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Harry Browne Dies; Marital Arrangements and Freedom
Reason has Former Libertarian Party Presidental Candidate Harry Browne’s obituary. (Also see the Wikipedia entry.) Three days after his death is not really the time to go into my own opinions (I’ll say...
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North Korean Train Tour
I’m home sick today, and found this interesting. It’s a clip from Japanese TV of a train tour of North Korea. Apparently they start out boarding in China and take a train to Pyongyang, then head out on...
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Politicians as Homeopaths
A quote I stumbled upon from Quackometer about homeopaths, which applies equally well to most politicians today (emphasis is mine): I doubt we will ever see an X-Factor moment where a homeopath is...
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Why I Am Voting for Barack Obama
This Tuesday, I will do two things I’ve never done before. First, I will vote in a primary. (I’ve showed up at the poll during primaries, just never voted in a primary race.) Second, I will vote for a...
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Experience
Julia was in a bit of a pickle. She’d gotten herself and her children in far over their heads. Her job was paying just above minimum wage, her savings was nearly depleted, she was $100,000 in credit...
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OMFG! Can’t a guy even have a decent protest vote?
Bob fuckin’ Barr?!? Thus concludes any feelings of affection I’ve retained for the Libertarian Party. (Yes, I’ve been under a rock, and this is news to me.) If Barr is really serious about reversing...
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Porn Industry Asking for TART Money
And why not?: Joe Francis, creator of the “Girl’s Gone Wild” video series, and Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler, will ask Congress for a $5 billion bailout, according to TMZ. Why does the porn industry...
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Random thought from the “remorse is 20/2″ department
Seven years ago, we wagged our fingers at the crazy internet boom, and said “never again.” Today, we’re giving the finger to the crazy real estate/finance boom, and saying “never again.” In ten years,...
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The Value of U.S. Currency Over Time
Somebody by the name of Finster has produced a plot of the value of currency from 1665 – present: This chart purports, in context, to show that the value of currency in the U.S. was relatively flat...
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The Economics of (Oil) Prices, and Long-term Oil Strategy
There’s a short entry on the economics of prices by Walter E Williams. Williams responds to the argument that charging today’s prices for oil that was bought cheaper a week ago is “price gouging,” and...
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