Happy birthday…
…George: But he doesn’t look all that happy, does he? Since I seem to be into quotes today, here are some from Washington. On reading the entire page, I can’t help but be impressed, once again, by the ability of … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Liberty
Thatcher quotes, Thatcher style
Today’s the day for Margaret Thatcher quotes. Most of us have become intensely aware of what I think might be her most famous saying, “The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.” And in … Continue reading →
For our own good
[Hat tip: Ace.] The liberal agenda continues apace, in ways that are especially chilling but not at all surprising. I’m referring to Sarah Conly’s new book entitled Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism, which purports to use social science research to … Continue reading →
For those who want to listen to my recent appearance on Michael Savage…
…here’s the audio. To the best of my recollection, the sound quality was somewhat better when it aired on radio; I think making a copy degrades the audio. But it’s still easily intelligible. I just sound a little gurgly and … Continue reading →
“Hey, I’ve got an idea!” say the obesity police. “Let’s bring back the stocks for fat people!”
Yeah, that’ll work. No, it’s not really the stocks that David Callahan, former Harvard lecturer and president emeritus of health policy think-tank the Hastings Center, is asking for. He: …calls for increased stigmatization of obese people to try spur weight-loss … Continue reading →
A quote to note
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity … Continue reading →
The voice of experience
In Pravda: “Americans never give up your guns.” [ADDENDUM: See this and then this for some strange synchronicity.]
Continue reading →Yes, he can: executive orders on guns?
Ace points out the same thing that commenter “carl in atlanta” alluded to a moment ago—that this administration has declared some interesting intentions on gun control: “The president is going to act,” said Biden, giving some comments to the press … Continue reading →
Richard Fernandez on Seidman and liberty
Here’s what Fernandez has to say about that Seidman op-ed (the one I previously wrote about here): The United States was founded on an extraordinary wager upon the nature of the human spirit; predicated on the belief that men valued … Continue reading →
Louis Michael Seidman: the con law professor v. the Constitution
Yesterday there was a big brouhaha over an op-ed of Louis Michael Seidman’s that appeared in the New York Times. It was the type of piece that, on first reading, appears to be some sort of ironic Onion-esque parody—but sadly, … Continue reading →
Gun-free zones, gun ownership, and murder
I’ve never understood the point of gun-free zones, and of advertising them too. What are they other than an invitation to a shooter to take aim at a bunch of sitting ducks—or in the case of children, sitting ducklings? I’m … Continue reading →
Clarification
It’s come to my attention that some people misunderstood what I was getting at in this post, so I want to make it crystal clear if I can—knowing, of course, that Karl Popper was correct when he said it is … Continue reading →