A jaundiced look at the world we live in.
Every public policy dispute begins with one simple question: what is the role of government? How much control over our lives must we cede to the state? What is the proper distinction between public?defined as the area properly subject to legal regulation?and private?defined as those decisions and behaviors that government should not control?
Continue reading “Gambling for Sport”
CommentsThis mania for labeling people so that we don?t have to engage with them on the validity of their ideas has accelerated during the past few years. Perhaps it is talk radio, with its tendency to reduce everything to name-calling sound-bites.
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When Joe Kernan announced that he would not run for governor, there was much speculation about the ?real? reasons for his change of heart. I haven?t talked to Joe, but I think I know why he didn?t want to be our next governor: he passed the IQ test.
Continue reading “The Other Face of Federalism”
The backlash against gay rights is in full steam, powered by the hysteria and homophobia of people in power at all levels of government.
Continue reading “Nearing the Point of No Return”
CommentsMy religion teaches that boys must be circumcised eight days after birth. So someone needs to introduce a bill in the legislature requiring that all male infants be circumcised before they leave the hospital
Continue reading “The New Theocracy”