Life in the Slow Lane 05/15/2011 No Comments
Our infrastructure has been squeezed between resistance to raising taxes on the one hand, and welfare demands on the other. Related: “Life in the Slow Lane” by The Economist
‘Response to Mag/Journal’ Archive
Sex-selection Abortion In Asia 04/22/2011 No Comments
The ugly specter of sex-selection abortion is a reality in Asia, and unfortunately not just in China. Modern technology has met old attitudes and made this possible. It is legal here in the USA de facto, but not much practiced except a little bit in the Asian community. [Abortion for sex selection is not specifically [...]
Are Corporations People? 04/19/2011 1 Comment
The ‘corporation’ has been an item of controversy in the past, and not only on the left. This The Economist article, ”Peculiar people,” is a good primer on the issue. I would add that: 1. Most corporations in America are not ‘big corporations’ but ‘small corporations.’ Most of the small ones, and occasionally a few large ones, [...]
David Stockman, Again 04/17/2011 No Comments
In this article, David Stockman, although both a hard-money man and a social liberal, comes out against continuing the G. W. Bush tax cuts! Read it to find out why. Related: “The Triumph of Politics Over Economics” by Nick Gillespie at Reason.com
Tort Reform and Avoiding Lawyers: Good and Bad Ways To Do It 04/06/2011 No Comments
One of the features of our legal system is that if an organization or business rips you off for $3 million, it’s pretty easy to get justice, but if it rips you off for $30, you’re out of luck unless you can inflate the worth of pain and emotional distress to $3 million. And one [...]
The Courage Factor 04/01/2011 No Comments
The Economist on Obama’s general lack of courage. He campaigned on ‘audacity’ and ‘we can’ but it looks like we don’t. Remember you heard it first here on Blue Kennel. I hadn’t quite thought of ‘allergy to antithesis’ in terms of cowardice, but I guess I should. As a trustfunder, I have to be careful about [...]
In a Rather Interesting Magazine Called “The American Conservative” 01/22/2011 No Comments
In a rather interesting magazine called The American Conservative, which is not conservative necessarily as we understand it in Orange County, but actually represents pacifist conservatives of all kinds (and yes there is such a thing as pacifist conservatives) Stephen Baskerville has written an excellent essay maintaining that “Marriage exists primarily to cement the father [...]