Yesterday was June 1, and all the new laws comprising the state budget went into effect, including several new taxes. After all, what better way to relieve a recession than by raising the cost of living and discouraging spending? The state raised its share of the cigarette tax to $2.75 from $1.50. Combined with the […]
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As most of our readers know by now, Bob Barr won the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination at its national convention in Denver last Sunday. I was in Denver for all the action and excitement, and to say the nomination was contentious is like saying the Hatfields and the McCoys didn’t always get along. Be that
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I was interviewed by the Heartland Institute for an article on New York City’s new law mandating recycling of electronic equipment. A key part of the e-recycling bill, as it was originally proposed, would have required manufacturers to take back their products for recycling free of charge, but that provision was scrapped (no pun intended). Since
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I’ve documented the whole thing at my personal blog here, here, here and today’s event here. To summarize: My address was chosen for the 2010 census. I received the first questionnaire booklet a few months ago and tossed it into the trash. I received a second booklet a few weeks later which also found its
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I recently finished reading an advance copy of Bring a Gun to School Day, an outstanding debut novel (novella) from Darian Worden. I review it in this week’s edition of The Libertarian Enterprise: Erik Shylding, like Holden Caulfield before him, is the perfect embodiment of the alienated male teen of his day. Of course, in
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It looks like the end of the line for another cherished New York institution. If the thugs at the State Liquor Authority get their way, Scores adult entertainment club will soon go the way of CBGB and the automat. Scores West already lost its liquor license last night, apparently, as the result of alleged backroom
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We all know (because Al Gore put it in a slide show) that global warming might lead to starvation in third world countries in a hundred years or so. But anti-global warming policy is leading to starvation right now. The government-mandated demand for ethanol is driving up the cost of grain to catastrophic levels: “The reality
The sheriff’s car sure has come a long way since the days of “The Andy Griffith Show.” This was used in that massive raid/kidnapping of the folks with the unapproved religion in Texas last week. Hat tip: Lew Rockwell
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It’s that special day again. To quote Homer Simpson, “Look at all those morons! I paid my taxes over a year ago!” Whether you’re paying your taxes today, paid them in January, or plan not to pay them at all, there are a few things we should all be clear on. Yes, taxation is theft.
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I hate being wrong, but I’m starting to get the sense that my early enthusiasm for a potential Bob Barr presidential run may have been misplaced. To be sure, Barr has had a whirlwind of MSM publicity, mostly favorable to the Libertarian Party, since he announced the formation of his Exploratory Committee last weekend. But
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