Publius at Obsidian Wings has a different take on both the recent Democratic Presidential Primary Debates and the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Thanks to Megan McArdle again for the pointer.
Megan McArdle had another spot on post today. She’s even more libertarian than I am (the majority of people with post-secondary degrees in economics usually are) and aside from what she’s implicating about getting the government out of our bedrooms and ending the war on drugs, she put my feelings into words perfectly.
The headline says it all. Yesterday I finally enlisted into the Regular Army. Next month I’ll ship to Ft Benning, Georgia to train for six weeks to become an Infantryman. I won’t have my first duty station until sometime in May or June. It’s a very daunting idea but I’m excited.
Sen. John McCain has come out with his tax and appropriations plan. On the first glance, it looks like a good plan. Jim Lindgren at The Volokh Conspiracy has a good post on it.
Megan McArdle has her own tax plan quotes Jane Galt’s plan that’s even better.
I don’t know what this portends for the rest of the day but I have another post about beer.
In the Volokh Conspiracy post I linked to below they link to the Beer Advocate. Excellent website. They have a great review of some new spring seasonal brews.
Don’t forget to Respect Beer.
Orin Kerr at The Volokh Conspiracy enlightens us with a few comments about the proposed raise in beer taxes in the State of California.
*The title is a quote of Benjamin Franklin’s.
I’ve come across a new blog this evening that is quite riveting. It’s called Going Private, written by a woman who goes by the nom de plume of ‘Equity Private’. The about page and the very earliest posts in 2006 are excellently written and quite entertaining.
I happened to notice on Wikipedia tonight that it’s article about the “bulge bracket” has completely removed any reference to Bear Stearns already.
For the year 2007 I effectively paid the state of Iowa no income tax. One of the good things the state has done since the start of Operations Endur