Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Courses & Student Resources on Mar 19th, 2012
Check out what we have in store for next week. All students are of course welcome as are any residents in or near the Rochester area. (I will repost this several times in the coming days, I apologize for that). Liberty Week Speaker Series "Litigating for Liberty" Sunday March 25, 2012 7PM-8:30PM University of Rochester, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 19th, 2012
From his 1776 Thoughts on Government: The principle difficulty lies, and the greatest care should be employed in constituting this representative assembly. It should be in miniature an exact portrait of the people at large. It should think, feel, reason and act like them. That it may be the interest of this assembly to do […]
Posted in Regulation, Taxation on Mar 19th, 2012
Warren Meyer, aka “Coyote” is coming to visit us next Thursday – hence my increasing references to his site. He runs a private recreation management company and I began reading his site to learn more about the challenges of operating a for-profit business that works in the environmental arena. Here is his latest illustration of […]
Posted in Government Thuggery on Mar 19th, 2012
I pretty much dislike TV. But a colleague recently encouraged me to watch the Wire and I will never regret making that investment. Here is an application of what one learns via Warren Meyer: Everything I Need To Know About The Effect of Metrics on Police Behavior I Learned from The Wire March 16, 2012, […]
Posted in Environment, ethical foundations, Government Thuggery on Mar 19th, 2012
One reason I now distinguish between “E”nvironmentalism and “e”nvironmentalism is that there has been a sea change in attitudes in the environmental community over the past three decades. When I was a Boy Scout and when I first started joining hiking clubs some 20 years ago much of the literature I read was closely dedicated […]
