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Let’s Fingerprint Everybody….Whenever They Move!

Oh, no! It turns out that when the federal and state governments ordered everybody to leave New Orleans, “everybody” included “registered sex offenders”! Who knew? And now those registered sex…

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Let’s Fingerprint Everybody….Whenever They Move!

Oh, no! It turns out that when the federal and state governments ordered everybody to leave New Orleans, “everybody” included “registered sex offenders”! Who knew? And now those registered sex…

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Islam and Toleration

A colleague just alerted me to the website of an organization dedicated to promoting toleration both for and among Muslims: the Libforall Foundation. It looks quite interesting — the mission…

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Much Better Than I had Expected — Excellent, in Fact

I don’t normally run out and see movies because they have a libertarian theme, or a gay theme, or whatever else I might find interesting or with which I might…

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Essay Contest on Individual Rights

If you’d like to write on the topic of individual rights in the Middle East (whether you live there or not), check out the “Dream Deferred” essay contest of the…

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Out of Egypt: “Rantings of a Sandmonkey”

As the author of this blog notes: Be forewarned: The writer of this blog is an extremely cynical, snarky, pro-US, secular, libertarian, disgruntled sandmonkey. If this is your cup of…

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Out of Egypt: “Rantings of a Sandmonkey”

As the author of this blog notes: Be forewarned: The writer of this blog is an extremely cynical, snarky, pro-US, secular, libertarian, disgruntled sandmonkey. If this is your cup of…

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If He Survives to Full Adulthood, He’ll Have an Interesting Life

Foolhardy. Idiotic. But it shows moxie. The stunt reminds me of the adventure of Mathias Rust in 1987. As one old man who observed the landing noted, it may have…

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If He Survives to Full Adulthood, He’ll Have an Interesting Life

Foolhardy. Idiotic. But it shows moxie. The stunt reminds me of the adventure of Mathias Rust in 1987. As one old man who observed the landing noted, it may have…

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Nun Bun?

Oy! What a Stir! Was Jesus Really Shelfish? Holy images keep showing up in the oddest of places.

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