Libertarian Party of Montgomery County
Promoting liberty throughout the Greater Dayton area and the Miami Valley
People sometimes ask me is how to change the world, in my context in a libertarian direction. One of my answers is that, because of rational ignorance, political outcomes are largely determined by free information, what everyone knows, true or false. One way of changing outcomes is by putting ideas in an entertaining and easily remembered form so that they will be remembered, repeated, spread, become part of what everyone knows.
https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/how-to-change-the-world
Supreme Court staffers have been deeply involved in organizing speaking engagements intended to sell books. That is conduct prohibited for members of Congress and the executive branch, who are barred under ethics rules from using government resources, including staff, for personal financial gain. Lower federal court judges are also instructed to not “lend the prestige of the judicial office to advance” their “private interests.”
As democracy is perfected, the office of the president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
Plagiarism is a serious issue in the academic world, and it is important to be mindful of the potential for ChatGPT (and other AI language models) to be used in a manner that violates these standards. However, it is ultimately up to individuals to use these tools responsibly, and to ensure that they are not contributing to the problem of plagiarism.
https://reason.com/volokh/2022/12/29/a-guest-post-on-plagiarism-and-chatgpt/#more-8217100
…the issue is compelled speech. But distinguished legal scholars and journalists keep misstating the cases as whether a service provider can refuse service to certain types of people, such as gay people.
The Chinese model is a one-party totalitarian dictatorship, imposing a socialist command economy. By recommending such a model for “a number of countries,” the WEF founder, 84, removes himself from any serious economic or political debate.
At the insistence of Josef Stalin, the Genocide Convention applies to some mass murders by government (e.g., targeting racial, ethnic, or religious groups) but not to others (e.g., targeting victims for class warfare or ideological reasons). Hence, prof. Rummel coined the term “democide” to describe noncombat mass murders for any reason.
https://reason.com/volokh/2022/11/09/data-on-mass-murder-by-government-in-the-20th-century/
Apparently, St. Louis and the Eighth Circuit believe “sandwiches containing MEAT, POULTRY, EGGS, or FISH” are less likely to cause foodborne illness than hamburgers and hot dogs, which are, after all, “sandwiches containing MEAT.”
In May of 2016, Anthony Novak of Parma, Ohio, spent four days in jail for making fun of his local police department. The cause of this unfortunate encounter with law enforcement was his decision to engage in the longstanding American tradition of political parody
https://www.cato.org/blog/first-amendment-protects-right-parody-government
To date, much of the media focus has been on how Virginia ABC was finally able to nab the individuals involved in this scandal. A more valuable endeavor, in the long term, would be to open our liquor markets to let them function like other industries.
https://reason.com/2022/10/18/open-virginias-whiskey-market/