Windypundit

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

  • Chicago’s Living Wage

    Apparently, Chicago is on the brink of passing a “living wage” ordinance that would require large big-box stores like Wal-Mart and Target to pay employees a minimum salary of $10 per hour with an additional $3 per hour going toward benefits. One of the biggest problems with the “living wage” idea is that the Chicago… Read more

  • Why AOL Is Bad For You

    Here’s some really bad AOL customer service. I’ve had sales people treat me like that. Read more

  • Cash For Kidneys, Part 3

    [This is a followup to Part 1, and Part 2.] Charles B. Fruit, the Chairman of the National Kidney Foundation recently got a couple of letters published declaring his opposition to paying for kidneys. Both of them are worth reading, if only to see how pathetic the arguments are. The first note was printed in… Read more

  • Diving at the Taste

    I took my camera to the Taste of Chicago festival a few days ago. I didn’t get a lot of pictures, but I did get to try out the high-speed shooting mode of my Nikon D200: Read more

  • Views of Buffy

    It’s been a while since I did any catblogging. However, I just ordered an expensive piece of camera equipment, so I figure I need to stay on my wife’s good side. Here are four rather nice views of our Buffy cat: Buffy In Charge Buffy the Lioness Buffy Sleeping Hard Buffy Up Close Read more