I just noticed that Rogier van Bakel has a blogroll link to Peter McWilliams's free on-line version of his magnificant book Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Country. The premise of the book is simple: This book is about a single idea---consenting adults should not be put in jail unless they physically harm the person or property … [Read more...] about Peter McWilliams
Archives for February 2009
Michael Phelps Learns His Lesson
The Michael-Phelps-smokes-pot non-story I blogged earlier has taken a depressing turn and brought back a familiar character, according to an AP story by Meg Kinnard: Olympic superstar Michael Phelps could face criminal charges as part of the fallout from a photo that surfaced showing the swimmer smoking from a marijuana pipe at a University of South Carolina house party. … [Read more...] about Michael Phelps Learns His Lesson
Rubric, Meet Rationale. Play Nice, Why Don’t You?
The blogosphere -- and blawgosphere -- is abuzz today over the partial conviction of Ryan Frederick yesterday. That is, I guess, a bit like partial conception, or only being a little screwed, but let's get back to that. Rather than recap -- I'm lazy, and not getting paid by the word here -- let me just refer you to the pre-conviction roundup over at Balko's place, … [Read more...] about Rubric, Meet Rationale. Play Nice, Why Don’t You?
Bill Gates Launches Bioterrorism Attack on Audience
Well, sort of. Microsoft founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates released a glass full of mosquitoes at an elite technology conference to make a point about the deadly disease malaria. (Hat tip: Radley Balko) … [Read more...] about Bill Gates Launches Bioterrorism Attack on Audience
Terminator + Dollhouse = Grindhouse
Starting February 13th, it looks like my Friday night television schedule is going to include a whole lot of awesome: I'm so there. … [Read more...] about Terminator + Dollhouse = Grindhouse