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Relevance: 33% Posted on: June 9, 2024
David Boaz was a friend and mentor to many. We now learn, to our sadness, of his death on Friday. Who was David Boaz? Here is the bare bones of his public identity, from Wikipedia, first paragraph: David Douglas Boaz (/ˈboʊ.æz/; August 29, 1953 – June 7, 2024) was an American…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: May 29, 2019
Those animals which are incapable of making binding agreements with one another not to inflict nor suffer harm are without either justice or injustice; and likewise for those peoples who either could not or would not form binding agreements not to inflict or suffer harm.Epicurus, Principle Doctrine XXXII
Relevance: 33% Posted on: August 27, 2009
Dear Reader: This “BEST of Common Sense” comment originally aired on October 3, 2005. When I read in the paper about a fifth grade class re-writing the Constitution, I immediately thought about our judiciary. Then I discovered the whole effort was part of a program mandated by Congress. We should…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: May 19, 2022
The Institute for Justice (IJ) asks a question: “Does the First Amendment protect your right to criticize public officials without being subject to frivolous lawsuits?” Kelly Gallaher is an activist in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, who provoked the ire of Village Attorney Chris Smith. Seeking punitive damages, Smith has sued Gallaher…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: June 2, 2022
A prominent rating system has gone “woke.” “Exxon is rated top ten best in world for environment, social & governance (ESG) by S&P 500,” Elon Musk tweeted a few weeks ago, “while Tesla” — the billionaire’s high-end electric car company — “didn’t make the list! ESG is a scam. It…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: December 12, 2020
On December 12, 1939, Finnish forces defeated those of the Soviet Union in the first major victory of what became known as the Winter War, in the Battle of Tolvajärvi. December 12th birthdays include: * Erasmus Darwin (1731) – English physician, slave trade abolitionist, inventor and poet * John Jay…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: March 24, 2022
Samuel Adams persevered through life in his Republican principles without any conformity to parties, influence or times. He was feared by his enemies, but too secret to be loved by his friends. He did not put confidence in them. . . He preserved the severity of Cato in his manners,…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: May 27, 2015
On May 27, 1863, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney of Maryland issued Ex parte Merryman, challenging the authority of President Abraham Lincoln to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland, the legal procedure that prevents the government from holding an individual indefinitely without showing cause. Two days earlier, John…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: September 1, 2023
James Jenkins and Ryan Cagle didn’t know that they risked destruction by publishing and selling previously out-of-print books. Their low-overhead, low-profit-margin Richmond company, Valancourt Books, founded in 2005, prints long unavailable volumes one at a time, as customers request them. To operate, the publishers must first carefully retype the books,…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: January 11, 2016
Why did Dr. Ben Burris give up his orthodontic license? Where did he go wrong? Dr. Burris broke the law. He flagrantly violated the hallowed precepts of the Arkansas Dental Practices Act. Let me rinse and spit out the truth: This dentist illegally cleaned people’s teeth. Not just once —…