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Immigration: Comments
There were enough interesting comments on my immigration post that I decided to devote a second post to the comments and my responses. Two had to do…
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Immigration
A Libertarian Argument
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The Meaning of “Libertarian”
Consider two hypothetical Christians. Christian A considers himself a libertarian, does not believe in the initiation of coercion, believes in property…
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The Oddest Evening of my Life
My previous post mentioned the late Frank Meyer, to whom I owe my first encounter with one of my favorite poems. This one is about how I got to know him…
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Edited Verse
what is wrong with it
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Books I Like
With political messages I don’t like
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March 2024

Thoughts on AI catastrophe
Earlier I quoted Kurzweil's estimate of about thirty years to human level A.I. Suppose he is correct. Further suppose that Moore's law continues to…
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Henry's Complaint
Young Henry of England, Queen Eleanor’s son, Went to the King when the dancing was done, Said “Father, I’ve found me a maiden to love As fair as the…
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The Puzzle of Oral Sex
enough about politics
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Murthy v. Missouri
How to enforce the First Amendment
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Market Failure Within Politics
Market failure, a technical term in economics, does not mean any situation where a market fails. It describes situations where individual rationality…
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No Neutrals
­­­They say in Harlan County There are no neutrals there. You'll either be a union man Or a thug for J. H. Blair. (from Bloody Harlan by Florence Reece…
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