Bastille Day…
…is today. The French rallying cry “
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It’s the Fourth: land of the free, home of the brave
[NOTE: A portion of this post has been recycled, and part is very new.] For many days after 9/11 I found myself going to the ocean and sitting on the rocks. Everyone remembers that blue blue sky of 9/11, but … Continue reading →
A must-read article…
…by Andrew McCarthy.
Continue reading →The tax power is now the 800-pound gorilla in the room
It can do almost anything it wants to. Rick Hills, an NYU law professor who appears to specialize in federalism (and does not appear to be a conservative), writes: I am no friend of the Commerce Clause argument against the … Continue reading →
What hath Roberts wrought in his Obamacare decision?
I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning reading the SCOTUS Obamacare decision. What I found was so distressing I’m having trouble digesting it; it’s too fibrous and unappetizing a meal. But I’ve already swallowed it; in fact, … Continue reading →
Somebody tell Mayor Bloomberg…
…that the large-soda ban isn’t even likely to work. So saith the economists who did the study he cited to justify the ban.
Continue reading →More on Bloomberg’s drink ban, and liberty
I suggest you read the whole thing—but here’s what I take away from this article on NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s efforts to ban large sugary drinks, as well as previous health efforts to protect the Big Apple’s citizens from their own … Continue reading →
More Nanny Bloomberg…
…this time defending his proposed banning of the 16-ounce size of sugared drinks. His article is an almost perfect illustration of how to slide down the slippery slope. In it, he shows no awareness of the difference between bans that … Continue reading →
Nanny Bloomberg strikes again
It’s easy to make fun of NY Mayor Bloomberg’s plans to ban super-sized sugary drinks (over 16 ounces, over 25 calories) from the city. But it’s really not funny; that’s how tyranny begins—for your own good, of course. Bloomberg knows … Continue reading →
Revolutions betrayed
I’ve been wading through Martin Amis’ Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million, a book about Soviet Russia and its crimes and betrayals. The reason I’m reading that particular book is that one of Amis’s goals in writing it … Continue reading →
To Obama, the precedent is Wickard v. Filburn, not Marbury v. Madison
[NOTE: Bumped up. Scroll down for new posts.] My new article is up at PJ. I urge you to go there and read it. Not just because I wrote it, but because I think it deals with something vitally important: … Continue reading →
Celebrate freedom: Passover and beyond
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post. The sentiments still seem to me to be highly, highly appropriate. Maybe even more so, if anything.] It’s the holiday season, and one of those rare years when Passover and Easter … Continue reading →