Apr 30th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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John Fund says campaign finance laws inhibit free speech.
Campaign finance laws are increasingly becoming a tool to suppress political speech, and the courts are finally waking up to the danger. …
A Brit pamphleteer says there are now 266 ways a government creep can enter [...]
Apr 29th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Mark Steyn’s Sun-Times column juxtaposes changing light bulbs and voting for defeat in Iraq.
… In Khartoum, Tehran, Moscow and elsewhere, the world’s mischief-makers have reached their own conclusions about how much serious “work” America is prepared to do.
Charles Krauthammer gives his Yeltsin send-off.
… Yeltsin [...]
Apr 26th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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AdamSmith.org notes the anniversary of the publication of Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments.
… From the Greeks onward, many philosophers had argued that virtue was largely a matter of utility. Actions are good if they are useful to those involved. We praise actions that help [...]
Apr 25th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Have we lost in Iraq? If we have, is that so bad? Some of our favorites have thoughts.
Tony Blankley is first.
… It would appear that the great divide in both public opinion and between politicians is not Republican-Democrat, liberal-conservative, pro or anti-Bush, or even [...]
Apr 24th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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“The only thing new in the world is the history you don’t know.” Harry Truman said that and it’ll serve to introduce and justify a somewhat long article by Christopher Hitchens about our country’s first confrontation with the Islamic world.
… it is certain that [...]
Apr 23rd, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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First we have a few pieces on gun controls. It is painful to continue gazing at events in Blacksburg, but compelling things keep showing up.
Classically Liberal an offshoot of FreeStudents with a great post on what happens when killers meet armed resistance. And what [...]
Apr 22nd, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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Mark’s Sun-Times column is on VA Tech.
… The “gun-free zone” fraud isn’t just about banning firearms or even a symptom of academia’s distaste for an entire sensibility of which the Second Amendment is part and parcel but part of a deeper reluctance of critical [...]
Apr 19th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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While writing today on Duke, Thomas Sowell references a column from last May. That column was in Pickings May 31, 2006. Both columns are here for a display of Sowell’s wisdom and prescience. (5/16/2006)
If there is a smoking gun in the Duke University rape [...]
Apr 18th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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More thoughts on VA Tech. Mark Steyn from NR Online.
WSJ editorial next.
WSJ OpEd on the failure of gun-free zones. It ends with the thoughts of UVA’s founder.
… The founder of the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, understood the harms resulting from the [...]
Apr 17th, 2007 by Pickerhead in Pickings
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The VA Tech story is hard to add to. But, Samizdata provided links to interesting background items the MSM are sure to ignore.
The Roanoke Times reported in January 2006 the defeat of a bill that would have allowed concealed handgun permits holders (CHP) [...]
