Monthly Archive: November 2011

Inspired by Tod Kelly’s claim that we U.S. Americans are really closer to one another politically than we think, following is a quiz. All remarks are taken from the speeches of either John McCain...

Nassim Talib asserting (among other things) that the Fed will not be around in 25 years. We anticipate (hope!) the construction of the charter sailing catamaran Mon Tiki will take 4-6 months. Aside from...

As James Fallows writes: Let’s stipulate that there are legitimate questions of how to balance the rights of peaceful protest against other people’s rights to go about their normal lives, and the rights of...

I have an idea bouncing around inside of my head like a marble, and as I am pretty sure everyone here will disagree with it I am going to ask for some feedback from...

I’ve just stepped off the scale, so I can tell you that right now, at this very moment, I weight 182.6 pounds. At 5’8″, this puts my Body Mass Index in the “overweight” category....

As Rufus’s nostalgia seems to have prompted my invitation to join this august company, and Mark has furthered the veer into nostalgia with his History of the LoOG post, this seems appropriate: Sadly, there’s...

While the behavior of the NYPD has been heavy-handed and disproportionate since the Occupy movement’s very start, the violence and lawlessness that characterized the actions of the police yesterday was extraordinary. Thankfully, the countless...

  Hello again gents and ladies, ordinary and otherwise. Apparently my guest posts– here about consumerism, hope and happiness; and here about the (necessarily?) contradictory and frustrating aspects of government regulation – have been...

My apologies out the gate: I meant to post this on Monday, but the conference I attended over the weekend through everything into a tailspin. With that said, let’s begin… The first book in...

If we’re going to pick our favorite posts from the last three years for this League Journal, we’re going to have to remember what was posted in that time. I’ve been making my way...

Coming to the silver screen in summer 2012: Atlas Shrugged, Part 2.

Just to mix things up a little I thought I’d take a look at something a little different – the meaning of life.  Well, we all know it’s 42, but a can’t write a...

I’ve opined several times before that the legal concept of “standing” should be interpreted broadly, particularly in the realm of Constitutional law, with an eye towards encouraging litigation of disputes on their merits. Too...

There’s been a lot of talk about democracy hereabouts during the past month or so. And I think that’s a really cool, good thing. It’s the kind of non-topical conversation that can be hard...

Tom Jensen from Public Policy Polling has some new figures about the Occupy movement’s dwindling stature in the public’s eyes: The Occupy Wall Street movement is not wearing well with voters across the country....

I have to admit, Occupy Wall Street has been irking me lately. Whatever legitimate gripe sparked the movement, the occupations began devolving into a frothy mixture of crime and partying within the last few...