Jun
20
2002
Hypocrisy, thy name is Bono. No wonder Bono is so generous with government money. Under a special Irish law, he doesn’t pay taxes.
Hypocrisy, thy name is Bono.
Commentary
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Who Wants to Sue Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Jun
20
2002
The TV program Who Wants to be a Millionaire? required would-be contestants to call in on a touch tone telephone to qualify for the show. A federal appeals court ruled that the touch tone telephone procedure may violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
On Monday I
Jun
19
2002
On Monday I noted that the E.U. was considering banning happy hours in bars. Now they’re considering banning packs of less than twenty cigarettes.
No new content on Tuesday.
Jun
18
2002
No new content on Tuesday. I’ll be out of town until mid-morning on Wednesday, at which point I promise to get heavier on the free travel and light on my own ill-informed opinions.
New reasons to dislike the
Jun
17
2002
New reasons to dislike the European Union The EU wants to ban coffee shops in the Netherlands in which hashish and marijuana may be legally consumed. The EU is considering banning all happy hours throughout Europe. Seriously. Socialists in the EU parliament argue that happy hours are used by big bars to drive their smaller competitors (“who can’t afford to lower prices”) out of business.
The (London) Independent reports that
Jun
17
2002
The (London) Independent reports that the Venezuelan military may stage a new coup by July 5. The Democratically-elected socialist Hugo Chavez will be hard-pressed to make a case to the world for outrage. Chavez himself staged a failed coup in 1992 before being voted-in as President in 1998.
My very first link. My
Jun
16
2002
My very first link. My friend Sasha over at The Volokh Conspiracy provides the very first linking to this site by crediting me for sending him a link. If you made it to my site from there, welcome! I hope you come back… maybe I even warrant a bookmark?
Lloyd Grove reports
Jun
16
2002
Lloyd Grove reports on “Six Degrees of Fred Thompson” .. Former representative Ben Jones (D-Ga.), who played Cooter on “The Dukes of Hazzard” and is now running for Congress from Virginia, was in “Primary Colors” with John Travolta, who was in “Pulp Fiction” with Bruce Willis, who was in “Die Hard 2” with Fred Thompson. “The Price is Right” host Bob Barker lobbied for better treatment of circus elephants with Kim Basinger, the estranged wife of Alec Baldwin, who starred in “The Hunt for Red October” with Fred Thompson. Fred Thompson’s web also involves Denzel Washington, Lou Diamond Phillips and Benji.
Two Sunday evening Reuters pieces
Jun
16
2002
Two Sunday evening Reuters pieces caught my attention. First, Jacques Chirac’s center-right coalition won a huge landslide in parliamentary elections. I don’t know that anything will change — these are the French, after all — but it’s still sweet to see the socialist left trounced to such a degree that the leaders of the Green and Communist parties even lost their own seats. Second, Microsoft came out in favor of suing software companies for bugs and other defects. The story portrays Microsoft, whose balance sheets shows $39 billion in cash and cash equivalents, as the biggest target with the most to lose. It makes no attempt to reconcile this seeming contradiction, other than to suggest that Microsoft products are pretty good and they can defend themselves well in court. Shame on journalists who miss the…
Joshua Marshall likes
Jun
16
2002
Joshua Marshall likes the Kaus piece, too, and decides to look into the origins of the term “homeland defense.” One of the earliest examples comes out of The Heritage Foundation.
