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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
Posted in law, tagged law, property on April 4, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
