Here’s more justification for government intervention and the growth of the welfare state. Free food, free lunch, free breakfast, free everything – just keep popping out those kids you refuse to care for, and we’ll foist them upon the rest of society. A federal survey on “food security” – I did not make that up [...]

Like almost every sports stadium, Michigan’s Pontiac Silverdome was built for wealthy sports team owners and paid for by taxpayers, to the tune of $55 million in 1975. Since the sale of the dome a couple of weeks ago, locals are still talking about it because of the $583,000 sale price. Sold to the highest [...]

Oregon Attorney General John Kroger has established the new Environmental Crimes Enforcement Unit (the “ECEU”). The purpose of this unit is allow the state to get more aggressive in pursuing “criminals” guilty of environmental non-compliance. After all, Kroger was elected after promising to increase the prosecution of environmental crimes. From the article in Oregon Business [...]

In another round of  “Someone Needs to Get the Depression Memo” news, it’s cupcakes this time around. Apparently, cupcakeries have been a boom period trend. The New York Times chimes in on the mania. There is no Cupcake Manufacturers Association keeping count, but anecdotal evidence indicates that stand-alone cupcake shops have been spreading not just in [...]

Even “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” has been adapted for the times. Warning: not family material.

In this post from this morning, I point out some really awful errors made by libertarians as they muddle such things as “rights to free expression,” etc. Today, someone sent me this interesting video where I spotted another snafu by a libertarian. A young man appears at a bookstore where AlGore is signing another one [...]

I have no doubt that this photo – allegedly taken by a stewardess – is authentic. I’ve seen a similar thing on flights, though not the massive overflow into the aisle. For the most part, the quasi-governmental airlines refuse to address this problem, thereby minimizing the service and comfort for other customers who must take [...]

The Swiss know what that is.

I waited a week for some easily offended, left libertarian to post a very predictable comment to my blog on Adam Lambert. To start, I am re-posting my blog post in question for the sake of simplicity. ————— November 29, 2009: On the Adam Lambert debacle: In addition to dragging a female dancer around by [...]