He disapproves:
Barack Obama has the kind of cocksure confidence that can only be achieved by not achieving anything else.
Anyone who has actually had to take responsibility for consequences by running any kind of enterprise– whether economic or academic, or even just managing a sports team– is likely at some point to be chastened by either [...]
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Thomas Sowell on Obama and Biden
Posted in Politics, economics, foreign policy, law, tagged Obama on November 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Justice Thomas on Reading the Constitution
Posted in Politics, law, tagged Constitution on October 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Justice Thomas puts it almost exactly as I have to my students:
…there are really only two ways to interpret the Constitution — try to discern as best we can what the framers intended or make it up.
That’s exactly right. Either you try to judge on the basis of what the Constitution says or you [...]
Obama and the Machine
Posted in Politics, law, tagged Obama on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been saying, from very early in the campaign, that Barack Obama is not a new kind of politician; he’s an old kind, a representative of the Democratic (in this case, Chicago) machine. The link with Tony Rezko has provided some evidence for that. Now, additional evidence: Obama has promised the Teamsters that [...]
“I’m going down to Moe’s for a couple of beers.”
Posted in Children, Politics, law, liberty, regulation, tagged alcohol, law on April 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
That’s what Bart Simpson told his family in “Homer v. the Eighteenth Amendment.” “I’ll go with you!” said Homer. Marge put a stop to it, and that was that—except, of course, that Bart’s drinking started a temperance campaign that led to prohibition. As the episode illustrates, things get complicated when the government [...]
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
Posted in Religion, law, tagged polygamy on April 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Driving While Polygamous: A British judge accepts a defendant’s plea that revoking his driving license because of a speeding ticket would seriously disadvantage him, because he needs it to drive between his two wives. One lives in Motherwell, the other in Glasgow, about 15 miles away.
Google Street View
Posted in law, tagged law, property on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I spent a day this week touring Pittsburgh via Google Street View, which is amazing. Now comes news that a Pittsburgh couple has sued Google for including their house in street view, claiming that it has harmed their property’s value. But you could already view a less attractive picture of their house on [...]
