Making Guns Slightly Less Illegal in Chicago
David Kopel blogs about the new Illinois law that “prevents the conviction of a person for violating the handgun ban, if the person used the handgun for lawful self-defense on his property.” This law strikes me as pretty silly: If I had a handgun in my home, I would be found guilty if I voluntarily… Read more
Pete Guither, Jew
Over at Drug WarRant, author Pete Guither is writing about unexpectedly making the news. He endorsed Tari Renner for the Illinois 11th district, over Jerry Weller, the incumbent, because Renner’s drug policies are better than Weller’s. Weller, for example, thinks it’s a great idea for the federal government to harass and imprison patients taking medical… Read more
Close Enough for Government Work
Steve Landsburg points out that a miscount in the upcoming election wouldn’t be the disaster that some people want us to think it would be. I felt exactly the same way last time. No matter which candidate you think won the election, the worst case is that we got the second best guy running instead… Read more
Of Books and Oranges
Over on Marginal Revolution, Steve Landsburg is wondering if there are too many books and says something a little strange: Writing a book is not like growing an orange. If you grow the best orange in the world, the second best orange still gets eaten. But if you write the best book in the world,… Read more
Soggy Computers
Virgina Postrel’s laptop just got soaked and appears to be dead. I’m something of a computer geek, and several friends have come to me with just this problem. I know what to do about this, but the knowledge is apparently useless: everybody first tries turning the computer on to see if it will work. This… Read more
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