Posted in libertarianism, tagged freedom, liberty, laws, tyranny, collectivism, south dakota, abortion, majority, federalism, states on May 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Damon Root has an excellent article at Reason where he discusses liberty and federalism in the context of a draconian South Dakota law that, if the voters decide so, would ban virtually all kinds of abortions.
Look at it like this. The United States Constitution guarantees a number of specific individual rights, including free speech and the [...]
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Posted in libertarianism, tagged law, sex, victimless crimes, volokh, laws, crime, crimes, rape, massachisetts, fraud, impersonation, sexual fraud, sexual consent, consent, consensual, behavior on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s the classic pitfall. The law tries to prevent a reprehensible act of fraud (in this case, obtaining sex from one’s brother near-sleeping girlfriend by impersonating the brother). However it does so by passing a law whose language is much broader than it should. The result is yet another encroachment by the law into an area it [...]
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“A hero is one who knows how to make a friend out of an enemy”
-old Talmud saying.
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Posted in news and links, sci, tech and gizmos, tagged auto, automotive, cars, electric, electric car, sports car, tesla on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Tesla rolls out its electric sports car.
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