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› And That’s the Problem, Lt. Healy › Preview

The Philadelphia Daily News interviews nine men the city’s police department has arrested for carrying guns, even though all nine were carrying legally. Eight of the men said that they were detained by police – two for 18 hours each. Two were hospitalized for diabetic issues while in custody, one ...

› Firing up the DVR Now › Preview

I hadn’t heard about this show: In Martin Scorsese’s new HBO series Boardwalk Empire, Steve Buscemi plays the de facto political boss of Atlantic City during the dawn of Prohibition. He’s involved in everything: glad-handing, gaming, bootlegging, and the violence and women that come along with those things. Like almost ...

› Time Lapse of Earth Rotating Under an Astronaut › Preview

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› Afternoon Links › Preview

Man falls, wife calls paramedics, man ends up tased three times. Fascinating article about an experiment in which Charles Darwin created a new ecosystem on a remote island. This little girl has an incredible voice. Caught her performance last night. It was even better. Man whittling in public confronted by ...

› Concern About Police Secrecy = “Tilting at Windmills”? › Preview

My column this week was about the continuing secrecy of Virginia’s largest police departments and the way the state’s law enforcement community is opposing efforts to make the departments even marginally more transparent. The journalist sounding the alarm about all of this is Michael Pope, who writes for Northern Virginia’s ...

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› State Bureaucrats Continuing to Advance REAL ID › Preview

By Jim HarperAcross the country, state legislatures have objected to, and outright rejected, the national ID and surveillance mandate imposed on them by the REAL ID Act. Passed in May 2005 with a compliance deadline three years later, the law has never been implemented. The Department of Homeland Security has ...

› Credit Where It’s Due, National Journal Edition › Preview

By Michael F. CannonA week ago today, I questioned both the premises and purpose of an upcoming National Journal forum on ObamaCare and job creation. The forum’s promotional materials touted the new health care jobs that the law will create as a Good Thing, even though we already have too ...

› David Friedman: The Machinery of Criminal Defense › Preview

By David BoazI once went to another Washington think tank to hear an advertised lecture by David Friedman, “author and professor of law and economics at Santa Clara University.” The great libertarian author of The Machinery of Freedom, speaking at a liberal-establishment Washington think tank? Cool. So I showed up ...

› Is an Education Free Market Really ‘Totally Insane’ › Preview

By Neal McCluskeyMatt Yglesias thinks my assertion that we would be better off economically if education money stayed with taxpayers rather than going to public schools and universities is “totally insane.” Ouch! Now, I can actually understand this, because many people have difficulty envisioning things other than what they’ve always ...

› Crocodile Dundee vs Australia’s Tax Police › Preview

By Daniel J. MitchellHere’s a Reuters story about the Australian Tax Office harassing Paul Hogan, better known to Americans as Crocodile Dundee, because of a tax dispute. The grinches at the tax office took advantage of Hogan’s return for his mother’s funeral to hold him hostage, refusing to let him ...

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› More Evidence Shows That Locking Up University Research With Patents Doesn't Help › Preview

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› Forget Finding A Needle In A Haystack... How About Actually Finding Haystack › Preview

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› Microsoft's Patent On Fast Shutdowns Shows Why Windows Is So Slow To Shut Down › Preview

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› LVRJ Defends Righthaven Suits; Mocks Competitor For Highlighting Problems With Them › Preview

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› Are New Patent Marking Lawsuits Patent Trolling... Or Anti-Patent Trolling? › Preview

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› Adventures in 5D › Preview

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› Journey to Kompong Phhluk › Preview

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› Drenched in Doubtful Sound › Preview

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› Sleeping around the world › Preview

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