Moving On
This is just a short note to the Ordinary Times community: I’ve started a new blog called Clown Town. It will be my main nonprofessional outlet from now on. Again and again, I’ve found...
Monthly Archive: August 2014
The Market Basket open thread…
In my last mini-post, Saul Degraw mentioned a company called Market Basket, a New England-based grocery store chain that easily falls under the definition of good corporate citizen. Historically, the company has been able...
The Epistemology of the Question Universe
Asking a question creates a parallel universe in which certain facts cannot be questioned. That might not be a good lesson to bring back to our world.
A Libertarian Argument for the Basic Income Guarantee
Jason Kuznicki forgot to remind us, but he’s doing his usual bang-up job at Cato Unbound, the latest issue of which features Matt Zwolinski making a pragmatic libertarian case for the basic income guarantee...
James Brady passes, death is ruled a homicide.
Given that the shot that killed Brady was fired in 1981, I have all sorts of questions for the various lawyers in the house. I suppose the simplest is “what the heck?” but I’ll...
That’s The Rub
Is there a better summertime barbeque than pork back ribs? Learn how to make pork back ribs the Burt Likko way. Or use the comments to explain why your ribs are superior.
On Tax Codes, Corporate Malfeasance, and the Unintended Consequences of Celebrating Amorality in the Free Market
Earlier this week, Vikram argued that the citizens of a free economy should embrace — or at least excuse — corporate amorality in the face of their responsibility to shareholders.
Tod Kelly responds, warning that you should always be careful of what you wish for.
How To Restrain A 17-Year-Old Client
How To Restrain a 17-Year-Old Client Two staffers will approach the child in crisis having established that he poses a threat either to himself or to somebody else. Between them, they will have indicated...
Do Pro-Lifers Really Believe that Abortion Is Murder?
Kevin Drum notices that pro-lifers react differently to abortion than they do to what he calls “genuine murder.” Is he right?
