Sunday, July 18th, 2010
- Back when I wrote about the obesity debate for Cato, I remember when public schools telling parents their kids are too fat was the sort of thing people on my side of the debate warned about, and people on the other side of the debate said was ridiculous hyperbole. Also, the kid’s BMI is 19.4, and the school is sending home fat warnings? Why not just go ahead and build a vomitorium next to the girls bathroom?
- NGO fight! World Health Organization criticizing Amnesty International for criticizing World Health Organization assessment lauding North Korea’s health care system. Shouldn’t starving a million of your own people to death somehow factor into any assessment of the sort of health care you’re providing?
- Federal judge strikes down Stolen Valor Act, which makes faking military awards and experience a federal crime. I’ve written about this before. The proper remedy here is shame, not prison time.
- Indiana may soon add a $100 doctor’s visit to the cost of treating a cold. Because of the meth.
- More of this, please. Federal judge not only orders sheriff to issue gun permit sheriff improperly denied, but also orders sheriff to take college-level course on the First Amendment.
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
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Sunday, June 6th, 2010
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Friday, April 2nd, 2010
- FDA continues its campaign of banning unhealthy consumables because they taste good.
- Fascinating article on our misconceptions about distance and direction. Doesn’t explain my complete absence of any sense of direction, though. Or how every wrong turn I make seems to land me in Anacostia.
- Indiana cops tase, smack misbehaving 10-year-old.
- Will Wilkinson vs. Ryan Avent on the broken window fallacy. If Avent’s bizarre defense of the government coming in and breaking your stuff has you scratching your head, read the comments to his post. Mind blowing.
- Michael Moynihan on the left’s lame efforts to cast tea partiers as Nazis. The similarities between tea partiers and anti-war protesters during the Bush administration, and their opponents’ reactions to them, are uncanny.
- Just read this.
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
- USA Today tracks the remarkable recent progress toward the legalization of marijuana.
- The Catholic church can’t bring itself to defrock priests who diddle little boys, but it’s perfectly willing to expel a little girl from private school because her parents are lesbians. (Standard libertarian disclaimer: The church is free to make its own policies about its schools. And I’m free to criticize it for those policies.)
- Sean Penn not only continues to defend tyrant Hugo Chavez, but suggests imprisoning American journalists who criticize Chavez.
- D.C. councilman who pushed smoking ban now asks for exemptions for his favorite events.
- This is just a damned nice story. Conan is great.
- Panel recommends D.C. cop who brought gun to a snowball fight get a 10-day suspension.
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
The 137-year archive of Popular Science is now searchable online. Pretty cool, though it’ll be better when it’s browsable, too.
A handy reminder that ad blockers, ahem, harm your favorite websites.
As a general rule, legislators should always assume that if a law can be interpreted in an overly broad way that will result in injustice, some eager prosecutor will eventually interpret it that way. Even if you’re pro-life, this Utah bill ought to trouble you.
The U.K. Nanny State takes aim at the thickness of french fries.
Dahlia Lithwick vs. Liz Cheney.
The global chronic pain problem.
Off-duty deputy crashes while driving under the influence, is let go by a fellow cop. Same cop then crashes against 30 minutes later.
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
I am shocked to learn that a new federal law enforcement agency charged with protecting the country has been bogged down by public choice conundrums, petty bureaucracy, and infighting. Who could have predicted this?
I’m not a lawyer, but I think there’s a legal term we use to describe what you’re doing if, while under federal investigation, you destroy any evidence of the possible crimes for which you’re being investigated.
Photos of buzkashi, Afghanistan’s crazy national sport, where the “ball” is a headless goat carcass.
U.K. court says a man’s castle is no longer his home.
Neocon bloodlust really is boundless. This article is just revolting, on a number of levels.
Fantastic Slate slide show on failed architecture.
Massive anti-gang raid in Riverside, California involved 650 local, federal, and state law enforcement personnel. Looks like they hit a number of innocent people, too. (Via Injustice Everywhere.)
Chief Justice of Missouri Supreme Court says jailing non-violent offenders “doesn’t work.”
Come on, guys. Can’t we join together and rebel against the Nanny State by clogging customer arteries peaceably?
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
SWAT team responds to second-grader with a cap gun.
Guy’s wife cries at the end of every movie. Naturally, he videotapes her and makes a website.
Great photo. Takes a master photographer to squeeze so much ego into one frame.
Stories like this one are enough to make me embrace my inner William Bennett. Who thought this was a good idea?
Cheetahs vs. baby antelope. No blood, just nuzzling.
AC/DC’s Brian Johnson tells Bono to get over himself.
Fourth-grader reprimanded, nearly suspended for bringing two-inch Lego gun to school. Looks like they did at least manage to avoid calling the SWAT team.
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