Jesus. Every time I think my disappointment with Bush has reached its apex, he sinks to a new low. Mere days after delivering a shockingly libertarian speech at a White House tribute to free-market economist Milton Friedman, he’s signed this absurd farm bill, which he defends so thinly that even he seems to be saying: […]

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Yes Logo Whatever you think of starry eyed quests for “social justice” or “fair trade,” you have to admit that they have a certain abstract nobility. People who throw themselves behind these causes may choose ineffective, counterproductive, and even morally suspect means to their ends. Nevertheless, someone who dedicates herself to combating racism or poverty deserves our […]

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I certainly chose the right time to start at Cato — my second day on the job was followed up by their 25th anniversary gala, which was basically a parade of libertarian superheroes. Very cool.

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I’m in D.C., found a sweet pad, and start at the Cato Institute tomorrow. Wacky. More real blogging soon, I promise.

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Cleaning my plate: (1) Introduction written (2) Column written (below) (3) Paperwork going in today. Keep your fingers crossed. (4) Debate won. (5) Several good leads on the apartment, a couple in the basements of fellow Cato people’s buildings. I move in two days. Freaky.

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Tangled Up in Blue Last week, a Virginia school suspended a sixth grader because he was colored. Blue. The student, Jesse Doyle, had earned straight As and Bs the previous semester, and so his mother fulfilled a promise to allow him to dye his hair electric blue. The school, on the pretext that blue hair […]

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On my plate: (1) Cobble together an introduction for John Stossel, who’s speaking at the Cato anniversary shindig next week. This is my first “staff writing” assignment, so I’m mildly nervous about it. (2) Write this week’s LFB column. (3) Put in paperwork with the deans at NYU to retro-register for the honors thesis, make […]

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One thesis down for the count baby! Woo-hoo! Now I’ve just got to hope that the advisor I haven’t talked to in a few months actually wants to take it… and that my GPA when all the incompletes fall out actually allow me to graduate with honors. But those are details. The thing is f-ing […]

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Takings That Aren’t The Constitution is inconvenient. When bureaucrats want to seize private property, they’ve got to deal with the restrictions imposed by that pesky Fifth Amendment. As I noted a few weeks back, states can make themselves a good deal of elbow room by treating phrases like “public use” more or less the same […]

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Get a job, na na na na… So I work for the Cato Institute now. This is both exciting, because I expect it to be good, and terrifying, because I now have a little over a week to finish everything I’ve been putting off for months and find a place in D.C. Expect less blogging […]

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