt to institute their “three-pronged, 10-year strategy to shift the country toward a smaller government with less regulation and taxes”: On May 21, Los Angeles voters will go to the polls to select a new mayor. Who will govern Los Angeles, however, is …
You got the silver
I like to think that we may be entering a golden age of libertarian entertainment: “Silver Circle” is an animated love story/hyperinflation dystopia set at the Federal Reserve. It had its Washington-area premiere this weekend: one screen, one theater, a one-week run at the Regal theater in the Ballston Common mall. “Did somebody find a …
Sampling the Customs in a Strange Foreign Land
Rand Paul’s trip to Howard University yesterday is being covered like a junket to another country, but I don’t think this is quite as persuasive as Rand thinks it is: When asked by a former Obama intern how he felt about voter ID laws, Paul said he didn’t think it was a burden for people …
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Sunday Long Read: Tax Havens, Tax Cheats & Other Criminals
Looks like we’re in for a chorus of wide-eyed whoever could have imagined — turns out that people who want to hide their funds may not always have acquired such funds in full compliance with the law. Sunday’s Washington Post has a long piece on “Piercing the Secrecy… ” A New York hedge fund manager …
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Charter Madrasa Movement
I had to laugh reading the Bill Gates op-ed about standardized tests that our charter school expert, Kay, mentioned yesterday, because it’s another instance of a politically naive, libertarian-leaning tech nerd getting buffaloed by the people he thinks are rubes. In Gates’ hyper-rational world view, you’d develop a holistic set of standardized tests and deploy them in …