Last Friday I wrote about Elizabeth Nolan Brown's terrific Reason magazine article on the FBI's long involvement in policing Americans' sex lives. In this post, I'd like to follow up on a small detail that caught my eye.Supporters of anti-prostitution law enforcement operations often justify them as necessary to protect victims of sex trafficking, especially children. … [Read more...] about Not Helping Youths In the Sex Trade
An Alien Product Placement
The most recent Alien: Covenant trailer comes with an opening commercial for Walter, the synthetic (a.k.a. artificial person a.k.a. android) played by Michael Fassbender in the movie. Here it is:https://youtu.be/B4Cmf4BuNggAt the end, they flash a couple of corporate logos. I naturally had to step through them. The first one is a new logo for Weyland-Yutani, which is … [Read more...] about An Alien Product Placement
Sex, Lies, and Sex Police
I suspect my friends would be concerned if they knew just how skeptical I was about almost all prostitution-related crimes. Police say they broke up a human trafficking ring? Liars! They call everything human trafficking these days. They arrested ten pimps? Liars! They caught one prostitute in a sting and arrested the then people standing next to her. It's a task force going … [Read more...] about Sex, Lies, and Sex Police
The Rampant Anti-Americanism of our Immigration Authorities
I often deride this country's immigration bureaucracies for lacking in American values. Both Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are intolerant of diversity, have no appreciation for privacy, and have little respect for freedom.I get them confused all the time. As near as I can tell, the difference is that if they're being … [Read more...] about The Rampant Anti-Americanism of our Immigration Authorities
The State of the Union in 2017
I got bored writing about the State of the Union addresses a few years ago -- Obama was the same thing every year -- but maybe the new guy will be more interesting. Let's see what Donald Trump had to say in his State of the Union Address. I'm just going to think out loud a bit here. I warn you now: It's not going anywhere important.(I'm really tired of hearing why this … [Read more...] about The State of the Union in 2017