The argument for collectivism is simple if false; it is an immediate emotional argument. The argument for individualism is subtle and sophisticated; it is an indirect rational argument.
– Milton Friedman (via Ilana Mercer)
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I am not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. June 20th, 2006 | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)
 It is my understanding that, in law, First Amendment issues are decided with a preference for the least restrictive alternative. In this context, the PMRC’s demands are the equivalent of treating dandruff by decapitation – Frank Zappa discussing the Parents Music Resource Center, a pro-censorship group lead by Al Gore’s wife, Tipper Gore June 17th, 2006 | 20 comments - (Comments are closed)
In every language, the first word after “Mama!” that every kid learns to say is “Mine!” A system that doesn’t allow ownership, that doesn’t allow you to say “Mine!” when you grow up, has, to put it mildly, a fatal design flaw. June 16th, 2006 | 27 comments - (Comments are closed)
– Christopher Buckley, interviewed in the Sunday Times Magazine He’s talking about the US; but there are some discomfortingly morally aggressive Christians in charge on this side of the pond, too. June 13th, 2006 | 42 comments - (Comments are closed)
Zarqawi – dead – Commenter David Davies (no, presumably not that David Davies) June 8th, 2006 | 18 comments - (Comments are closed)
“We need Crossrail to keep London’s Economy ticking over so that we can continue to pay for the Scottish to live the lifestyle to which they are accustomed.” – Ken Livingstone (via Guido Fawkes) June 6th, 2006 | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)
Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound. (hat-tip to commenter Marcy Quice) June 1st, 2006 | 23 comments - (Comments are closed)
Getting a lecture on morality from a politician is like getting a lecture on chastity from a whore May 29th, 2006 | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)
May 23rd, 2006 | 22 comments - (Comments are closed)
This insight into Apple Computer’s design was made by the reader Balfegor, in response to a post by Ann Althouse on the merits or otherwise of the offerings of that computer company. I myself am so frustrated with the erratic performance and system bloat of Windoze XP that I am resolved to not purchase another item of software from Microsoft, and I am tossing up between buying an Apple or building my own Linux based system. I have heard great things about Apple’s recent offerings, but I had always had an objection to the company’s products which I could never put my finger on until I read Balfegor’s comments. May 20th, 2006 | 69 comments - (Comments are closed)
Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent. May 17th, 2006 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
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