Daily Archive: December 6, 2011

Sarong, it’s been good to know you.

In the comment thread of my My life as a free-rider post I wrote: “I guess what was on my mind is there’s a sort of self-righteous smugness in this post, or in my cashmere sweater...

Bad Fiction: GOP ’12

The prospect of Donald Trump moderating a debate is what finally made things click. It occurred to me the other day as I was leaving a comment elsewhere: if someone had written a TV...

NDAA, Due Process, and the Sixth Amendment

I wanted to share a quick thought about E.D. Kain’s very recent column at Forbes, but (sorry, Erik) commenting at Forbes is a laborious process which I have never successfully completed. I’m not even...

College Football Bowl Season Preview

Since yesterday was Opposite Day, I didn’t really want to break up the party by posting this, so it got pushed back a day. Then I realized it might actually be Opposite Week. In...

Against the Globalization of Trade

~by Plinko This post comes from my evil twin, Kabuki. While I think of myself as a progressive with an appreciation for the libertarian critique of modern American liberalism; he is a strong social...