Physically challenged Chinese swimmer Xuqing Jin dived into the pool as he competed in the men’s 400-meter relay race at the Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre in Bangalore on Tuesday. More than 800 athletes from 43 countries are participating in the weeklong International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation’s World Games. (Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images)
QUADRIPLEGIC HUNTER: James Cap, a quadriplegic since a 1979 high school football accident, held the tube in his mouth that he uses to aim and fire his shotgun in a shed where he hunts in Manville, N.J., Tuesday. Mr. Cap recently won a court battle to use the contraption.
I'm Gherald L. and this is a place to journal and rant inexpertly about whatever interests me.
At present this includes humor, freethought, liberty, laissez-faire economics, pragmatic politics, and foreign policy of the realism school.
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“I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer, just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals . . . The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom”
On the Separation of Powers and Judicial Supremacy
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Trump is apparently planning to take out his exasperation by appointing to
the bench political hacks who commit to rule in his favor. If he implements
that...
A Glimpse of Hell
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Via Religion News: HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (RNS) — For years, liberals — even
liberal people of faith — have been wary of fusions of faith and politics,
careful ...
Move to the Reason site
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(Eugene Volokh)
We’ve moved to the *Reason* site — at http://reason.com/volokh — as part of
a new joint venture with *Reason*; if you aren’t redirected au...
Adjust contrast of a pdf free
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Closer to the eye of the shooter, this is because Preview is quite
literally applying a filter to each individual page of the PDF you are
saving. the proce...
Cellular Phone Plans for Teens
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Look around the mall and you will notice teen after teen either talking or
texting on a cell phone. With such a large consumer base, you would think
that t...
The Years Of Writing Dangerously
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Thirteen years ago, as I was starting to experiment with this blogging
thing, I wrote the following: [T]he speed with which an idea in your head
reaches th...
Cantor 'stunned' by Virginia Tech shootings
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Thursday that he was
“saddened and stunned” at the news that two people, including a poli
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