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A Stitch in Haste

A Stitch in Time Saves Nine … But Haste Makes Waste

A collection of real-world libertarian, individualist and laissez-faire rants on law, economics, politics, culture and other current events
by an average, everyday lawyer & investment banker and part-time pop scholar.


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Daily Twitter Digest — 2008-12-31

December 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Summary of my daily Tweets. Follow me live at http://twitter.com/KipEsquire

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Linkfest: Gay Rights Updates

December 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Busy couple of days in this last week of a dismal year for gay rights and gay politics.

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Tags: Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Society, Religion, Culture Wars

Daily Twitter Digest — 2008-12-30

December 30th, 2008 · Comments Off

Summary of my daily Tweets. Follow me live at http://twitter.com/KipEsquire

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If You Need "Rights," Then You Don't Deserve Them?

December 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This Oregon drug case is not one for the ages. I wanted to highlight it, however, if for no other reason than for the sheer purity of its lesson.

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Tags: Fourth Amendment · Law Enforcement Abuses · Privacy Issues

Metablogging: Technical Changes

December 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I am making some modest changes to the blog over the next day or two.

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Daily Twitter Digest — 2008-12-29

December 29th, 2008 · Comments Off

Summary of my daily Tweets. Follow me live at http://twitter.com/KipEsquire

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On Krugman on "Niggling"

December 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Recently Paul Krugman wrote the following defense of unbridled Keynesian "stimulus" spending:
[I]f you believe that a surge in private spending would raise employment — and even the critics agree on that — it's very hard to explain why a surge of public spending wouldn't have the same effect.
Elsewhere, he dismissed these critics, butchering a famous [...]

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Tags: Capitalism · Taxation & Fiscal Policy

Questions

December 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

–Is it a proper function of the federal government to seize the Flight 93 crash site for a memorial?
–Which supposedly free nation is considering slapping content ratings on websites, for the ultimate purpose of restricting access to them?
–Elsewhere, which U.S. city is considering banning happy hour ("any bar or restaurant with a liquor license or [...]

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Daily Twitter Digest — 2008-12-28

December 28th, 2008 · Comments Off

Let's recall that George W. Bush will not be the first failed president who "limped back to Texas" — http://is.gd/dON6 #
Must-read op-ed by Frank Rich on the Warren pick: http://tinyurl.com/9q5yda #
"The virtue of the new Klaatu is that he points us back to the original." Stated differently, the new Klaatu sucks. http://snipr.com/96sf3 #

Note: The [...]

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Linkfest: Sunday Updates

December 28th, 2008 · Comments Off

Time to clean out the aggregator:
ITEM: The Washington Post ran a feature article noting how property taxes in the capital region are not declining despite plummeting home prices. I have repeatedly called for separating tax rates from market values and instead relying on the actual structure and characteristics of the property, rather than its (presumed) [...]

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