Linky Friday #143: Rise & Shine
This week: Health, Education, Business, Poilitics, Government, and Society.
Tagged: government
Like Jason Voorhees In That Last Scene
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Religious Test Clause predictably collide with Obergefell v. Hodges in Eastern Kentucky.
Tod’s Life Lessons For You to Hate On #1 & 2: Size Really Does Matter
In which I tell big government and big corporations to get off my lawn.
But I Fear
Burt Likko is mildly surprised that the political response didn’t include confiscation of law-abiding citizens’ hunting rifles and imposition of an abortion quota.
In My Opinion’s Wake
Burt Likko thinks that Citizens United and McCutcheon were correctly decided. But how can he square that conclusion with his recent Ordinary Court opinion?
Subsidized Birth Control and Matt Walsh’s Dubious Theory of Rights
Do you have a right to a product that must be provided to you through governmental coercion?
One Court To Rule Them All
Burt Likko is no rail engineer. But he is a lawyer, and that means he can offer at least one suggestion to moderate the ongoing boondoggle that is the California High Speed Rail Project.
California! No Bonds For You!
Part VII of my continuing intermittent series of posts publicly worrying about California lighting its money on fire with a high-speed rail construction project.
Nihil Novi Sub Sole
An unemployed California surfer buys lobster with his SNAP card — wait, where have I heard this before?
Government Enforced Inequality
By James Hanley Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on inequality. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so...
Consensus Facit Legem
By Wardsmith Are HOA’s a good metaphor for government? In the much-commented OP by Dr. Hanley, interlocutor M.A. brought up Home Owner Associations (HOA’s), most specifically as a foil against the concept that Libertarians...
Can a small target be easier to hit?
One of the occasional frustrations of debating policy is that it can be difficult to convey your views concisely and precisely. In the case of libertarianism one difficulty is defining exactly what you mean...
Jonah Goldberg’s Very Small Penis : How One NRO Correspondent Plans to Kill Your Children, Eat Your Puppies & Sodomize Your Kittens
I should probably start off by saying that as far as I know Jonah Goldberg has a fine and average sized (or bigger!) penis, and that to my knowledge he has never advocated any...
Sandefur: Voting for Obama
A bit of a surprise, but his reasons are solid. Particularly on dividing the government and on judicial appointments. I’m still undecided, but the leading contenders are Gary Johnson and “don’t vote, it just...
Why I Read Bryan Caplan
I know I often disagree with him. But then there’s stuff like this: “What’s stopping Warren Buffett from paying more taxes?” is a red herring. The fundamental question is: “Why is government’s share of...
Tax Credits and Subsidies
My former colleague Will Wilkinson offers some insightful comments on our intuitions regarding taxes, subsidies, and fiscal policy. To wit: I think the assumption on the right is that first we work to make...
