Monthly Archives: May 2003

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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have they no care for my nerves?

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 May 06 by Anton

Surprising scene yesterday on highway 101 near Petaluma. A man was doing minor repair to the right lane, with no flagman (nor even an inanimate substitute). Worse, he could not be seen from two hundred yards `upstream’, because of a … 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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Amrine saved

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 May 06 by Anton

Last year I cited a Salon story about a man sentenced to death on testimony that was later recanted. Searching for an update, I find this from Public Interest Litigation Clinic: On April 29, 2003, the Missouri Supreme Court issued … Continue reading →

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silver lining

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 May 06 by Anton

I’m unemployed again this week, and so have more leisure to try to make this worth reading. Lucky you!

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false friend

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 May 06 by Anton

The National Rifle Association (which Vin Suprynowicz likes to call America’s largest gun-control organization) had a member arrested for leafletting on public property outside its convention.

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