I hesitate to write this post. I am not sure how this is going to be received, and I don’t want to disparage the motives or livelihood of someone I barely know. Rich has started up a new company, PHD Publishers LLC, which he bills as a micro-publisher. He notified the RTB mailing list. Normally, [...]
Archive for June 1st, 2004
Self-Publishing
Posted in Writing on June 1, 2004 | 13 Comments »
Solving the Drug Problem
Posted in Libertarian Problem Solving on June 1, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Seen on Comedy Central a while back (paraphrased): I have the perfect solution to the drug problem. Legalize all drugs, including heroin. Allow the pharmaceutical companies to manufacture those drugs. Nobody will be able to afford to buy them, problem solved. Hmm, perhaps Libertarianism can work… *ducks* UPDATE: Joe over at Evangelical Outpost has a [...]
The Sorry State of Health Care
Posted in Economics, Health on June 1, 2004 | 11 Comments »
I took my cats to the vet today for their booster shots, and while I had the vet’s attention, I asked a few questions, as I normally do. One of the questions I asked, and I warned her that it was loaded, was “How do you feel about pet health insurance?” Her answer was telling. [...]
Mary Beth, of Wampum Blog, is running for a Maine House seat. her primary opponent pledged to adhere to public spending limits, then did not. As a result, Mary Beth, who played by the rules, is behind in fund raising. So go help out. We could use more regular citizens in office, and Mary beth [...]
20 Bush Reversals
Posted in Politics on June 1, 2004 | Comments Off
Center for American Progress has twenty Bush reversals: OPEC BUSH PROMISES TO FORCE OPEC TO LOWER PRICES…”What I think the president ought to do [when gas prices spike] is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots…And the president of the United States [...]
US Judge Finds Bush Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
Posted in Health, Politics on June 1, 2004 | 10 Comments »
This is good news for women’s health, as well as for their rights: A federal judge Tuesday declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional, saying the measure infringes on a woman’s right to choose. The ruling applies to Planned Parenthood (news – web sites) clinics and their doctors, who perform roughly half the nation’s abortions. [...]
Haiku
Posted in Writing on June 1, 2004 | 4 Comments »
Jim Henley has a really fascinating look at Haiku, with some additional thoughts here. It isn’t what we were taught in school. In fact, if you look at this the right way, American English teachers have created an entirely American form of poetry by accident.
Ignatius Misses the Point, Kinda
Posted in Economics on June 1, 2004 | 3 Comments »
Ignatius is mostly correct: a higher gas tax probably is in the best long term interests of the country. What he misses, though, is the real effect such a tax would have on the country. Ignatius paints a picture of an America whose gas policy is set entirely by the fact that Americans like to [...]
Bush Has Nothing to Run On
Posted in Politics on June 1, 2004 | 4 Comments »
The Bush Campaign is the most negative in history Scholars and political strategists say the ferocious Bush assault on Kerry this spring has been extraordinary, both for the volume of attacks and for the liberties the president and his campaign have taken with the facts. Though stretching the truth is hardly new in a political [...]
Did Anyone Hear…
Posted in Sports on June 1, 2004 | 1 Comment »
…whether or not Nieminen made it out of Calgary alive last night, without any of the fans or his teammates killing or seriously injuring him? Just wondering. What a stupid penalty to take. With all the pressure the Flames were able to bring, even down a man, you get the distinct impression that they would [...]
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