Will counsel please approach the bench and prepare to be bitch-slapped back to the gallery? In an affront to gender equality, and an utter mockery of justice EVERYWHERE, Debra Lafave has successfully avoided stay in prison. In case you don’t recall, Lafave is the gorgeous blonde, twenty-something Florida teacher who has been found guilty of having sex with a 14 year old student of hers. Lafave claims to accept “full responsibility” for her actions....
As if it’s not bad enough that the government is a fan of deficit spending, the holiday season urges us to continue along the same failing path. Russ Roberts sums it up quite nicely. Shopping, and spending money frivolously is neither your patriotic duty, nor the key to maximizing your personal happiness. Personally, I visited BestBuy when I rolled out of bed at 1pm on Friday. I was itching to make an impulse buy,...
Bastiat once said, “To compel men to dig wells by forbidding them to take water from the river is to increase their useless labor, but not their wealth.” It’s often been argued that Unions retard efficiency and impede competitive progress. The Detroit Free Press gives some anecdotal evidence, here. In 1984, General Motors agreed to terms and conditions that cost the corporation in the neighborhood of $800M per year, to pay employees who aren’t...
