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I'm traveling today, so allow me to offer you instead this excellent article by Robert Higgs: see "Instead of stimulus, do nothing – seriously", Robert Higgs, Christian Science Monitor, 2/9/09 http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0209/p09s01-coop.html more »

My good friend The Freak, who is a licensed attorney (because he felt like becoming one even though his job isn't actually in the field of law), responded to some questions by guest-blogger (or guest-questioner) Chris Jenkins. The response arrived as a… more »

Last week, the Republican National Committee filed two federal lawsuits challenging aspects of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ("BCRA"), also known as McCain-Feingold, also known by many as an unforgivable assault on the First Amendment, the signing o… more »

For your Sunday edification, this very good article by Paul Chesser discussing the global warming industry and their scientifically illiterate fellow travelers in the liberal media: http://www.spectator.org/archives/2008/10/24/climate-alarmisms-flimsy… more »

On this most important of American holidays, as we consider the liberty enshrined in our founding documents...the liberty that has made this country great...I urge all my readers to consider where that liberty has been going in recent years and how much… more »

In a disturbingly close 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court finally got one right, striking down Washington, DC's complete ban on guns. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guns;_ylt=AgLBgAb2tLJRPvUxgJyR9iGs0NUE The decision, which can… more »

Yesterday, by a 4-3 vote, the California Supreme Court overturned a state law which restricted marriage to being between a man and a woman. The Court went out of its way to say that they were not attempting to rule on the policy choice of whether “a sam… more »

Here's my article at Human Events about yesterday's Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the 3-drug procedure used by Kentucky (and several other states) for execution by lethal injection: see "SCOTUS Upholds Constitutionality of… more »

My letter to the WSJ was PUBLISHED on 11/3/07: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119405655951081320.html The Wall Street Journal had an article on Wednesday discussing whether the President of the United States should obey unconstitutional laws, conclu… more »

In response to my note a few days ago about parts of the Patriot Act being ruled unconstitutional, I received a comment suggesting that our government had generally been protective of our liberties during this expansion of executive power. Another rea… more »