CNN.com is reporting on the recent completion of a taxpayer-funded study of “Internet addresses and trademarks” by the National Academy of Sciences. The hitch? This study was supposed to be completed in 1999, and now may be considered obselete given the marked changes in the Internet marketplace since the end of the last century. Don’t worry--they
In a report [.PDF] that is being picked up by Janes Intelligence Group and others, Ryan King and Mark Mauer explain how the U.S. government now spends more on marijuana enforcement than ever before. More importantly, the report details the change in drug enforcement policy over the last 20 years, as well as the perceived effects of such policy on
In a move that has previously only been imagined in the punchlines of jokes, a group of emergency doctors in Great Britain is promoting the idea of a ban on long, pointed kitchen knives in a new editorial in the British Medical Journal . The recommendation comes in response to increases in knife attacks in recent years, a 17.9% increase in British
Coming as a shock to no one but socialists, an AP story is reporting the results of a congressional investigation which indicates that privately employed baggage screeners outperform TSA bureaucrats. The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security’s reply: “We need more money for better technology.” Ahh, the same old bureaucratic song
Take a look at this article , which (briefly) describes the arrest of a Korean minister who was implicated in a black market organ transplant ring. According to the story, this clergyman and his cohorts were taking “premiums from terminally ill patients in return for arranging tours to China for transplant surgeries.” How dare anyone actually find
According to a fascinating article in The Times , walking to work may actually result in your augmenting, rather than reducing your “ carbon footprint .” The article debunks the claims of those promoting many “green” or “eco-friendly” products and services. Included among the myth-busting: Traditional nappies are as bad as disposables, a study by
Even organized crime is feeling the pinch from the rapidly deflating housing bubble. According to a Jane’s Security News brief: Shooting match: Gang-related killings surge in Japan Japan witnessed an upsurge in gang-related shootings in the first half of 2007. The violence is a result of organised crime syndicates seeking new ways to generate
Another government interferes with the operation of the market, this time for the purpose of “rescuing” customers and restoring high-overhead, Mère-et-Père (French for “money pit”) bookstores to their rightful place of prominence in the French book market. In this case, the threat came in the form of dangerously inexpensive books from Amazon.
As the song says, “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” State power, i.e., power derived from the “political means” of acquiring wealth through force, is nothing more than a pestilence sapping the peace and prosperity of all humankind, and has been manifest in many cruel and unique forms. Whether it be the whip on the back, the sword on the
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