This is what happens when a society succumbs to the pressure of fanatic religious moralism to the point that the ethic of minding your own business is discarded. Granted, Indonesia does not have a profound cultural or political tradition of… Continue Reading
U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson of the Eastern District of Virginia has found that the “individual mandate” portion of the healthcare reform act is unconstitutional. His is sure to not be the last word on this issue. What makes… Continue Reading
I suppose in one sense, it’s inspiring that people are willing to protest tuition hikes in the UK; it suggests that access to higher education is important to people. I’m not real sure what rioting around Prince Charles’ car is… Continue Reading
In law, we make an exception to he hearsay rule for “dying declarations.” The idea is that when someone is conscious of their own impending death, they attach special importance to the things they say, so that we may rely… Continue Reading
I’m not so sure that in the long run, all of these assumptions are correct, but let’s just assume the author is right and due to intractable cultural, biological, and emotional factors, atheists will always be a minority in Western… Continue Reading
Nothing in the leaked documents is substantively surprising. We all knew, or should have known, that Arab nations are very nervous about a nuclear Iran, and also very nervous about saying so publicly. We all knew, or should have known,… Continue Reading
I’ve been subscribing to the filings and postings in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger case. Of late there have been a lot of requests by the media to broadcast the arguments (which will be a week from today). The Court has… Continue Reading
Why ever should North Korea be scared or upset about the world scolding it for killing more South Korean soldiers and bombing South Korean territory? The world stood back and used very strongly-worded missives to deliver harsh rebukes when the… Continue Reading
Headline: Owners of Park51 project apply for $5,000,000 in Federal redevelopment funds designed to encourage development in downtown Manhattan after 9/11. Reaction: Wharrgarbl! Examples of resulting wharrgarbl may be found in all the predictable places, like here, and here. And… Continue Reading
Every time airport security procedures are tightened, a margin of people who otherwise would have traveled by air decide not to. In some cases, they opt to travel by car instead. For instance, overall airline use declined when the TSA… Continue Reading