August 21, 2009
Bad August, Good August
So far, it has been a good August for those who of us who could get away for vacation. No major news stories, no major weather events, no major catastrophes have happened so far. But it has been a bad...
August 20, 2009
Rethinking the War on Drugs
Should We Rethink the War on Drugs? A very conservative friend of mine sent me a YouTube Video clip of Milton Friedman explaining why he thought that a prohibition on illegal drug use was not only a waste...
August 19, 2009
Town Hall Meeting
Town Hall Meeting In the beginning of American democracy, there was the town hall meeting. Especially popular in small New England towns, the town hall meeting gave everybody a chance to speak up who was so inclined about the direction...
August 18, 2009
Bob Novak
Bob Novak When I was in high school and college, I used to love to watch Bob Novak and Pat Buchanan battle it out against the forces of evil on Crossfire and the McLaughlin Group. Novak wasn’t the...
August 18, 2009
Set Theory, Applied to Politics
Set Theory, Applied to Politics During my vacation to Chicago and then Lake Geneva, my wife insisted that I get some exercise, and so I set off on the running trail in both places, listening to an interesting...
August 17, 2009
The Public Option Is Dead
The Death of the Public Option So, the public option is dead, eh? Good! It was always a stupid idea, anyway. The left didn’t like it. They want the government-run health care, and to...