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 2008-12-28T01:12+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1229175930.shtml This blog is now located at... Kip 2008-12-13T13:12+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1214587200.shtml "Different candidates have different strengths. Some are wealthy; others have wealthy supporters who are willing to make large contributions. Some are celebrities; some have the benefit of a well-known family name.... Kip 2008-06-27T17:06+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/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/1214527395.shtml "Let's be honest about it. This is an actual, enumerated right in the Constitution."... Kip 2008-06-27T00:06+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/1214442776.shtml Short version:... Kip 2008-06-26T01:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1214441250.shtml ... Infra-Red State!... Kip 2008-06-26T00:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1214440242.shtml The decision was a pure 4+1 to 4 partisan split, with Justice Kennedy again positioning himself into the controlling vote and thereby serving as the opinion's author.... Kip 2008-06-26T00:06+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/1214387381.shtml Programming Note: I am trying to clear the decks in anticipation of the Heller decision on Second Amendment rights, expected either today or tomorrow. Once it is handed down, that... Kip 2008-06-25T09:06+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/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/1214302168.shtml Some malcontents are lamenting the fact that Harvard graduates are actually finding jobs:... Kip 2008-06-24T10:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1214268780.shtml He uses the subprime crisis and the housing (not-quite) crisis as an opportunity to check premises:... Kip 2008-06-24T00:06+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/1214151010.shtml (Why aren't you reading this at the new site?)... Kip 2008-06-22T16:06+00:00 http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1214067912.shtml (Why are you reading this post here and not at the new site?)... Kip 2008-06-21T17:06+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