Australians have won 2 gold medals now, and so far it is the highlight of the games for me. Grats, mates. Serious problems with blogger today. I got some email about port41.com, which had something to do with websites, but I couldn’t figure out what. I can see me using a new service within two …
Sgt. Stryker has a different
Sgt. Stryker has a different take on the Landsburg op-ed I talked about earlier.
Bias Watch
I think it was Andrew Sullivan who was holding the bias watch regarding the labeling of conservatives. At any rate, the unrivaled Instapundit had a discussion this afternoon about how one of the side effects of Greta van Susteren’s cosmetic surgery was a ‘spate of articles, like this one.’ I went to the article to …
Th NY Times is chock
Th NY Times is chock full o’ goodness today. And, they are making me dizzy. In the lead op-ed, William Safire hyperventilates outside his brown paper bag: In terror of an external threat, our leaders are protecting Washington at the cost of every American’s personal freedom. Generally, I do not like the surveillance techniques being …
The NY Times weighs in
The NY Times weighs in on the two versions of the farm bill: The House and the Senate have now passed differing farm bills that preserve many of the worst features of the old subsidies. Yet for a host of reasons the Senate bill is far superior. Any wild guesses which bill spends more money?
It seems American companies are
It seems American companies are fleeing to Bermuda to incroporate to escape confiscatory tax rates. Stanley Works, for 159 years a Connecticut maker of hammers and wrenches, is among the latest with plans to become a corporation in Bermuda, where there is no income tax. The company estimates that it will cut its tax bill …
In an article in today’s
In an article in today’s Opinion Journal, University of Rochester Law Professor Steven Landsburg ridicules (rightly) the notion of progressive punishment for speeding tickets and charging different prices for the same service based on an individual’s income: If the Finns wants to have dumb traffic laws, it’s their business. But this dumb law is derived …