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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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What's More Unconstitutional than "Unconstitutional"?

July 25th, 2008 · No Comments

How about, "So unconstitutional that the judge awarded the ACLU $42,000 in lawyer fees"?
Yesterday, a federal District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana awarded the American Civil Liberties Union $42,000 in attorneys' fees in a case they brought challenging the legality of a picture of Jesus Christ that was displayed at the Slidell City [...]

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Tags: Atheism · First Amendment - Religion · Law · Libertarianism

A "Teach the Controversy" Moment

June 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Short version:
Microbiologist: I have published a paper documenting evidence of evolution in E. coli bacteria.
Creationist: I demand to see your data!
Microbiologist: Have you read the paper?
Creationist: Since you refuse to disclose your data, I am going to denounce you as an unethical fraud on Conservapedia!
The data were, of course, in the paper (and the evolved [...]

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Tags: Atheism · Education