Category: General
Openings on the Town Boards, Again
Carmel has openings on the town planning, cable, and zoning boards. Last time there were openings I dawdled in applying, because I thought we would have had the...
Economic Freedom is Boring
Zimran Ahmed remarks on an article in Reason, by Nick Gillespie, that, in response to Pacific Research’s Economic Freedom Index, asserts that the cost of ...
Flattening the Curve
The town of Carmel has begun a project to straighten an s-curve on Fair Street. This will involve the condemnation of some homes in order to make way for the ro...
Arrogated Powers
Remarks of James Madison, in the House of Representatives, 8 June 1789. It has been objected also against a bill of rights, that, by enumerating particular exce...
Coffee, Food, Rest
When does Starbucks open? They close too early. The coffee at 7-11 isn’t as robust. We’re in the middle of this, one of the side-effects of which wi...
Stealth Marketing
The Wall Street Journal reports today that we have a blog portal and newsreader. Who knew? The company in September quietly launched a Weblog portal located at ...
Pick Two from Any Column
Lest you think that electronic voting machines are the only devices subject to outside interference, the losing candidates for trustee of the Village of Brewste...
Let Nature Take Its Course
Ha! The Republican Party won’t have to worry about those damned Democratic coastlines much longer.
Proof is in the Pudding
To all those who voted in the Democratic primaries, and who chose John Kerry because he was “electable,” a big Bronx cheer. You may want to re-evalu...
Double-Blind Vote Counting
Votes lost in Carteret County, North Carolina. Thinking about it, there are a number of different places that need to verified. is the vote stored the same as t...
A Small Mathematical Error, Nothing Consequential
Remember in math class, where the teacher insisted that you show your work even though you knew the answer was correct? The problem with not having a paper trai...
Playing the Great Game
John Robb notes the interesting little tidbit from the Asia Times that China has concluded a long-term deal with Iran for delivery of 10 million tons of LNG a y...
The Only Man to go to Parliament with Honourable Intentions
Remember, remember the Fifth of November, gunpowder, Treason and Plot. I know of no reason the gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot.
On Domestic Policy
In his acceptance of the Nation’s acclaim, President Bush listed some things he’d like to work on this term. We’ll continue our economic progr...
One Non-Volokh
volokh.blogspot.com != volokh.com. The former is now inhabited by the SEO Reviewer.
Congratulations
to President Bush and the Republican Party for winning a majority.