Author: Mark Draughn
Evil Lawmaking: Administrative Punishment
Continuing my somewhat interrupted series of articles on bad, sloppy, or downright evil lawmaking, I’d like to talk about administrative punishment. If you commit a crime and get caught, one way or another you eventually end up in court, where if you’re convicted, a judge decides your punishment. So then you serve your time, pay… Read more
The Spouses’ Debate
Cartoonist David Horsey on the possiblilites at a Spouse’s Debate. Read more
Virginia Postrel…
…just got some bad news. She’s been diagnosed with breast cancer. She worked it into this list of 8 Random Facts about her. Damn. Virginia is an author, a speaker, and a past editor of Reason magazine. My thoughts and writing on many issues have been influenced by her strong advocacy of classical liberal values… Read more
Richard Paey Is Free!
Terrific news today. Richard Paey, one of the worst victims of the War on Drugs, has just been pardoned. The state’s parole commission recommended denying clemency for Paey, who was only seeking to have his prison sentence commuted. But after his lawyer, wife and four children wept and pleaded for Paey’s release, [Florida Governor Charlie]… Read more
Examining the Federal in the Federation
Ilya Somin is thinking way too much about Star Trek’s United Federation of Planets: I would suggest that it is only Earth that is socialistic, while the other member worlds have free market systems or mixed economies. The human-dominated Star Fleet military is the only Federation military force, and is tasked with collecting tribute from… Read more