Category Archives: politics

turnabout is fair play

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 May 21 by Anton

Law could keep Bush off Illinois ballot

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mock repression

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 May 20 by Anton

wicked cartoon: The Drill

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incorrect chemistry

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 May 20 by Anton

Jacob Sullum: “H: The surprising truth about heroin and addiction“

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Lead Balloon of the week: U-S military tells Iraqis to turn in all guns or face arrest The US military is now telling Iraqis they cannot own or sell guns. Any Iraqi who does faces arrest, according to a new … Continue reading →

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first they mock . .

Posted on Thursday, 2003 May 08 by Anton

Well well! Robin Hanson’s concept of idea futures is discussed today (though not by that name) in the New York Times: A Market Approach to Politics

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convert politics to economics

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 May 07 by Anton

Robin Hanson writes, on the Armchair Economists list: Wouldn’t a privately organized fire department look a lot like a government one, with hoses and fire trucks and all that? Wouldn’t a private school look a lot like a public school, … Continue reading →

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you thought you could get away with trying to obey the law, eh?

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 May 06 by Anton

It never ends. You’ve heard of Ronald Dixon, whom a New York prosecutor wants to put in jail for defending his baby with an unregistered pistol (shortly after moving to NY from Florida). According to Mike Straw, . . . … Continue reading →

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