Some Columbia alums and fellow Libertarians are p.o.’d that their alma mater is attempting a land grab: Columbia University president Lee Bollinger’s plan to use eminent domain to obtain land for a new campus in the Manhattanville section of West Harlem faces new opposition from the Libertarian Party of New York (LPNY) led by Columbia […]

That’s the title of my column today at Strike The Root, in which I discuss how the State sinks its hooks into our children literally from the moment we leave the womb, and what parents can do to mitigate the damage. (One thing they can do is buy my new book for young adults. Yes, I

Lest anyone think that Rudy Giuliani’s campaign trail conversion to RKBA believer is sincere, this damning video from 2000 should wake them up: According to Rudy, if guns aren’t sold for “hunting or law enforcement,” they must be “going to a criminal market.” If a mere civilian wants a handgun, he must be up to

Hee-hee! It seems Council Speaker Christine Quinn is on the outs with the gay and lesbian community for getting into bed (groan!) with the NYPD over “parade permits”: We, the NYC queer community, are outraged that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who claims to speak for *us*, has endorsed this plan, calling the new permit

Best response to the hand-wringing over that judge who overturned the Child Online Protection Act:  “If only there were some people around whose job it was to raise these children.” Why hasn’t The Onion won a Pulitzer Prize yet? Hat tip: Unqualified Offerings

The NY Sun is reporting that the Parks Department spends $1,100 each time it plants a sapling in New York City. That is exponentially higher than the cost to plant trees in other locales, and it’s $400 more than NYC itself was paying just four years ago. The reason for the astronomical price hike is no mystery:

According to the Times, Wal-Mart has written off New York. Thanks, union a-holes. I love overpaying for groceries and sundries. Really, thanks a million.

… (both with a capital and lower-case ‘l’).” So says the lovely and talented Karol Sheinin at Alarming News about this here blog.

I’ve been getting my hopes up, but The Empire Zone is reporting that, alas, there probably won’t be a shutdown of the New York State government over the budget impasse. Of course, the real reason the pols don’t want a budget impasse is because people might not miss the state government when it’s gone. Remember

I’ll be discussing my new book The Walton Street Tycoons on The Sloan Ranger radio program on WGNU 920 AM in St. Louis. I’ll be on about 5:35 p.m. Central time (6:35 p.m. Eastern time). You can listen live on the Internet.