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/1214574995.shtml --Is it a proper function of government to criminalize male public shirtlessness? (Via QuizLaw.)... Kip 2008-06-27T13:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1214473818.shtml --Who accused whom of being "like the baseball player who charges kids for their signature"? (Via C&F.)... Kip 2008-06-26T09:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1214387858.shtml --Which religious sect is, somewhat ironically, the latest to insist that marriage in California should be restricted to one man and one woman? (Hint: Think "one" man and "one" woman.)... Kip 2008-06-25T17:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1214220212.shtml --Who is describing John McCain's record on gay rights as simultaneously "mixed" and showing "enormous political courage"?... Kip 2008-06-24T21:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1213813839.shtml --How many bloggers around the world have been arrested for "exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments"?... Kip 2008-06-18T18:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1213320909.shtml --Is it a proper function of government to ban keeping goats as pets ("quieter than dogs and make much less mess")?... Kip 2008-06-16T11:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1213149229.shtml --How do China's authoritarians keep their oppressive censorship apparatus glued together?... Kip 2008-06-11T01:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212628504.shtml --Is it a proper function of government "to encourage the display of the flag of the United States on Father's Day"?... Kip 2008-06-07T10:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212231837.shtml --Is it a proper function of government to investigate the rising price of Snickers bars?... Kip 2008-06-03T17:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1212146162.shtml --How does someone get a 5.89 GPA (i.e., when did schools start offering both "Honors" and "AP" classes; what exactly is the difference)?... Kip 2008-05-30T11:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1211619671.shtml --A "proper function of government" question in three parts:... Kip 2008-05-28T16:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1211078891.shtml --Is it a proper function of government to designate "Frank Sinatra Day"?... Kip 2008-05-23T15:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1210766735.shtml --Who appointed all those liberal, "activist" California judges who just found in favor of same-sex marriage?... Kip 2008-05-16T08:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1210249256.shtml --Is it a proper function of a family court judge to sentence a father to 180 days in jail for failing to ensure that his delinquent daughter successfully earn a... Kip 2008-05-14T10:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1209922174.shtml --Did global warming cause the Burma cyclone?... Kip 2008-05-08T18:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1209436308.shtml --Is it a proper function of government to spend taxpayer money on "all technical and professional means available to rectify" the country's image abroad after a single (albeit horrific) incest... Kip 2008-05-01T16:05+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1209315241.shtml --Is it a proper function of the Border Patrol to conduct "spot checks" on a ferry servicing islands in Washington State (i.e., running exclusively within the United States)?... Kip 2008-04-29T16:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1209034180.shtml --Is it a proper function of government to forbid a brewer from calling his product "Weed"? Would your answer change if he were based in the town of Weed, California?... Kip 2008-04-26T11:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1208913505.shtml --Is the standardization of widescreen laptops merely an attempt by computer manufacturers to cheat consumers? ("[T]hey can still advertise that they offer 14.1 or 15.4 screens, but the screen area... Kip 2008-04-24T10:04+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1208603150.shtml --Is it a proper function of government to solicit registered voters to help find the mayor's cat?... Kip 2008-04-19T11:04+00:00