Intellectual property is important because it is how a culture is created in a capitalist society. It is how technology is encouraged to advance. It is responsible for the countless innovations and richness of our lives. Respecting and enforcing the… Continue Reading
In theory, Iran is under enough international economic sanctions that no one should be selling them any kind of advanced rocketry equipment. Which isn’t going to stop them from developing their own, and that’s what they’re claiming they’ve done —… Continue Reading
Officially, the People’s Republic of China advocates atheism on the part of its citizens, and you might think that as an atheist myself, I would approve. I do not. My atheism is a personal matter, not one arrived at as… Continue Reading
Perhaps the most important thing to remember about China is that it is armed with nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles with which to deliver them. So it is an international nuclear power and that means it gets treated with… Continue Reading
One of the many notions I see from time to time — one held with religious-like fanaticism by its proponents — is the concept of jury nullification. Briefly, this is the idea that a jury (not a judge) may nullify,… Continue Reading
When even local churchgoing folk complain about the local judge invoking religion in the courtroom, chances are you’ve gone too far. And that’s the reason that Covington County Circuit Judge Ashley McKathan of Andalusia, Alabama has to answer to the… Continue Reading
Personally, I’d love it if he did, although I’m not crazy about Tom Ridge for other reasons, particularly including his association with the incumbent Administration and his embrace of the pro-bureaucracy Homeland Security Act. Still, I’m pro-choice and I think… Continue Reading
I’m not saying wimps can’t win Presidential elections. They have. George Bush the Elder was thought of as a wimp. And Jimmy Carter, I mean, really, have we had a bigger wimp in office since Franklin Pierce? But I can’t… Continue Reading
Turns out the Flat Earth Society hasn’t gone away. It’s gone global. Well, that might be a bad choice of words. Still, you notice the first guy they quote (emphasis added): “People are definitely prejudiced against flat-Earthers,” Tennessee-based computer scientist… Continue Reading
Not a lot of people have paid attention to the question of the use of popular music in political campaigns. I wrote a law review article about it. My analysis favored the artist; I tried to attack the issue from… Continue Reading