The good news is that the United States government is going to give me three years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection absolutely free.The bad news is that in March of 2014 the U.S. Government's Office of Personnel Management got hacked. The OPM cybersecurity team didn't detect the hacking until April of the following year, by which time the hackers had … [Read more...] about In Which the U.S. Government Gives Me Free Stuff
Possession Is Such a Strange Crime
A hypothetical question for my criminal law readers (or anyone else who has ideas): What should I do if I inadvertently come into possession of contraband?To make it more concrete, suppose I'm walking down the street, minding my own business, when a stranger confronts me, thrusts a duffle bag into my hands, and runs away. When I open a duffle bag, I find a tightly wrapped … [Read more...] about Possession Is Such a Strange Crime
A Few Notes About Obama’s Anti-Terror Plan
So President Obama gave a short speech about his administration's plan to fight terrorism in the wake of the possibly ISIS-linked shootings in San Bernardino. I don't know enough about the subject to comment on his foreign policy plans. On the domestic side, however, I saw a few things I want to bitch about: I will urge high-tech and law enforcement leaders to make it harder … [Read more...] about A Few Notes About Obama’s Anti-Terror Plan
The Star Wars Libertarian Special
Yes. Exactly.https://youtu.be/1HeWcY5GVlQ … [Read more...] about The Star Wars Libertarian Special
A Few Brief Meta-Observations About the Paris Attacks
The internet right now is filled with confused bits of news about the terrorist attacks in Paris. I don't really have anything to say about the attacks themselves beyond the futile observation that killing innocent people is evil. But we've seen these kinds of events before, and there are a few things I like to keep in mind:Many of the early reports are going to turn out … [Read more...] about A Few Brief Meta-Observations About the Paris Attacks