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/1209921244.shtml And who, you might be wondering, is Ms. Maureen Felix of West Orange, New Jersey?... Kip 2008-05-04T17:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1208986046.shtml Far too much cyber-ink is being spilled regarding a new book by a noted legal scholar, Cass Sunstein, and an equally noted economist, Richard Thaler, called Nudge.... Kip 2008-04-23T21:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1208703046.shtml A libertarian relegates himself — and all his confreres — to the (supposedly noble) role of court jester:... Kip 2008-04-21T12:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1208517618.shtml Homeowners insurance is a truly private market. Anyone screeching about a "homeowners insurance crisis"?... Kip 2008-04-18T11:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1208106085.shtml Possibly not much:... Kip 2008-04-13T19:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1207785711.shtml Robert J. Samuelson proffers one typically collectivist answer:... Kip 2008-04-10T00:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1207707613.shtml To review: Regardless of what one thinks of the propriety of the government blocking strictly private employment contracts between competent consenting adults at the lower end of the work spectrum... Kip 2008-04-09T02:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1207272512.shtml Just a quick pass-long so Tony doesn't get upset with me:... Kip 2008-04-04T01:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1205234477.shtml "Under our Constitution, anonymous pamphleteering is not a pernicious, fraudulent practice, but an honorable tradition of advocacy and of dissent. Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority."... Kip 2008-03-11T11:03+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1204982313.shtml As often heretofore pointed out, rights guaranteed by the Constitution may not be abridged by legislation which has no reasonable relation to some purpose within the competency of the state. The... Kip 2008-03-08T13:03+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1204928335.shtml As someone who has been warning my fellow libertarians for some time now about not being too absolutist in insisting that there is an unlimited right of parents to homeschool... Kip 2008-03-07T22:03+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1204770263.shtml You all know the primary Tragedy of the Commons. When property is owned publicly, or its use is subsidized such that the price to use it is artificially low or... Kip 2008-03-06T02:03+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1204249141.shtml The EconLog post on why libertarians seem so willing to submit to government excesses and abuses, to which I blogged a reply seems to have legs.... Kip 2008-02-29T01:02+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1204119574.shtml "If you can't fix it, Jack, you gotta stand it."... Kip 2008-02-27T13:02+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1203173640.shtml My aggregator is clogged with all kinds of silly from all over the world --... Kip 2008-02-16T14:02+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1202736664.shtml I am on record as advocating full First Amendment protection for truthful commercial advertising (today such advertising enjoys only partial constitutional protection -- see Central Hudson Gas v. Public... Kip 2008-02-11T13:02+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1202357044.shtml "Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay for. A product is not quality... Kip 2008-02-07T13:02+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1201840257.shtml Sometimes politicians introduce sarcastic bills in their legislatures to make a "slippery slope" or "jump the shark" sort of point -- a publicity stunt.... Kip 2008-02-01T04:02+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1201832605.shtml A law professor weighs in on the concurrent stories of the India kidney scandal and the calls in the U.K. for "opt-out" organ donation at death rather than "opt-in" —... Kip 2008-02-01T02:02+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1201094402.shtml A few days ago, in another context, I wrote the following:... Kip 2008-01-23T13:01+00:00