Monthly Archives: May 2009

For legislators and bureaucrats, each day brings fresh new opportunities to consolidate power by buying new constituents and spending Other People’s Money.  Now we have borrowed extensively from our children and grandchildren, printed up even more, and directed this crop … Continue reading →

Imagine: “Ref, he was clearly off-sides!” … “True, but their team is behind by 4 goals.  I don’t think the off-sides rule should apply to teams when they are behind by 4 or more goals.”  Now read this article and … Continue reading →

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission has something to say about torture and human rights.  Speaking of torture, Blackwell includes a long quote from one of the most tortuous of Supreme Court majority opinions (a crowded … Continue reading →