Category Archives: politics

the limits of commerce

The world turned upside-down: A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals of San Francisco reversed the conviction, ruling that the congressional ban does not apply to homemade machine guns and their parts because they were never … Continue reading

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QotD

Unqualified Offerings have yet another forceful word to say about the conduct of the War of the Year: Here is the thing you must understand about David Brooks and Max Boot and William Kristol and the whole “national greatness” gang. … Continue reading

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another layer of transaction costs

Rasmusen on the value of liberty What is wrong with government regulations? Well, first, of course, they are likely to be the result of special interests, and inefficient. But even good regulations have a cost that I don’t see mentioned: … Continue reading

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Incident at Goose Creek

People are asking why the latest drug-war outrage has not resulted in tar and feathers, or at least some basic rock-throwing. Perhaps the potential ringleaders are worried about being prosecuted for terrorism?

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two dimensions

Tim Lambert (Deltoid) is compiling a table of bloggers’ scores in a Political Compass quiz. I scored in the middle of the Right Libertarian quadrant, close to Will Wilkinson (The Fly Bottle). I suspect I’d be further left if some … Continue reading

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the swarthy Canadian menace, II

A year ago Maher Arar, a citizen of Canada, was arrested at a New York airport on his way home, and deported to Syria. I suspected he’d never be seen again, but he is now back in Canada, much the … Continue reading

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if youth knew, if age could

Jim Henley wrote a year ago: Sadly, Unqualified Offerings changed its mind about drug prohibition well after it was too old to benefit personally. That’s odd. Jim is a couple of mere weeks older than the Ogre, who remains convinced … Continue reading

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