Showing posts with label government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government. Show all posts
Friday, July 17, 2026

The Unique Product

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     States, like men, have their growth, their manhood, their decrepitude and their decay. – Walter S. Landor      Incentives and disince...
Sunday, January 18, 2026

Breakfast All Day

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     [I’ve been tempted to use that phrase in a great many contexts. This morning I woke up actually thinking it. So here it is. If what fo...
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Saturday, January 10, 2026

What Is "The Law Of Nations?"

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     This piece and the many others that have been written since American forces deposed Nicolas Maduro have excited questions about “inter...
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Friday, January 9, 2026

Design To Function

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     I’ve done several kinds of design. They all have unique requirements and constraints. But they share a single universal imperative: the...
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Wednesday, January 7, 2026

The State And I

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     “I don't mean that a business politician won't steal; stealing is his business. But all politicians are nonproductive. The only...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

A Glimmer Of Hope

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     A couple of days ago, something unusual happened Across the Water: A Briton dared to defend another Briton against the threat of rape ...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020

What is to be done?

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  Steve Biddle, in one of the comments to my Christmas Day post, “An Epidemic of Politics” agreed with the need to resist evil...
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Sunday, September 20, 2020

The Return Of The Vigilance Committee

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     Matters are coming to a head:      Three Philadelphia police officers riding in an unmarked car were checking on a man on a bike when...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Comedy Is Hard...

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     “I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” – Will Rogers      Commentary is easy, especially when co...
Monday, July 27, 2020

Indicting The Ism

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     I had no idea that Vlad is still blogging. Here’s the Sunday punch from his comments on the recent Netflix production about Stalin’s H...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

When Smart People Say Foolish Things

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     “I do not need protecting,” she said. “I can take care of myself.”      “You are a fine fencer,” I said. “Unfortunately, life is more ...
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