Politics

Gays, Gold, and Ganja Great: The number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters on prime time U.S. television is growing, with 58 regular LGBT roles on network and cable shows this season. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100929/tv_nm/us_gay] . The reason? "

Those Crazy Greeks! Musings: Government has an impact on society, which is why you want to limit government. Due to human cupidity, it's impossible to imagine any expansive government that doesn't have an adverse effect on society and culture. In America, I believe democracy has shortened

Rothfus So I'm working late last night. It's 6:00 and my line starts ringing. I typically don't pick up, since you never know who you might get (yes, I hide behind my secretary), but for some reason, I felt like gambling. The guy

My Charter internet connection is down yet again. It must've gotten too hot outside, thereby frying the connection. Who knows. So anyway, I'm a bit hamstrung this morning. Just this significant observation: > nearly half of the US households paid no federal income tax last year

The Vines Keep Growing Why Big Government Sucks, Exhibit 1,293,011: One FTC proposal to save the journalism industry would "Allow news organizations to agree jointly on a mechanism to require news aggregators and others to pay for the use of online content, perhaps through the use of

Still no Charter Internet connection. Someone must've sneezed real hard on the system. Just this for today: An unbelievable 30-second clip from Nancy Pelosi about health care reform [http://www.huckpac.com/?Fuseaction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=3086]. It's "unbelievable" because, though I

Miscellany Blurb from Drudge [http://www.drudgereport.com/]: "During first 36 days of Katrina, Bush made 7 visits to Gulf Coast. . . So far on Day 36 of BP oil leak, Obama has made 1 visit to disaster area." The president doesn't need to go to a

Chartering a New Course? One of the best new ideas I've heard recently: Charter cities [http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/04/romer_on_charte.html]. You find a host country, acquire some land, set your city limits . . . and set your own rules. If you make good rules,