Totally OT BUT am I the only person reading your otherwise estimable blog who is appalled by the juxtaposition of books and a gun? 'When I hear of culture I reach for my revolver' was fine for Goering, but for libertarians??
While I can see how you might consider books horrible, dangerous things (just think of the trouble Marx alone has caused), I personally don't think placing them next to firearms is in any way appalling. They're out there in the world, and hiding from them isn't going to make books go away.
If there is any one thing that applies to every libertarian... and there may in fact *be* only one thing..., it's a belief the right to bear arms. Practically a libertarian litmus test...
Please fellas, keep things on topic and try to stick to the spirit of our comment policy. Thanks.
I've taken the liberty of cribbing the section from "In fact, I find . . ." to ". . . this law yet" (eliding Germany to make it more generic) as a quote of the day on my site. It'll probably showing up next week, at current rate of use. Brilliant -- and likely provable.
Looks like the SPD is preparing for opposition and running left...
In fact, one could almost create a new economic law: the amount of abuse raining down on entrepreneurs is directly proportional to the good they do. I haven't seen much reason to doubt this law yet
How would George Soros be classified?
It's the same old story. Ordinary folk love to see rich people fail. And they HATE to see rich people succeed further. It's a national sport in Australia - what we call the Tall Poppy Syndrome - cut 'em down!
It's hardly surprising that pollies have spotted the electoral gains in railing against successful people.
AHR - honestly, don't be so prissy. If you check the titles of the books, it makes perfect sense.