Month: January 2010


End of Life Choices

Some find this a difficult topic to discuss, but it’s going to happen to all of us (well, probably), so it’s childish to avoid it. Yes, I’m discussing death. Jamie…

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A Delightful and Heart Warming Story….about Star Trek!

The ‘true story’ of how Dr. King kept Uhura on Star Trek (I added the exclamation point because I’m not a Trekkie, although I do remember watching the show when…

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Two Democrats on an Escalator…

(Now, it seems that the full version is here.)

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Now here’s an ugly bit of business….

Chait’s Response to the criticism offered below. And a Little More: Now We Know What Real Humor Is….Or at Least Real Jokes An old friend, Veronique de Rugy, has been…

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Kindle Killer? Some Doubts…

I wonder about the claims about the iPad. It does look very cool and all, but if it runs off of a back lit screen, it’s not going to kill…

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Movie Stories and Collective Property

David Boaz and John Locke on the rights of the Na’vi: “Collective Property Rights in Avatar?” (Note: I haven’t seen the movie, but it’s not necessary to understand the issues…

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Realizing Freedom Reviewed in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

The FAZ, one of the most influential newspapers in Europe, reviewed my book Realizing Freedom and Detmar Doering’s very good Traktat über die Freiheit. The reviewer, Professor Michael Zöller, is…

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Cats Can Be Fierce:

HT: Andrew Sullivan And then there’s this famous photos: Photo in the News: Cat Chases Bear Up Tree

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Making Us “Safer” When We Travel

All a part of the U.S. government’s plans to make travel impossible and life unbearable.

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