Erosophia

Category: Politics

  • Arizona Officially Honors the Second Amendment

    by Jason Stotts The state of Arizona has just passed a law that allows any citizen over the age of 21 to legally carry any weapon they own on their person, whether concealed or open.  I think this is great and I imagine that crime will be doing down pretty rapidly. (AP article on Yahoo!)…

  • Happy Tax Day!

    by Jason Stotts Today, the government would like to remind you that they own 40-80% of you, depending on your income.

  • Same-Sex Marriage and Epistemological Confusion

    by Jason Stotts I am a fan of the blog WoPSR run by “Qwertz.”  He generally has good analysis and frequently deals with interesting legal issues.  Unfortunately, this time, he strayed too far afield and right into my bailiwick. In his essay “Rand’s Razor v. Gay Marriage” Qwertz takes the position that for a married…

  • McDonlad v. Chicago

    by Jason Stotts In case anyone wants to read history as it happens, the oral arguments of the Supreme Court case McDonald v. Chicago on Second Amendment Rights and Incorporation is now available on the SCOTUS website: here. I read the entire thing and I have to say that I quite enjoyed it.  I actually…

  • "Excused Horrors"

    by Jason Stotts Back in November, Walter Williams wrote a piece called “Excused Horrors” that I meant to blog about, but it somehow got lost in the shuffle.  However, it was good enough that I still think people should take a look at it and think about Williams’s point. Nazis were responsible for the deaths…

  • California Set to Release Thousands of Prisoners

    by Jason Stotts The People’s State of California, in addition to being completely bankrupt, is now going to be forced to release thousands of prisoners. California state and local officials, already reeling from budget cuts and public-safety layoffs, are struggling with a federal order to release about 40,000 inmates to reduce prison overcrowding and bracing…

  • An Interesting Cartoon

    by Jason Stotts I just got a chain e-mail with the following cartoon that purports to be from a 1934 edition of the Chicago Tribune. In case you can’t read it, the “Plan of Action for the U.S.” is: Spend! Spend! Spend! Under the guide of recovery – bust the government – blame the capitalists for the failure – junk the constitution and…

  • The Climategate Snowball

    by Jason Stotts I hate to post so much on climategate, but it just keeps snowballing bigger and bigger.  Today, the WSJ has a new piece up called “The Continuing Climate Meltdown” and, no, it’s not going to say that anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is true.  I recommend reading the entire article, but here are…