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 2008-07-20T01:07+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1216515758.shtml This blog is now located at... Kip 2008-07-20T01:07+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1213657456.shtml It's quite simple really: If the Associated Press wants me never to link to their material, then I'm more than willing to oblige. I have other options.... Kip 2008-06-16T23:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1213474651.shtml The preliminaries are underway (hosting service, WordPress installation, etc.).... Kip 2008-06-14T20:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212932938.shtml Anyone have any experience, either directly or anecdotally, with DreamHost, the large web hosting service?... Kip 2008-06-08T23:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212851504.shtml First off, thanks so much to everyone who contacted me with advice, suggestions and offers of assistance. It really meant a lot to me.... Kip 2008-06-07T15:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212543243.shtml I have decided to explore the feasibility of migrating this blog off PowerBlogs. The weekend outage was merely the latest in a string of issues and concerns I have had... Kip 2008-06-05T11:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212400430.shtml As you probably figured out from bigger blogs than mine, the entire Powerblogs domain, and all its hosted blogs, were down most of the weekend. This was at least the fourth... Kip 2008-06-02T09:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1210763668.shtml I am off tonight to an undisclosed location for a brief holiday. Returning Sunday.... Kip 2008-05-14T16:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1208913674.shtml My recent post on some reported shenanigans by Cablevision in the wake of FCC-mandated digitization of broadcast television reminded me that I haven't blogged about "net neutrality" -- where my... Kip 2008-04-23T11:04+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/1203768213.shtml Since I appear to be the only person in the entire blogosphere who didn't post this, I'll make up for it by posting this:... Kip 2008-02-23T12:02+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1201704880.shtml I don't read DailyKos for the same reason I don't read Hardy Boys books: there's no reason to. Neither adds anything to intellectual discourse; neither catalyzes the self-enrichment of the already-literate.... Kip 2008-01-30T14:01+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1200850720.shtml I am adding Publius Endures to The Elite Eleven.... Kip 2008-01-20T17:01+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1200363798.shtml For those who, like me, can't stand thomas.loc.gov —... Kip 2008-01-15T12:01+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1198333942.shtml It's a bit earlier than I planned, but I've fallen behind in real-world tasks due to a lingering head cold, and I need to get ready for an extended visit... Kip 2007-12-22T14:12+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1197341712.shtml I let it go the first three times I saw it. No longer:... Kip 2007-12-11T02:12+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1196034025.shtml It has been brought to my attention that this blogpost of mine, on the recent Supreme Court case Samson v. California, No. 04-9728 (2006), has been quoted in the... Kip 2007-11-25T23:11+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1195741440.shtml (First posted Thanksgiving Day, 2005)... Kip 2007-11-22T14:11+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1194124607.shtml For those not yet old, cynical and bitter:... Kip 2007-11-04T12:11+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1194108294.shtml I am removing Socialized Medicine from The Elite Eleven, as it was, qua a collection of news items without any commentary, improvidently included in the first place. Useful, but not... Kip 2007-11-03T16:11+00:00