JHo sends along this CNSNews overview of SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan’s views on speech as outlined in a 1996 article published in the U of Chicago Law Review. From CNS: In her article, Kagan said that examination of the motives of government is the proper approach for the Supreme Court when looking at whether a law violates the First Amendment. While not denying that other concerns, such as the impact

In Heaven, for every five delicious homemade meatball sandwiches you purchase from this little family-run Italian joint across from our local head shop, you get one delicious meatball sandwich absolutely free. Free! Had somebody back in West Hollywood thought of something like that, there’s a good chance I wouldn’t have gone completely bust charging up sushi and kingsized Sapporos in between paying gigs — then later counting on Feldman to

In Heaven, for every five delicious homemade meatball sandwiches you purchase from this little family-run Italian joint across from our local head shop, you get one delicious meatball sandwich absolutely free. Free! Had somebody back in West Hollywood thought of something like that, there’s a good chance I wouldn’t have gone completely bust charging up sushi and kingsized Sapporos in between paying gigs — then later counting on Feldman to

From Reason’s Shikha Dalmia: Defenders of Arizona’s harsh new anti-immigration law are going on the offensive: They are fanning out on TV, radio talk shows, and newspaper columns arguing that there is nothing nefarious about this law because all it does is help Uncle Sam enforce its existing laws. Even if this claim were true, it would be as constitutionally presumptuous as Arizona dispatching state troops to help the federal

From Reason’s Shikha Dalmia: Defenders of Arizona’s harsh new anti-immigration law are going on the offensive: They are fanning out on TV, radio talk shows, and newspaper columns arguing that there is nothing nefarious about this law because all it does is help Uncle Sam enforce its existing laws. Even if this claim were true, it would be as constitutionally presumptuous as Arizona dispatching state troops to help the federal

Yeah. Well, good luck with all that. Notes Terry H, via email: The problem w/ other people’s money is that eventually you run out of it. Greeks were not willing to tax themselves enough to pay for the entitlements they wanted, so they borrowed it. The debt has now risen to a large enough share of the economy that they cannot even service the debt load, much less the entitlements.

Yeah. Well, good luck with all that. Notes Terry H, via email: The problem w/ other people’s money is that eventually you run out of it. Greeks were not willing to tax themselves enough to pay for the entitlements they wanted, so they borrowed it. The debt has now risen to a large enough share of the economy that they cannot even service the debt load, much less the entitlements.

Who’s your mommy now? The task force also sees a potential pocketbook approach to keep people from buying unhealthy foods. It calls for analyzing the effect of imposing state and local sales taxes on less healthy products. [my emphasis] Here, let me save you some big time “analyzing” bucks. The “effect of imposing state and local sales taxes on less healthy products” will be to make “less healthy” products more

Well now. This is rather interesting: At the age of six months babies can barely sit up — let along take their first tottering steps, crawl or talk. But, according to psychologists, they have already developed a sense of moral code — and can tell the difference between good and evil. An astonishing series of experiments is challenging the views of many psychologists and social scientists that human beings are

Well now. This is rather interesting: At the age of six months babies can barely sit up — let along take their first tottering steps, crawl or talk. But, according to psychologists, they have already developed a sense of moral code — and can tell the difference between good and evil. An astonishing series of experiments is challenging the views of many psychologists and social scientists that human beings are