Monthly Archives: February 2003

meet Alec Rawls

Posted on Saturday, 2003 February 01 by Anton

An Un-republican Form of Government In 1987, the California Sheriffs Association sponsored a bill in the state legislature to ban its electoral competition. Since then, only current or recent members of the law enforcement establishment have been allowed to run … Continue reading →

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meet Madhu Kurup

Posted on Saturday, 2003 February 01 by Anton

Thursday I had dinner with Madhu Kurup at Amarin, a Thai restaurant in Mountain View which neither of us had tried before; he didn’t comment on his, but my dish (spicy chicken with cashews) was quite satisfactory. If you read … Continue reading →

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meet Mary Rosh

Posted on Saturday, 2003 February 01 by Anton

Oh dear: John Lott, scholar-darling of the Gun Lobby, may be dirty. (Julian Sanchez of Cato broke the story.) I hope the Gun Lobby (statist-speak for all of us who don’t buy the victim-punishing dogma of Feinstein, Schumer, Brady et … Continue reading →

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