Category Archives: politics

Deena Gilbey’s visa

Posted on Saturday, 2002 August 10 by Anton

Mark Steyn puts the INS on the carpet. (Link from Iain Murray.) The lesson, boys and girls, is this: When you grant the power to do something, you grant the power to do it wrong; and the more complicated the … Continue reading →

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“a pack, not a herd”

Posted on Thursday, 2002 August 08 by Anton

Duncan Frissell: On September 11th, our president could have gone on national TV and said, “I call upon all armed citizens to load their weapons, and go outside to secure their communities against terrorists. Under the emergency powers granted to … Continue reading →

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there goes Grandma’s plan for the first Dadaist hijacking

Posted on Thursday, 2002 August 08 by Anton

Airport screeners seize GI Joe’s rifle. “We have instructions to confiscate anything that looks like a weapon or a replica.” Fair’s fair. Wouldn’t want our airports to be less secure(d) than our schools.

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fight mental monoculture

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 August 06 by Anton

“I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education.” All you radicals, do me a favor: go sign the “Proclamation for the Separation of School & State” and let me know.

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vote with your tectonic plate

Posted on Friday, 2002 August 02 by Anton

GPS sparks boundary wars. New measurements tell Rhode Islanders that they live in Connecticut, and so on. (Thanks to Monty Solomon for the link.) If it were a question of private property, I believe the rule of adverse possession would … Continue reading →

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if it’s Thursday, this must be a blog item

Posted on Thursday, 2002 August 01 by Anton

No fair! This list of blogs ranked by number of links (each way) omits me, though I’ve been linked (at least in passing) by about fifteen of those on the list. I must have forgotten to turn off the Romulan … Continue reading →

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you can count on them

Posted on Friday, 2002 July 26 by Anton

bon mot from Juan Gato: Federal authorities said Sunday they have arrested a forest technician with the U.S. Forest Service for starting the Hayman fire, the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. You know, this kind of stuff wouldn’t happen if … Continue reading →

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