Thursday, March 6

Jeremy Horpedahl is the guest editor today. 

 

The ‘Great Satan’ Strike Out

“How interesting that Ahmadinejad, unlike a U.S. president who has to be airlifted unannounced into ultra-secure bases, was able to convoy in from the airport in broad daylight on a road that U.S. dignitaries fear to travel.”

 

Defense Contractor Seeks to Buy Diebold

The merchants of death are trying to buy votes in a new way.

 

Litigating for Liberty

“IJ has helped everyone from New York jitney drivers to D.C. hair braiders to New Orleans florists defeat unreasonable, frequently ridiculous legal restrictions that prevented them from earning a living in their chosen trade.”

 

Liberty Versus Socialism

“The fact that an obese person becomes ill, or a cyclist has an accident, and becomes a burden on taxpayers who must bear the expense of taking care of him, is not a problem of liberty. It's a problem of socialism where one person is forced to take care of another.”

 

Free-Market Money: A Key to Peace

“War finance has long been the overt and covert rationale for an expansion of government’s role in the banking system.”

 

Gold Edges Closer to $1,000

 

Are You Smarter Than an Illegal Immigrant?

“The folks at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services have devised a new citizenship test for those few illegal immigrants who, for some unknown reason, are actually trying to become lawful citizens.…Here are some actual USCIS test questions followed not by the politically correct answers but by the actual realpolitik answers.”

 

Marijuana Makes People Sell Their Children

More evidence that politicians are completely delusional when it comes to supporting the new prohibition.

 

Chicago May Ban Little Baggies

Here’s a stupid, feel-good law unlikely to make any difference in anything.

 

How Dangerous Is the Internet for Children?

Not as bad as the hype.

 

Proposal Aims to Undo Rent Control Laws

Finally some sense coming out of California .

 

Kitty Wigs!

Another victory for the market!

 

Scientists Still Seeking Cure for Obesity

Satire.

 

Obesity More Dangerous Than Terrorism

Not satire.

 

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