Partisan Free Politics

I recently came across a post at Freespace, a relatively new blog by my friend and former Positive Liberty blogger, Timothy Sandefur.  Sandefur asserts that his observation in The Myth of “Harmony” is not original, but is “one that needs to be made frequent and with fervor.”  Since I’ve found The Myth of “Harmony” to be founded on faulty ground, I felt its necessary to respond with equal fervor.    Sandefur begins by citing a Café Hayek posting from 2 years ago by George Mason University Economics Chair Donald Boudreaux.  Boudreaux had recently visited Sea World where he was inspired by a video at the manatee exhibit to “do [his] ...

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Could it really be? With all these billions of dollars being thrown around on ad-time and barnstorming? Have all the campaigns just coincidentally skipped over an issue of such great importance? An issue that almost undoubtedly will be thoroughly lobbied, legislated, and litigated throughout the next President's term? Well, unless I missed something on my recent search through candidate websites and an extensive collection of youtube videos (and please feel free to check in with your favorite personalities if you can find anything) that appears to be the case. [Outside of John Edwards' plan for a "New Deal"-like national broadband project, to connect all wireless devices, and ensure that internet providers do not discriminate ...

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Well due to the popularity of my last NFL-related post, I figured I should add a little update. For those of you who haven't heard Mike Vick is facing a deadline tomorrow to accept a plea deal, or a grand jury will meet to consider more evidence and additional charges against him. Rather than rehash what I've said so far, I wanted to take this opportunity to shed some light on actions of the NFL that even I missed, mostly because I am not a resident of Florida. Since January, Deion Sanders, the only arguably more recognizable Atlanta Falcon alum, has been writing a weekly column for The New-Press, a media outlet based out of Neon Deion's hometown, Fort Myers, Florida. He ...

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We've been at this for more than a month now, and I feel like there just has to be hundreds of devoted readers out there who just haven't had time to author a post and just haven't been excited enough by posts on dogfighting and "orange shirt guy" to chime in. Well here is your chance! Now I know most of us here are quickly becoming the iPod generation, but I have retained a strong affinity for the piece of art that marked the latter half of the last century: the album. I'll admit many of my favorite songs were recorded by bands that would never string together 2 or 3, let alone a whole album's worth of good tunes, but ...

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Well I began kicking this post around a few weeks ago, but was never able to come to terms with myself on what sort of point it was I wanted to make. The world of sports has had some pretty shaking stories bubble up in recent days, but none has quite struck me in the same way as the story of Michael Vick, aka Ookie. Rather than dig into the legal morass of this admittedly disgusting indictment, or bask in the luster of perhaps the best pure athlete in the NFL, I would like to focus this post on the reactions of an uninformed public. If you haven't yet read the preliminary indictment you can access it here: ...

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For my next trick I will attempt to combine two discussions into one. For those of you who may not have read, Rudo, Matt and I have been discussing diversity and affirmative action under the guise of my first Supreme Court posting. Mauritania vs. Orange Shirt Guy, Sam's blogging debut, has also led to some very interesting discussion on gender issues, consumerism, and beauty in general, with the author, as well as Rudo, Stacey and myself (after having been drug unwilling into a discussion on gender issues) having weighed in thus far. The thesis of my second PFP post is that there is one obvious treatment that would help alleviate each of these problems: education. ...

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