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May 2, 2002

Libertarians, Lend Me Your Ears

Hypothetical question for that strong contingent of libertarians who haunt the blogs: Were, say, Bill Gates and Steve Forbes (and a motivated cadre of the ultra rich), to buy up all the private property in New York City, would they then be able to decide who could or could not come and go on their property — provided they were careful to pick attributes other than race, religion, age, and

Shoes and ships and seal-ing wax….

From U.S. News and World Report: “How Canadian subsidies led to a new slaughter of seal pups”: In the early 1980s, animal-rights protests led to a virtual shutdown of the seal fur industry. But in recent years, the Canadian government has quietly orchestrated a comeback of the hunt, and today sealers kill more animals

Shoes and ships and seal-ing wax….

From U.S. News and World Report: “How Canadian subsidies led to a new slaughter of seal pups”: In the early 1980s, animal-rights protests led to a virtual shutdown of the seal fur industry. But in recent years, the Canadian government has quietly orchestrated a comeback of the hunt, and today sealers kill more animals

The Snatchelor

For those of you still interested (and God only knows why you would be), ‘t turns out that those salacious and damning emails attributed to “The Bachelor,” Alex Michel — emails detailing his conquest of Trista and the cold realities of network TV politics — were faked. The whole thing was a Crimson