2007

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Not a bright idea

Tuesday - 25Dec2007 Filed in: Free Markets&Law&Ecology

Will getting rid of incandescent bulbs really save that much energy?

Tags: Original Vigil ∙ MPG standards ∙ incandescent bulb ∙ trade-offs ∙ compact florescent bulbs ∙ environmental impact ∙ global warming ∙ politicos ∙ black market

United We Stand - Dragging religion into politics

Sunday - 09Dec2007 Filed in: Morality & Modern Life&Politics

The presidential candidates are missing the point by pandering to evangelicals - revised

Tags: Original Vigil ∙ speech wars ∙ E pluribus unum ∙ religion ∙ personal responsiblity ∙ Romney ∙ Christianity ∙ mala in se ∙ parity test ∙ freely chosen ∙ mala prohibita ∙ coercive power ∙ moral justification ∙ person of faith ∙ Barry Goldwater ∙ favorites

Supermarket theory of government

Tuesday - 04Dec2007 Filed in: Politics

Demand your right to choose nothing and have it count

Tags: Original Vigil ∙ NOTA ∙ election ∙ supermarket

Sometimes reason wins

Friday - 03Aug2007 Filed in: Headlines&Ecology

Taking on the ethanol mythos

Tags: Original Vigil ∙ clipping ∙ ethanol ∙ corn ∙ hunger ∙ guest content

The real reason behind Prohibition

Sunday - 29Jul2007 Filed in: Morality & Modern Life&Politics

Nothing to do with morality and everything to do with vote pandering

Tags: Original Vigil ∙ classic ∙ Prohibition ∙ Great Depression ∙ income tax ∙ skimmed ∙ War on Drugs ∙ taxes

Faith and the public sphere

Saturday - 28Jul2007 Filed in: Morality & Modern Life

Does religion really define public morality? Should government control religion?

Tags: Original Vigil ∙ IRS ∙ religion ∙ coercive power ∙ person of faith ∙ multi-cultural ∙ multi-apologetic

The standard argument

Sunday - 15Jul2007 Filed in: Morality & Modern Life&Liberty&Free Speech

An argument against gun control has much wider application than I realized

Tags: standard libertarian argument ∙ illegal drugs ∙ prostitution ∙ global warming ∙ sex ∙ religion ∙ abuse ∙ freedom ∙ responsibility ∙ consequences ∙ cough medicine

"Gutter punks" in San Francisco

Sunday - 03Jun2007 Filed in: Morality & Modern Life

Is it really all that different than the 1960s?

Tags: Original Vigil ∙ San Francisco ∙ homeless ∙ hippie ∙ flower child ∙ GenX ∙ Boomers ∙ bad choices ∙ personal freedom ∙ personal responsiblity ∙ compassion

Milk shortage

Tuesday - 15May2007 Filed in: Headlines&Free Markets

Feed prices driven higher by ethanol subsidies and the reduced "government surpluses" of milk and milk products means that the price of milk is going up

Tags: Original Vigil ∙ clipping ∙ milk ∙ ethanol ∙ subsidies ∙ Rabobank Groep ∙ Larry Salathe ∙ Chicago Mercantile Exchange ∙ Erhard Richarts ∙ ZMP ∙ Chicago Board of Trade ∙ Joel Karlin ∙ alternative fuels ∙ government screw-up ∙ Sunni Marvillosa ∙ guest content

What happens when green means taking food out of mouths?

Tuesday - 17Apr2007 Filed in: Ecology&Free Markets&Headlines

The law of unintended consequences strikes again

Tags: Original Vigil ∙ clipping ∙ ethanol ∙ gasoline ∙ corn ∙ subsidies ∙ USDA ∙ Earth Policy Institute ∙ government screw-up ∙ guest content

Blogging anonymously

Tuesday - 17Apr2007 Filed in: Can't stop the signal&Free Speech

New publication makes it easier

Tags: clipping ∙ United States ∙ Cuba ∙ Egypt ∙ Tunisia ∙ Reporters Without Borders ∙ blogging ∙ free press ∙ Robert Menard ∙ Syria ∙ Mesud Hamid ∙ equal rights

Censorship failing, bit by bit

Saturday - 31Mar2007 Filed in: Can't stop the signal

It makes you wonder what all those repressive nations are really afraid of, doesn't it?

Tags: internet ∙ China ∙ censorship ∙ mass medium ∙ John Gilmore ∙ libertarian ∙ Sun Microsystems ∙ Time magazine ∙ distributed network ∙ connectivity ∙ information ∙ restrictions ∙ clipping

Tradeoffs

Thursday - 29Mar2007 Filed in: Free Markets&Headlines&Ecology

Hidden costs in the popular environmental movement

Tags: Original Vigil ∙ trade-offs ∙ compact florescent bulbs ∙ CFL bulbs ∙ mercury ∙ environmental crusade ∙ clipping ∙ guest content

The threat of web censorship

Thursday - 15Mar2007 Filed in: Can't stop the signal

Repression grows but the fight isn't over yet.

Tags: China ∙ internet ∙ censorship ∙ OpenNet Initiative ∙ Harvard Law School ∙ University of Toronto ∙ Cambridge ∙ Oxford ∙ Berkman Center for Internet and Society ∙ John Palfrey ∙ clipping

Latest efforts of a desperate government

Tuesday - 13Mar2007 Filed in: Can't stop the signal&Liberty

Chinese government tries to target bloggers

Tags: China ∙ internet ∙ goverment ∙ Chinese government ∙ clipping

Common sense global warming FAQ

Friday - 02Mar2007 Filed in: FAQs&Ecology

My long delayed but necessary explanation.

Tags: Original Vigil ∙ favorites ∙ global warming ∙ classic ∙ climate change ∙ public science ∙ four questions

Underground computer gaming and freedom

Saturday - 10Feb2007 Filed in: Can't stop the signal

A new category and a story about defying government authority with the internet

Tags: goverment ∙ authority ∙ internet ∙ freedom ∙ Firefly ∙ Babylon 5 ∙ China ∙ Gedong ∙ Zhang ∙ Reporters Without Borders ∙ clipping

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