http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/ A collection of real-world libertarian, individualist and laissez-faire rants on policy, culture and other current events by an average, everyday lawyer & investment banker and part-time pop scholar. en-us 2008-06-28T11:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1213961818.shtml Apparently the federal government thinks so:... Kip 2008-06-20T11:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1213823295.shtml For those who were righteously indignant after reading my recent post about an incident involving some California educrats and law enforcement officials maliciously tormenting students by falsely informing them that... Kip 2008-06-18T21:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1213303388.shtml As President, John McCain will take it as his most sacred responsibility to keep America free, safe, and strong -- an abiding beacon of freedom and hope to the world.... Kip 2008-06-12T20:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1213040473.shtml Today's Religion of Peace oxymoron is: Jordanian Justice Act —... Kip 2008-06-10T02:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212599210.shtml Get ready for a typical African bloodbath:... Kip 2008-06-04T17:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212515278.shtml --Gay advances in Greece:... Kip 2008-06-03T17:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212231589.shtml How exactly is it a "free market" when the government can ban it?... Kip 2008-05-31T10:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212171171.shtml So which is the greater, more loving manifestation of God's great design?... Kip 2008-05-30T20:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1211618911.shtml Posted without much comment:... Kip 2008-05-24T08:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1210245093.shtml "A building has integrity, just like a man — and just as seldom."... Kip 2008-05-08T14:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1210159189.shtml When word first started to emerge that a major cyclone had hit Burma, the first thought of many of us was, "Here we go again..."... Kip 2008-05-07T11:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1209506722.shtml Thomas More would be pleased:... Kip 2008-04-29T22:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1209433768.shtml Separated at birth?... Kip 2008-04-29T01:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1208901407.shtml "We need a real world and not the world of economic theories."... Kip 2008-04-22T21:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1207358002.shtml It makes perfect sense to two groups of people — professional journalists* and bloodthirsty dictators:... Kip 2008-04-05T01:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1207272073.shtml "Subversion" (whatever that means) is still a crime in China — quite a serious one:... Kip 2008-04-04T01:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1207184297.shtml All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.... Kip 2008-04-03T00:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1206996361.shtml Referring my readers to Supreme Court cases, law review articles or Congressional Research Service reports may be a futile attempt at "tough love." But referring them to economics articles? That's just... Kip 2008-03-31T20:03+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1206761984.shtml Charles Krauthammer, with his typical chest-thumping indignation, accuses critics of John McCain, apparently including me, of "a rank falsehood" for pressing McCain's now infamous "maybe 100" remark:... Kip 2008-03-29T03:03+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1205925515.shtml The Dalai Lama calls China's bluff:... Kip 2008-03-19T11:03+00:00