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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“One should respect public opinion insofar as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.”
Local Government Corruption: 15 Case Studies
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Local officials have power over licensing, permitting, zoning, contracting,
granting, tax breaks, and other sorts of approvals and payments. The larger
the...
Dealing With the Debt
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The national debt is increased each fiscal year when the annual deficit of
government spending over government revenue is added onto the existing
debt. T...
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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