Windypundit

Classical liberalism, criminal laws, the war on drugs, economics, free speech, technology, photography, sex work, cats, and whatever else comes to mind.

Year: 2005

  • Life, Liberty, Property

    I’ve just joined the Life, Liberty, Property Community at TTLB, which is a group of 87 blogs—now 88 blogs—that share a belief that the purpose of government is to protect our inherent rights, identified by John Locke as the rights to Life, Liberty, and Property. Note their link button in the right-hand bar. Welcome, by… Read more

  • More on Restrictive Clauses

    Continuing Ken Lammers’ concerns with how to distinguish restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses, I have a little bit to add to what I said earlier. I’ve checked several more writing handbooks, including the Harbrace College Handbook, the Little, Brown Handbook, the St. Martin’s Handbook, and The Careful Writer. (My editions are not as current as those… Read more

  • Smooth Criminal?

    How come all the Google AdSense ads on my About Me page are for criminal defense attorneys? That can’t be good. Read more

  • The Pain of Taxation

    I just sent $865.96 of my hard-earned money to the United States Government. Then I sent $246.60 to the State of Illinois. I feel pretty stupid about it, but it has to be done. In fact, it has to be done several times a year. I incorporated my software consulting business a few years ago,… Read more

  • The Google Cathedral

    I think I’m just a little creeped out at the thought of Google having a soul of its own. Read more