I've been staying away from the Lance Armstrong mess because I don't follow sports and I haven't been paying attention to what's been happening. However, a few days ago at Ethics Alarms, Jack Marshall tore into a Washington Post op-ed in which Professor Braden Allenby argued that the sporting world should allow performance enhancing drugs. Jack thinks he's badly wrong, and … [Read more...] about Lance Armstrong: Evil Or the Future of Sports?
Moving to WordPress – Part 1: Content
As I mentioned in a previous post, I am done with Movable Type, and I'm in the process of moving this blog to Wordpress. That turns out to be a lot easier said than done. (Warning: Much technical computer geekery ahead.) Wordpress has a Movable Type import tool, but It doesn't solve what I consider to be the most important problem: It doesn't preserve permalinks. Over the … [Read more...] about Moving to WordPress – Part 1: Content
Zumba, Libertarian Style
I'm a regular reader of Jack Marshall's Ethics Alarms blog, in which he discusses ethical issues that arise in the news of the day. He calls out a lot of public figures for their shady ethics, but he also gives them credit when they get something right. I agree with much of what he has to say, but when his ethical analysis crosses over into matters of public policy -- … [Read more...] about Zumba, Libertarian Style
Koch Derangement Syndrome at In These Times
(That title is a bit dog-bites-man, isn't it?) I'm amused, puzzled, and a bit angered by the stupidity of lefty/liberal/progressive hatred for all things Koch. Mike Elk's ridiculous piece at In These Times is a particularly confused example: Much has been written about the owners of Koch Industries, brothers David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch, trying to control the political … [Read more...] about Koch Derangement Syndrome at In These Times
Nobody’s Firing Big Bird
I get a lot of political email these days, especially from the Obama campaign. Yesterday, for example, I got one from Stephanie Cutter, one of Obama's campaign managers. Over the course of this election, we've seen that both Romney and Ryan avoid telling the truth about their plans and how they'd actually affect the middle class. It doesn't matter if they're talking about … [Read more...] about Nobody’s Firing Big Bird