Economist James D.Miller is practically frothing at the mouth over on NRO in response to a California district court ruling in favor of the makers of peer-to-peer clients Grokster and Morpheus. But he should calm down, take a deep breath, and take a second look at some of his arguments Miller makes mistake number one […]

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Joanne has a post expanding on some of my half-baked notions from that Reason piece.

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McCain-Feingold bites the dust… at least until round two.

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Gary Farber is posting again… abundantly.

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My piece from the May issue of Reason on distributed journalism and the Lott fiasco is now online. Also, see Mark Kleiman’s post on the latest developments in the ongoing saga if you haven’t already.

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Stan Kurtz is upset that the blogosphere’s response to his most recent column on sexual privacy has been largely mocking and scornful. Why oh why, he laments, can’t bloggers engage in serious debate without insults and jibes? What he doesn’t notice is that, of course, they do. All the time. But they do so when […]

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This weekend (thanks to a recommendation from David Glenn of the Chronicle of Higher Education), I checked out the exhibition “Illegal Art,” which will be in D.C. through early June and in San Francisco this July. The art is “illegal” because it appropriates copyrighted or trademarked imagery as source material. In actuality, I think all […]

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Econo-badass Glen Whitman (whose permalinks appear to be broken) has a good two-parter deconstructing Dick Gephardt’s healthcare proposal. He also wins this week’s prize for best post-title: “Gephardt of Darkness.”

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So my usual modus operandi is to post fitfully during the week, and then bust out with a few long essay-like pieces on Sunday night. You’ll notice that didn’t happen this weekend, because my street had no electricity Sunday night. So I’ll have to dribble out the mini-essays I would’ve written last night over the […]

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…. “No, infidel, I’m trying to incinerate you! Why are you laughing, dammit?” Fear the new face of terror, a ruthless organization called…. MILF.

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