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/1214527640.shtml ...You did remember that today is the fifth anniversary of Lawrence v. Texas, right?... Kip 2008-06-27T00:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1214326391.shtml His name is Dean G. Skelos, he represents Rockville Center, a relatively upscale Long Island community (Bruno represented Brunswick, in the very conservative upstate capitol district).... Kip 2008-06-24T16:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1214307317.shtml To review: New York, the worst governed state in the Union, is essentially a triumvirate. The legislative agenda is under the plenary control of three politicians: the governor, the Assembly... Kip 2008-06-24T11:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1214216117.shtml (Why aren't you reading this at the new website?)... Kip 2008-06-23T10:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1214057253.shtml (Why are you reading this post here and not at the new site?)---... Kip 2008-06-21T14:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1213717419.shtml For the uninitiated:... Kip 2008-06-17T15:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1213127630.shtml To review: Less than three weeks ago, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sustained a challenge to Don't Ask, Don't Tell on the grounds that Lawrence... Kip 2008-06-10T20:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212715650.shtml To review: One of the most embarrassing forest-trees error that libertarians can make is to argue that, since "government should get out of the marriage business" (a dubious proposition... Kip 2008-06-06T01:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212539168.shtml "Did you see my boy Barack today?"... Kip 2008-06-04T10:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212538314.shtml It's rare that I actually have an opportunity to say something nice about the Human Rights Campaign (cf., this post), so let me savor the moment:... Kip 2008-06-04T00:06+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/1212170837.shtml Damn activist governors!... Kip 2008-05-30T18:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212019827.shtml As background:... Kip 2008-05-29T09:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212020239.shtml Here is what he said:... Kip 2008-05-29T00:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1211710784.shtml One FindLaw columnist responds to another on the California same-sex marriage ruling:... Kip 2008-05-28T10:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1211825684.shtml "And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that... Kip 2008-05-27T10:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1211652303.shtml A noteworthy blawger wonders why the "gay marriage bans are sex discrimination" argument never, ever works, not even in California:... Kip 2008-05-24T18:05+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/1211537310.shtml Still cleaning out the aggregator --... Kip 2008-05-23T10:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1211535421.shtml A major victory and a minor defeat.... Kip 2008-05-23T09:05+00:00