July 25, 2006

Good

A few months ago Tyler Cowen asked, and I answered, "What is your most absurd view?"

One of my favorite answers to date: (in comments)

"I believe in the forgiveness of sins."

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July 20, 2006

Good Blogging

A few years ago Eric Scheie said some nice things about me.

I will now return the favor, with interest, as Eric goes to town on a(n apparent) repeated fraud by a journalist.

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July 19, 2006

Go Green

Want to reduce your energy consumption to help the environment?

Ditch your hybrid and get a Hummer.

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July 09, 2006

What's Up

David Aitken is on the Libertarian Party's platform committee. Here's his take on changes enacted at the recent national convention.

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July 07, 2006

Personal Protection

As noted a couple years ago, the Denver area is a great place to get struck by lightning.

Now a clever teen here has learned to use his Ipod as a personal lightning rod. Way to go, dude!

Posted by Walter at 06:31 AM | Comments (0)

July 06, 2006

Nomenclature

Over at the Volokh Conspiracy they've been talking about how libertarians can briefly describe their views to those unclear on the concept. (here, and here)

David Bernstein considers, and rejects, 'classical liberal,' 'market liberal,' and 'political pacifist,' although I kind of like that last one.

Lately I've been using the term 'non-leftist liberal,' especially when talking with leftists. This does three useful things. It points out that liberal and leftist are not synonymous, as is generally thought by many Americans. It reinforces the fact that libertarians are not right wingers, and as a bonus, generally confuses everyone.

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July 04, 2006

That's Nice

In a perfect world, whenever North Korea tries to test a long range missile, it will fail and fall to earth after less than a minute of flight.

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Question Of The Day

Tyler Cowen asks, "Would I have supported the American Revolution?"

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