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[2024-05-28 22:10:30] - https://reason.com/2024/05/26/chase-oliver-is-the-libertarian-partys-presidential-pick/ URL says it all. I admittedly am not overly familiar with Oliver's positions, but everything I've heard up until now makes me think this was one of the best possible outcomes. -Paul

[2023-12-21 16:41:22] - paul:  this was the eastman plan.  imo, it's clearly planned.  it has intent.  the * only * reason we don't fuss over it, is because it failed.  if it had succeeded, we'd all be living in a very weird world today.  i guess only time will tell, but to say that there was no plan, seems a bit narrow minded to me.  ~a

[2023-12-07 14:23:52] - https://twitter.com/sairasameerarao/status/1732481722627899671 I know lots of people who have been critical of Twitter / X under Musk, but can we at least all agree that community notes has been a net positive? If for no other reason than the comedic factor. -Paul

[2023-06-30 00:26:13] - a: Re: Experts and the lab leak theory. I encourage you to read the two paragraphs starting with "Said cops" https://reason.com/2023/06/21/lab-leak-theory-confirmed-ben-hu-wuhan-china-covid/ -Paul

[2023-06-26 13:38:09] - https://reason.com/2022/10/13/we-told-you-why-and-how-californias-high-speed-rail-wouldnt-work-you-chose-not-to-listen/ The biggest news I've heard about it recently was around reporting the New York Times (the New York Times!) did around how much of an epic failure California's attempt has been. -Paul

[2023-06-21 17:11:01] - https://reason.com/2023/06/21/lab-leak-theory-confirmed-ben-hu-wuhan-china-covid/ So, can we agree that the lab leak theory is more likely true than not at this point? -Paul

[2023-04-06 17:14:52] - clarence thomas has accepted undisclosed luxury trips from gop megadonor for decades. jfc, i have to wonder why it was undisclosed.  the only reason i could imagine someone wouldn't disclose it is if they were trying to hide it, but maybe not? it's a very large amount of money ($0.5m in one year?).  ~a

[2023-03-06 20:46:33] - a: https://reason.com/2023/03/06/at-cpac-trans-issues-dominated-but-do-voters-care/ This kind of supports both of us. Republican politicians are making a big deal about transgender issues BUT Republican voters largely don't seem to think it's a big priority. -Paul

[2022-12-16 20:37:41] - a: https://reason.com/2022/10/13/we-told-you-why-and-how-californias-high-speed-rail-wouldnt-work-you-chose-not-to-listen/ I, uh, highly doubt that the practically non-existent and hugely behind schedule high speed rail in California could take Musk to everywhere he wants to go considering Tesla's HQ is in Texas and they have gigafactories in Germany and China. -Paul

[2022-09-29 21:51:29] - https://reason.com/2022/09/28/migrant-kids-in-biden-administrations-tent-camp-faced-distress-and-panic-attacks-because-of-dysfunction/ At least it's kids in tents and not cages? -Paul

[2022-09-29 02:10:12] - isn't this the epitome of forced speech?  (my first reason link?)  ~a

[2022-06-20 17:08:06] - a:  how is it elon's fault that CA high speed rail project has gone nowhere instead of ... california's? - mig

[2022-06-16 17:36:28] - am i the only one excited by this news?  i'd love there to be *actual* downsides to starting a war, and this seems like a downside.  for some reason, he didn't seem deterred by a stock market with a cap of 40T rubbles disappearing overnight.  ~a

[2022-06-03 20:36:29] - https://reason.com/2022/06/03/can-a-post-takeover-libertarian-party-improve-on-its-historical-run-of-2012-20/ For those not super tuned in to internal LP politics (I don't blame you), a new regime has taken hold of the national LP which is very likely to lead to a different kind of communications strategy which leans into trolling and shock value. I suspect many here might find it offensive. Be prepared! -Paul

[2022-05-27 20:43:33] - a: Seems like a reasonably correct and neutral headline. I don't know a ton about the specifics. It sounds like new info continues to come out. It doesn't sound like law enforcement in general had their best effort with this case (https://reason.com/2022/05/26/uvalde-shooting-texas-cops-handcuff-parents-killer/) -Paul

[2022-05-20 16:21:00] - https://twitter.com/ChristianWalk1r/status/1527457691949334528 Heh, I don't take this seriously at all (ie, there could be a good reason for the seemingly coincidental timing), but it's a good joke. -Paul

[2022-05-19 17:21:24] - https://twitter.com/reason/status/1527332869357850624 I know I'm probably the only person who loves these.... but I love them so much. -Paul

[2022-05-17 19:56:14] - mig:  2022-09-22 at 2:10  "to change the racial mix of the country, that's the reason, to reduce the political power of people who's ancestors lived here and dramatically increase the proportion of americans newly arrived from the third world  ... this policy is called the great replacement ... you're not supposed to notice this, of course"  etc.  ~a

[2022-05-05 13:43:19] - https://reason.com/2022/05/04/a-qualified-defense-of-letting-states-decide-on-abortion/ I don't fully agree with everything here, but I feel like it's an interesting thought exercise about how maybe a one size fits all national level decision on abortion isn't the best approach. -Paul

[2022-03-21 20:09:30] - https://reason.com/2018/06/27/developer-of-historic-laundromat-in-san/ e.g. - mig

[2022-02-25 21:44:49] - https://reason.com/2022/02/25/biden-nominates-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-the-supreme-court/ Also, Biden announced his SCOTUS pick. Early indications are she seems to be pretty good on criminal justice reform issues, so that is promising. -Paul

[2022-02-08 20:47:53] - https://www.thedailybeast.com/with-800000-americans-dead-of-covid-19-coronavirus-deaths-under-biden-now-equal-those-under-trump I don't at all find it terribly interesting to count death totals under presidents, but I do find it interesting how the death totals during those time periods are so similar given stuff like vaccines should've been helping lately. Is the big reason the delta variant being deadlier? -Paul

[2021-12-15 17:15:11] - paul:  i know i've linked this image before (i made it, and it was accepted by some random person on the internet).  even if the data is wrong . . . i'm not a data-scientist . . . the logic behind what i feel is sound:  look at the worst-cases, within some definition of "reason", and plan around those?  ~a

[2021-11-09 03:31:01] - https://twitter.com/dannybarefoot/status/1457774095618109447 Sorry, apparently that link doesn't work for some reason. I guess he threaded his tweets oddly? This one might work better. -Paul

[2021-11-05 20:42:47] - a: https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/i-team/are-traffic-speed-cameras-about-public-safety-or-money It's not based on nothing. There's a reason the term "speed trap" even exists. There are tiny towns on the way between Northern Virginia and Rehoboth beach where the speed goes from like 60 mph to 25 mpg in a VERY short amount of time where the cops are very prepared to write tickets. -Paul

[2021-11-03 21:27:40] - a: https://reason.com/2021/11/03/glenn-youngkin-terry-mcauliffe-critical-race-theory-virginia-governor-race/ Going back to our discussion of whether education played a role in McAuliffe's defeat, there is this line: "K-12 parents broke decisively for Youngkin" -Paul

[2021-11-02 18:08:39] - https://reason.com/2021/11/02/glenn-youngkin-terry-mcauliffe-trump-randi-weingarten/ I suspect people here won't like this article much, but I think it touches on a lot of stuff described here and also that I've been arguing on Facebook. McAuliffe wants to make this election a referendum on Trump, but I think it's more accurately a referendum on VA's opinion on their education system. -Paul

[2021-10-19 15:06:51] - https://reason.com/2021/10/19/nartional-crime-victimization-survey-asian-american-violence/ Some (stressing "some") evidence that there has been no increase in anti-Asian violence between 2019 and 2020. -Paul

[2021-09-15 13:13:56] - a: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/cathie-wood-bitcoin-price-prediction-jump-500000-ether-confidence-high-2021-9 And now for something completely different: Barring any kind of monetary collapse, what do you personally think is the biggest upside for bitcoin over the next few years (within reason)? $500k seems high to me, but $200k seems reasonable. -Paul

[2021-09-09 13:34:54] - mig: I think the headline / conclusion is wrong so not trying to move goal posts but I also don't think its 100% false like Paul / reason.com said either.  The doctor did connect them.  Not to the degree of being the main reason though.  -Daniel

[2021-09-08 03:32:30] - https://reason.com/2021/09/06/ivermectin-overdoses-oklahoma-hospitals-rolling-stone-hoax/ Speaking of Ivermectin and the media getting a story wrong. Have you all heard about the Rolling Stone story? -Paul

[2021-08-31 20:50:22] - a: None were on reason.com. I encourage you to do your own research if you don't want to rely on my own biased stuff, but I will leave this one article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01826-x (Check out the "Study Hall" section). -Paul

[2021-08-31 20:44:31] - paul:  ok assuming these articles aren't on reason.com, i'm sold.  (if it matters . . . i don't have any kids under twelve, so my opinion on the matter is pretty distinctly separated from any real world effects.)  ~a

[2021-08-06 19:34:48] - https://reason.com/2021/08/06/apple-will-start-checking-your-messages-for-dick-picks/ Today I learned what, "camel's nose under the tent" means... -Paul

[2021-07-29 14:21:18] - https://reason.com/2021/07/28/two-more-whistleblowers-come-forward-alleging-neglect-and-mismanagement-at-migrant-youth-shelter/ The situation with migrant kids at the border is still a big problem... although it seems like people have lost interest since it's not Trump. -Paul

[2021-06-23 15:36:45] - https://reason.com/2021/06/23/inside-the-battle-over-the-soul-of-the-libertarian-party/ Long article that non-libertarians probably won't find terribly interesting, but the short story is that the LP seems to have had a mini-revolution where... (differently? more?) radical elements have seized control of the party. -Paul

[2021-06-23 13:41:01] - a:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-voter-id/2021/06/22/0cd24d54-d36e-11eb-ae54-515e2f63d37d_story.html this is a reason I don't take much of the "hardship" argument with voter ID laws very seriously.  We go from "racist and undue hardship" to "oh no, really never had any issues with it!" in just the span of a few days. - mig

[2021-05-25 14:09:57] - Along the "if the other side was worse than my side can't be bad" argument: https://reason.com/2021/05/24/secret-recordings-reveal-officials-discussing-filthy-conditions-of-4632-immigrant-kids-held-in-texas-tent-camp/ We're still treating immigrating children horribly, but I guess there won't be any concentration camp comparisons. -Paul

[2021-04-29 17:36:18] - https://twitter.com/reason/status/1387819402578604033 Putting it all in dog money! -Paul

[2021-04-29 16:00:59] - https://twitter.com/scottbix/status/1387587686500904962 i thought this was pretty humorous, but curious why people are still baffled as to the reason for it. - mig

[2021-04-13 17:46:58] - https://reason.com/2021/04/13/the-fdas-decision-to-pause-jj-vaccination-will-kill-people/ Speaking (tangentially) of science, can somebody explain to me the science behind the pause in the J&J vaccine rollout after six people (out of 6.8 million who got the vaccine) got blood clots? -Paul

[2021-03-03 17:39:01] - https://reason.com/2021/03/03/woke-excess-democratic-party-trump-political-correctness/ If anybody on Facebook saw my super long comment thread with Matt Herndon that somehow devolved into a debate over how wrong Bjorn Lomborg is about climate change... this is what I was initially referring to. -Paul

[2021-02-12 18:38:43] - https://reason.com/2021/02/12/biden-family-separations-mexico-border-trump-zero-tolerance-media-outrage/ Family separation remains an active policy under Biden administration. -Paul

[2021-02-05 17:54:46] - https://reason.com/video/2021/02/04/what-can-mickey-mouse-can-teach-us-about-covid-19-lockdowns-fail/ Haven't had the chance to watch the video yet, but here's another article comparing and contrasting Florida's response to COVID with California (and more broadly, looking at if long term lockdowns seem to work to prevent the spread). -Paul

[2021-01-27 15:17:44] - paul:  the other point of the ladder (the reason its a ladder) is you're required to wait 5 years.  that's another big part of the point.  overview  ~a

[2021-01-22 16:14:44] - https://reason.com/2021/01/22/the-washington-post-memory-holed-kamala-harris-bad-joke-about-inmates-begging-for-food-and-water/ But at least she's a black, south asian, female, amiright? -Paul

[2021-01-12 15:02:19] - Its hard to know how much is people just talking a big game (cause thats easy to do on the internet) but https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/12/politics/congress-briefing-us-capitol-threats/index.html certainly seems to make me lean more strongly towards Pierce (though I already was) that while I do understand - if not agree - with the censorship concerns it seems like there is a strong reason to take the steps if they are still planning to go...

[2021-01-11 16:13:23] - paul:  they're working on it.  for some crazy reason i don't understand, you can't indict a sitting president, so they're going this route instead.  ~a

[2021-01-11 14:31:53] - a: https://reason.com/2019/07/29/section-230-is-the-internets-first-amendment-now-both-republicans-and-democrats-want-to-take-it-away/ "Section 230 stipulates, in essence, that digital services or platforms and their users are not one and the same and thus shouldn't automatically be held legally liable for each other's speech and conduct." -Paul

[2021-01-05 02:25:45] - https://reason.com/2021/01/04/andrew-cuomo-vaccine-distribution-rules-100000-fine-threat-to-public-health/ Some Cuomo actions regarding COVID and vaccinations. -Paul

[2020-12-18 01:35:56] - https://reason.com/2020/12/17/justin-amash-introduces-bill-to-end-civil-asset-forfeiture-nationwide/ this is a defund the police measure i’d be down with. - mig

[2020-09-28 20:09:34] - https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/28/musk-tesla-may-be-overvalued-today-but-i-think-itll-be-worth-more-in-5-years.html Completely off topic, but it occurs to me that this is another reason why I think individual investors with a long time horizon can "beat the market". I am not trying to be smarter than people about what a company is worth NOW. -Paul

[2020-09-11 17:50:56] - news is a few days old so you maybe all saw it.  just trying to find some news we can all agree on . . . but how about that teacher?!  she knew what she was doing.  i'm not sure to be more mad at the teacher, or the school who reacted horribly, or the police department who didn't laugh in the teachers face.  the teacher was only ONE idiot.  ~a

[2020-09-03 18:44:32] - paul:  https://reason.com/2011/12/06/there-are-those-and-there-are-some-and-t/ - mig

[2020-08-28 15:27:56] - Daniel: https://reason.com/2020/08/28/rand-paul-breonna-taylor-rnc-protesters-say-her-name/ Considering they were chanting "Say her name", it seems more likely they just didn't know who they were protesting? Or what kind of legislation he has been proposing? -Paul

[2020-08-06 16:20:00] - https://reason.com/2020/08/06/81-percent-of-black-americans-want-the-same-level-or-more-of-police-presence-gallup/ Curious if this complicates the narrative for anybody here in terms of our earlier discussions about defunding the police, ACAB, BLM, etc. -Paul

[2020-07-30 16:20:30] - https://reason.com/2020/07/30/d-c-mayor-muriel-bowser-tells-retailers-call-the-cops-on-customers-who-dont-wear-masks/ It's a little hard for me to reconcile this with the idea of "defund the police". Haven't we learned anything from the past few months? Do we really want to call the cops in to deal with irate customers who aren't wearing masks? -Paul

[2020-07-14 20:30:42] - https://reason.com/2020/07/14/bari-weiss-resigns-from-the-new-york-times-alleging-that-self-censorship-has-become-the-norm/ kind of surprised she left on her own, or that she was still with the NYT. - mig

[2020-06-19 20:12:57] - https://reason.com/2020/06/19/colorado-police-reforms-mandate-body-cameras-strip-bad-officers-of-lawsuit-immunity/ Here's some evidence against my point. -Paul

[2020-06-19 19:54:01] - or chasing phantom hate crimes. - mig

[2020-06-15 20:48:57] - Daniel: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/29/minneapolis-protest-martin-luther-king-quote-riot-george-floyd/5282486002/ You mean this MLK article? I'm not sure I understand how that's a defense of rioting. MLK was all about nonviolence (https://reason.com/video/martin-luther-king-jr-s-unwavering-opposition-to-violence-still-matters/) -Paul

[2020-06-01 20:37:41] - I wonder if the reason AXXN was up big today is because of all that happened over the weekend. (https://www.axon.com/) -Paul

[2020-04-16 18:27:24] - Xpovos: https://reason.com/2020/04/09/preliminary-german-study-shows-a-covid-19-infection-fatality-rate-of-about-0-4-percent/ Here's another. -paul

[2020-04-10 16:14:15] - a: https://reason.com/2020/04/09/preliminary-german-study-shows-a-covid-19-infection-fatality-rate-of-about-0-4-percent/ Another article to make you mad. -Paul

[2020-03-23 13:48:20] - https://reason.com/2020/03/23/two-reasons-the-worst-case-scenarios-for-covid-19-seem-unrealistic/ A somewhat more optimistic take on Coronavirus. Personally, the big problem with judging how serious this is seems similar to my problems calculating if I am on track for retirement. A slight tweak in some numbers makes huge differences in the end result. -Paul

[2020-02-24 15:35:45] - https://reason.com/2020/02/24/judge-rules-businesswoman-must-remove-dresses-from-her-home/ My hometown: Springfield, VA. -Paul

[2020-01-29 15:54:22] - https://reason.com/2020/01/29/elizabeth-warren-wants-to-make-it-a-crime-to-give-out-fake-info-about-voting/ This Reason article brings up another interesting point: Under Warren's plan would writing something about it not being important to vote become a crime? -Paul

[2020-01-10 10:57:48] - paul:  any guesses?  i only have guesses.  i'd like to attribute it to stupidity.  but there's other things.  fracking is dangerous and bad for the environment, but probably less dangerous and bad for than environment than a nuclear war with iran.  fracking doesn't produce the same kind of oil.  link.  ~a

[2019-12-20 09:36:55] - https://reason.com/2019/12/19/j-k-rowling-transgender-tweet-harry-potter-terf/ JK Rowling has been canceled, everybody. It's no longer permissible to enjoy Harry Potter. -Paul

[2019-10-30 10:36:12] - Xpovos: https://reason.com/2019/10/30/tulsi-gabbard-rising-in-new-hampshire-thanks-to-republican-support/ "When you dig into the crosstabs of the poll, it shows that 59 percent of New Hampshire Republicans have a favorable view of Gabbard, while only 23 percent of the state's Democrats do." That's crazy! -Paul

[2019-10-21 16:02:16] - or how about this reason?  shopify.com/bitcoin  ~a

[2019-10-21 15:57:45] - https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/dl3o2p/billionaire_shopify_ceo_finds_out_on_twitter_that/ If this isn't a reason to own Shopify stock I don't know what is. -Paul

[2019-10-18 10:26:13] - "tarantino's somewhat controversial portrayal of martial arts hero bruce lee" is possible reason for china govt reversing course and now disallowing once upon a time in hollywood in their country "Bruce Lee’s daughter made a direct appeal to China’s National Film Administration".  ~a

[2019-10-03 09:27:42] - i mean i totally have.  sort of.  this article specifically says "No, Donald Trump could not seek a third term if an impeachment trial failed" which is wrong for a SECOND reason (other than the reason i previously noted):  nowhere does it say you can't run.  it just says you can't win.  ~a

[2019-09-16 09:21:38] - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/us/brett-kavanaugh-allegations-trump-impeach.html article posted the day after the op-ed was posted, fails to mention that detail again.  Weird.  Almost as if they want to bury that fact for some odd reason. - mig

[2019-09-03 16:14:44] - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dave_chappelle_sticks_and_stones Look at the tomatometer vs the audience score. For that reason alone, I want to see this now. -Paul

[2019-08-16 11:30:04] - a: https://reason.com/2019/08/15/jeffrey-epstein-is-dead-because-his-jailers-neglected-him-hes-not-the-only-one/ Although, from everything I've read, neglect of prisoners is not at all unusual. Maybe it's a little unusual because of the high profile prisoner in this case, though. -Paul

[2019-08-07 15:14:59] - a: https://reason.com/2014/12/22/vermonts-single-payer-health-care-plan-f/ The same thing happened with Vermont. Their plan would basically require them to double the state budget. -Paul

[2019-07-05 15:49:13] - https://reason.com/2019/06/27/actually-joe-biden-and-the-obama-administration-deported-more-people-than-trump/ I've seen numbers indicating the Obama administration deported more people than Trump, but I don't know if there is any context that might help color things. -Paul

[2019-06-26 10:04:06] - Daniel: https://reason.com/2014/08/13/jacob-sullum-on-shaneen-allen-a-pennsylv/ Or make laws around possession so harsh that single moms face years in jail for an honest mistake. -Paul

[2019-06-25 16:56:30] - a: https://reason.com/2016/06/21/what-will-gun-controllers-do-when-americ and https://reason.com/2018/12/20/new-jerseys-gun-owners-do-not-seem-eager/ Gun registration doesn't have a great compliance rate in the US either. -Paul

[2019-06-25 13:16:34] - paul:  it does interest me that you're trying to dive deeper into the data when the data is staring you right in the face.    even if you filter out suicides and only look at homicides the data is striking.  is there a reason you're trying so hard to find a view of the data that correlates with your preconceived notions?  ~a

[2019-05-06 16:28:53] - https://reason.com/2019/05/06/ron-paul-has-a-favorite-in-the-democratic-presidential-primary/ Boom. Guess who has TG? (It's me). -Paul

[2019-04-19 16:04:39] - https://www.theringer.com/2019/4/19/18485861/wrongthink-ben-shapiro-quillette-joe-rogan-intellectual-dark-web Can anybody translate this for me? The article starts by talking about an episode of the Fifth Column podcast (one of my favorite podcasts!) and includes references to Reason magazine... -Paul

[2019-04-09 11:07:36] - https://news.gallup.com/poll/163697/approve-marriage-blacks-whites.aspx This is the best I found: A question about interracial marriage. 6 years ago, 13% of Americans disapprove of marriage between whites and blacks. I think there's a good reason to think things have improved since then.. -Paul

[2019-04-09 09:21:04] - aaaron: https://reason.com/blog/2019/04/09/nylon-strange-planet-aliens-nathan-pyle Sounds like you two might have to stop reading those comics now. -Paul

[2019-03-27 14:00:18] - https://reason.com/blog/2019/03/27/justin-amash-on-running-for-president-it It's happening? -Paul

[2019-03-25 16:02:54] - a: http://reason.com/volokh/2019/03/22/the-electoral-college-is-just-ok btw, I thought this was an interesting "defense" of the electoral college. I'm not sure I agree with it, but it made me think, "Is politics better if large, purple-hued, swing states play an outsized role in presidential contests, or would we be better served by a politics in which presidential candidates cater to their base?" -Paul

[2019-01-29 10:50:21] - http://reason.com/blog/2019/01/28/learn-to-code-twitter-harassment-policy I saw this yesterday and thought it was a bit of a funny overreaction by Reason. I know twitter can be a little over-the-top on censoring people, but "learn to code" seems pretty harmless... -Paul

[2019-01-13 17:26:11] - https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/health/james-watson-honors-stripped-intl/index.html "women should be allowed to abort a child for any reason, such as if a gene for homosexuality were found in the fetus" This one seemed odd to me for some reason. I guess because it seems like many people would be fine with an abortion for no given reason but if the wrong reason is given it becomes offensive? -Paul

[2018-10-23 14:41:22] - http://time.com/money/5426010/where-amazon-hq2-will-be/ For some reason, the fact that everybody thinks it will be Northern Virginia (or the DC area) makes me think it's less likely to be. -Paul

[2018-10-05 12:49:33] - https://reason.com/blog/2018/10/02/aclu-brett-kavanaugh-attack-ad-cosby I forgot that I wanted to drop this hear to get people's thoughts. Not sure if you all heard about the ACLU coming out against Kavanaugh... -Paul

[2018-06-21 15:48:19] - https://reason.com/blog/2018/06/21/aclu-leaked-memo-free-speech ACLU might be wavering on defending freedom of speech... -Paul

[2018-05-18 15:23:13] - http://reason.com/volokh/2018/05/17/google-now-deindexing-some-web-pages-at This goes to something that I had referenced before: Google seems to be very slowly expanding the list of things that it considers worth censoring in some fashion (whether it's preventing ads or de-indexing). -Paul

[2018-05-16 14:33:53] - Daniel: http://mynorthwest.com/950649/kshama-sawant-says-seattle-is-a-playground-for-the-rich-calls-for-amazon-protest/? As for the loaded language, you're right, but the reason I am using that language is because of other info about the issue where I know some council members DO blame Amazon. They probably wouldn't use the term punish, though... -Paul

[2018-05-16 13:02:37] - https://reason.com/archives/2018/05/16/in-seattle-amazon-shrugs Anybody following what is going on in Seattle with the new employee tax? This really does feel like a page taken right out of Atlas Shrugged (like my link alludes to). -Paul

[2018-05-14 14:22:05] - mig: https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/why-is-the-twitter-thread-about-a-stolen-lunch-the-most-gripping-story-weve-read-in-ages.html Reminds me of this story on Twitter. For some reason it seems like some people just think food in refrigerators are fair game? -Paul

[2018-04-11 17:03:02] - http://reason.com/archives/2018/04/11/now-theyre-coming-for-peoples-knives-no That's why London wants to ban knives. -Paul

[2018-03-21 16:36:53] - https://reason.com/blog/2018/03/21/senate-passes-fosta-sex-trafficking-bill Anybody hear anything about this bill? I've only seen references to it in libertarian circles, but it seems kinda bad from a free speech online perspective. -Paul

[2018-02-23 11:16:25] - aaron: And gun laws can often sweep up completely law-abiding (except for accidentally running afoul of gun laws) people (https://www.theblaze.com/news/2014/08/08/shes-a-law-abiding-single-mom-with-a-concealed-carry-permit-the-reason-she-faces-over-11-years-in-jail-is-almost-unbeli -Paul

[2018-02-23 07:14:29] - Daniel: http://reason.com/blog/2018/02/22/at-cpac-a-pitch-to-end-the-drug-war-its Also, you asked about my solution to gun violence, and I am super embarrassed that I completely didn't think of the obvious answer: End the Drug War. No idea why this slipped my mind... -Paul

[2018-02-16 09:59:20] - Daniel: https://reason.com/blog/2018/02/15/no-trump-did-not-make-it-easier-for-ment Also, I saw this Reason post and thought of you since you posted the link to that mental illness regulation. I had forgotten that the ACLU was also against it. -Paul

[2017-11-30 16:41:33] - a: https://stratechery.com/2017/pro-neutrality-anti-title-ii/ There was a good Fifth Column podcast where they interview Pai, and Reason also had a good discussion on a podcast, but you might find this one more appealing. It's written by somebody who is pro-net neutrality, but who also thinks Pai is right to repeal Title II. -Paul

[2017-11-28 22:46:45] - a: http://reason.com/archives/2017/11/28/in-search-of-the-elusive-bitco I found this article a little interesting in terms of wondering where all the super-rich libertarians are who should've made a bundle on bitcoin (being early believers). -Paul

[2017-10-04 01:16:24] - a: http://reason.com/archives/2016/01/05/you-know-less-than-you-think-a/1 Here's another good article that I had stashed away for an RD article I was working on that I just stumbled upon tonight. It's pretty long, but it goes into why even seemingly straight forward things like measuring gun laws versus gun deaths is problematic. -Paul

[2017-09-01 12:18:01] - a: http://reason.com/blog/2017/09/01/every-cop-involved-in-the-arrest-of-this I actually think this is worse than the police link you shared a few days ago. -Paul

[2017-08-18 11:35:39] - http://reason.com/blog/2017/08/18/free-idea-lets-give-23andme-genetic-test I suspect this was intended partially as a joke, but I love this idea so much. THIS is the answer to my question a few days ago about how to deal with white supremacists. -Paul

[2017-08-14 10:10:09] - http://reason.com/archives/2017/08/14/an-interview-with-james-damore/ Apparently Reason was able to get an interview with Damore. -Paul

[2017-08-01 12:25:49] - http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/01/politics/jeff-flake-trump/index.html Between Jeff Flake being pretty open about the failures of the Republican Party and Justin Amash saying the two party system needs to die (http://reason.com/reasontv/2017/07/28/amash-libertarian-sessions-trump), might we still see a collapse of the Republican Party after all? -Paul

[2017-07-19 20:57:35] - https://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/rich-statists-exposed-as-complete-hypocrites/ I know it's just a clever stunt, but what IS the rationale behind this for the wealthy people who support higher taxes for the wealthy? Can't think of any good reason to turn down the donation. -Paul

[2017-05-24 14:59:13] - i'm more a fan of this graph, but it defaults to linear as well for some stupid reason.  ~a

[2017-05-24 13:49:01] - wow yet another reason to donate to wikipedia:  wikimedia foundation vs the united states government.  ~a

[2017-05-17 11:16:16] - http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/05/17/netflix-to-produce-the-witcher-tv-series I definitely need to get back to playing the Witcher 3. For some reason I have a hard time getting into the Witcher games. Maybe I just can't get into true open world games like that? -Paul

[2017-02-01 14:30:48] - a:  re - popularity.  Paul posted this on FB today and I think it's rather poigniant.  Yes, Trump may be personally very unpopular, but his policies aren't necessarily  The latter matters more electorally. - mig

[2017-01-19 10:10:11] - a: http://reason.com/blog/2017/01/17/womens-march-strikes-sex-worker-rights I don't expect this to change your mind at all, but does stuff like this concern you? -Paul

[2016-12-20 13:11:05] - http://reason.com/reasontv/2016/12/20/the-libertarian-holiday-gift-guide I thought this was funny, and there's a chance non-libertarians might think it's funny too. -Paul

[2016-11-29 08:59:19] - http://reason.com/archives/2016/11/28/the-secret-dangerous-world-of a fascinating article about how bitcoin helps some people survive in Venezuela, and an interesting ethical question in how they're able to make money mining coins (when mining for profit generally isn't possible anymore). - mig

[2016-10-17 11:59:35] - mig: http://reason.com/blog/2016/10/17/utah-poll-shocker-trump-30-mcmullin-29-c Here comes McMullin! -Paul

[2016-09-28 22:06:48] - https://reason.com/blog/2016/09/28/gary-johnson-gets-angry-you-will-too you know what.  I'm motivated to spend the effort to vote now.  - mig

[2016-08-05 14:36:47] - http://reason.com/blog/2016/08/03/ralph-nader-did-not-hand-2000-election Another reason to not fret about "wasted" votes on third party candidates causing elections to be thrown to the greater of two evils. Votes don't "belong" to candidates the way people often think. -Paul

[2016-08-03 15:31:07] - http://reason.com/blog/2016/08/03/gary-johnson-survives-hillary-bounce-sti "Hillary Clinton is thumping Gary Johnson among conservatives. The CNN/ORC poll is brutal on this score, with Clinton nabbing 21 percent of cons versus just 8 percent for Johnson." This is maddeningly mind-boggling to me. -Paul

[2016-07-15 10:03:38] - a: I initially read it in Reason (http://reason.com/blog/2016/05/20/meet-the-hawks-for-hillary), but if you do a search for "neocons for Hillary", you get a lot of results. I don't know how serious these people are, though. -Paul

[2016-06-23 11:37:22] - http://reason.com/archives/2016/06/23/no-fly-no-buy-means-no-freedom I'm normally not a fan of Napolitano's writing style, but I think he makes some good points here. -Paul

[2016-06-22 11:42:51] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/12/07/obama-wants-to-ban-assault-weapons-but-d Here's a good article, with this quote, "AR-15-style rifles like those used in San Bernardino fire "low-caliber rounds that are less deadly than those used in many handguns"". -Paul

[2016-06-09 14:09:11] - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chuck-grassley-trump-sotomayor_us_57586354e4b0e39a28ac402a The editor's note at the end of this seems a little odd. Is there any reason for that to be in there other than to allow the editor to express his opinions on Trump? -Paul

[2016-06-08 11:23:06] - http://www.gamespot.com/articles/formerly-a-pc-exclusive-xcom-2-heads-to-ps4-and-xb/1100-6440514/ This is mostly for Andrew, but I now know exactly how it feels to want to buy a second copy of a game for no real good reason. -Paul

[2016-05-27 10:39:37] - http://reason.com/blog/2016/05/27/gary-johnson-booed-at-libertarian-party There is a decent chance Gary Johnson will NOT be the Libertarian Party nominee. -Paul

[2016-04-25 13:34:35] - http://reason.com/archives/2016/04/25/fight-against-nc-lgbt-discrimination-law I thought this was a thoughtful examination of some of the hypocrisies that people against the NC law might have. Can you have a hypocrisy? I kind of struggled writing that sentence... -Paul

[2016-04-13 10:05:34] - http://reason.com/blog/2016/04/12/when-gender-discrimination-is-good-the-c And apparently I am wrong. "To limit employees to one gender, you have to have what the law calls a bona fide occupational qualification. And that's a really strict standard". -Paul

[2016-03-09 10:47:11] - daniel:  https://reason.com/blog/2016/02/01/clinton-shilling-journalists-should-stop - mig

[2016-02-23 11:01:16] - http://reason.com/blog/2016/02/23/joe-biden-in-1992-no-scotus-nominations A brief recap of the hypocrisy (on both sides) regarding judicial nominations during an election season. -Paul

[2016-02-19 11:41:31] - http://reason.com/blog/2016/02/19/charles-kochs-friendly-letter-to-bernie I wish I could get everybody on Facebook to read this and understand this (not specific to the Kochs, necessarily, but to the greater idea that the world doesn't have to be black or white/republican or democrat). -Paul

[2016-02-07 14:45:34] - https://reason.com/blog/2016/02/07/feminist-scholar-young-women-are-support though it looks like Hillary supporters are clearly panicking. - mig

[2016-02-03 09:29:26] - http://reason.com/blog/2016/02/03/rand-paul-suspends-presidential-campaign Time to go all-in on Gary Johnson. -Paul

[2016-02-02 16:44:09] - http://reason.com/blog/2016/02/02/rejoice-independent-socialist-bernie-san I realize it's a strech, but this is probably the best possible spin that can come out of Iowa, and it made me feel a little better as a libertarian. -Paul

[2016-01-19 17:34:59] - http://reason.com/blog/2016/01/19/would-sarah-palins-endorsement-of-donald Maybe not of any interest to anybody besides Miguel and I, but some thoughts from libertarian-ish / tea party-ish politicians and other individuals about if the tea party is (or should be) dead at this point. -Paul

[2016-01-06 10:46:10] - https://reason.com/blog/2016/01/06/gary-johnson-to-run-for-president-2016 The guy I'll probably end up voting for in 2016 might announce that he's running today. -Paul

[2016-01-04 12:17:01] - https://reason.com/blog/2016/01/03/free-state-project-crosses-90-percent-th The free state project looks like it's about to go from curiosity to pretty interesting. -Paul

[2015-12-23 12:02:13] - https://reason.com/blog/2015/12/22/its-probably-safe-to-start-paying-attent "It's Probably Safe to Start Paying Attention to the Polls Now". I'm still willing to bet money Trump won't be the nominee, although I've been wrong every step of the way so far. -Paul

[2015-12-05 07:32:53] - https://reason.com/blog/2015/12/04/being-libertarian-vs-being-anti-establis “I’m thinking, wow, the American public really seems to like these libertarian ideas. And then Donald Trump runs and he gets all of their (Rand Paul and Ron Paul) voters, he gets all of my voters. I’m thinking, no, they’re just voting for the craziest guy in the race." -Paul

[2015-11-12 12:39:02] - https://reason.com/archives/2015/11/12/gay-activists-vs-barack-obama Article is a little long, but this touches on why I've often been hesitant to give too much credit to Obama for gay rights advances. It felt like too often his administration was responding to shifts in popular opinion rather than boldly leading. -Paul

[2015-10-26 12:30:26] - mig: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2015/10/25/28cfaff0-6d59-11e5-9bfe-e59f5e244f92_story.html I think this kind of thing could really hurt Rubio, were he to ever become the front-runner. It's part of the reason I have a hard time seeing him win the nomination. -Paul

[2015-09-21 17:09:22] - https://reason.com/blog/2015/09/21/scott-walker-to-end-his-presidential-cam Without commenting at all on their stance on the issue or anything, it feels like a sad commentary that two pretty successful governors (at least in terms of winning elections) are dropping out of the race due to low support... -Paul

[2015-09-09 07:42:43] - https://reason.com/archives/2015/09/08/behind-trumps-appeal-youre-fired an interesting theory on why trump has such appeal.  I don't know if I completely buy it, but this seems to be the only theory that makes some sort of sense to me. - mig

[2015-08-28 15:28:40] - http://reason.com/archives/2012/10/24/whos-getting-our-votes/print Love this quote from David Boaz: "it's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it". -Paul

[2015-08-28 09:55:06] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/08/28/is-it-really-unclear-whether-a-backgroun Going back to the "let's pass gun laws in the wake of the murder of two reporters" story, here's another big reason why I'm skeptical. The laws proposed in the wake of such shootings almost never would've actually have prevented them. -Paul

[2015-08-14 14:29:34] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/08/14/breaking-ron-paul-endorses-son-rand-as-b File this under the least surprising presidential endorsement of the month year. -Paul

[2015-08-11 12:56:44] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/08/11/augur-gambling-prediction-ethereum Making a gambling system that can operate outside of regulations. Sounds pretty awesome. -Paul

[2015-08-05 16:20:43] - mig: http://reason.com/reasontv/2015/08/05/5-ways-jon-stewart-was-full-of-shit I thought you might like this one. I felt like the evidence was a little weak, but the first item on vaccines was pretty amusing. -Paul

[2015-07-15 11:18:22] - http://reason.com/archives/2015/07/15/regulators-more-harm-than-good "Say this much for those who think the American people are chronically undermanaged by their betters: They are often wrong, but never in doubt." Particularly hate the dietary guidelines. They haven't just been wrong, but actively harmful in many cases. -Paul

[2015-06-29 12:41:54] - <a href="www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2015/06/29/western-union-closes-in-greece-for-a-week.html">western union closes in greece</a>  . . . it sounds like WU closed *voluntarily*, but it doesn't say why.  for what possible reason would western union do this voluntarily?  ~a

[2015-06-12 10:26:59] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/06/11/11-year-old-boy-played-in-his-yard-cps-t -- Xpovos

[2015-06-05 11:33:21] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/06/05/patrick-stewart-comes-out-in-favor-of-ba Two things I like talking about: Patrick Stewart and "Gay Cake". Pretty surprised that he ultimately comes down on the side of the baker. -Paul

[2015-04-22 10:33:33] - so much so, that they feel it is wholly appropriate to commit actual violence in response. - mig

[2015-04-17 15:16:58] - http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/12/politics/rand-paul-same-sex-marriage/ "And you probably could have both," he said. "You could have both traditional marriage, which I believe in. And then you could also have the neutrality of the law that allows people to have contracts with another."  I'm just curious, is there a reason we can't have both, as long as they are ...

[2015-04-02 16:19:22] - a:  http://reason.com/blog/2015/04/02/burn-her-she-would-act-like-a-witch-in-a I'm curious about your thoughts on the following passage... - mig

[2015-03-31 22:52:53] - mig: http://reason.com/blog/2015/03/31/new-daily-show-host-trevor-noah-already Surprised you didn't use this link. It touches on the whole "Team A / Team B" dynamic that I think you hate. -Paul

[2015-03-30 14:20:26] - two federal agents in silk road case face fraud charges.  is theft a subset of fraud?  for some reason i always thought it was not.  anyways, corrupt cops have now turned to stealing bits.  ~a

[2015-03-13 10:20:18] - http://reason.com/archives/2015/03/13/please-someone-challenge-hillary-clinton "Why Won't Anyone Challenge Hillary?" A good question. She looked similarly unstoppable 8 years ago when Obama got the nomination. A little surprising there isn't more interest in challenging her now. -paul

[2015-03-06 12:03:14] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/03/05/netflix-may-already-regret-its-support-f "We might have enacted 300 pages of drastic, dubious regulations just to help a company that didn’t even want all those rules in the first place." -Paul

[2015-03-04 09:55:58] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/03/04/bryan-singer-to-direct-moon-is-a-harsh-m This sounds like it has potential, silly new name aside... -Paul

[2015-02-27 09:20:52] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2015/02/26/can-eric-holder-change-the-federal-drug-classification-of-marijuana/ reason #2042 I get really angry with this current administration. - mig

[2015-02-17 15:23:17] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/02/17/gay-weddings-prepare-to-crash-gop-primar I thought this was amusing for the part about Republicans being unexpectedly against a candidate being against gay-marriage. -Paul

[2015-02-12 16:16:30] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/02/10/cholesterol-warning-may-be-ditched I've known for a while that dietary cholesterol might not be as bad for people as the government/medical establishment has been saying, but this still shocks me. -Paul

[2015-02-11 13:29:52] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/02/10/obama-ally-reveals-that-obama-repeatedly Apparently Obama was for gay marriage all along, but kept it under wraps for political considerations. I'm not sure if this makes me think better of him or worse... -Paul

[2015-01-30 12:42:43] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/30/a-silly-fight-over-what-part-of-a-cake-c Some more info on the "anti-gay cake" lawsuit. Apparently the person who wanted the cake is disputing that he wanted to "demand all sorts of offensive anti-gay comments". -Paul

[2015-01-29 09:54:29] - http://reason.com/archives/2015/01/29/the-american-sniper-was-no-hero A strongly worded article about how Chris Kyle was no hero. I don't agree with a lot of what he wrote, but I did think it was thought provoking. -Paul

[2015-01-28 10:13:19] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/28/swat-team-raids-poker-game-in-virginia-b This is why I still get a little worried whenever hosting poker... -Paul

[2015-01-21 11:56:40] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/21/bpa-safe-yet-another-scientifically-unfo Apparently BPAs are safe after all? -Paul

[2015-01-21 10:43:09] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/20/obamacares-website-is-sending-sensitive Maybe there is a reasonable explanation for why healthcare.gov might be sending personal information to third party marketing companies, but if so, I wish the administration would be transparent about it. -Paul

[2015-01-21 10:28:01] - http://sports.yahoo.com/news/on-scale-of-1-10--it-s-11-for-patriots-in-deflate-gate-mess---070254658.html speaking of the patriots, if I needed any more reason to despise them ... - mig

[2015-01-20 11:00:25] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/20/cards-against-humanity-our-state-of-the Reason creates some CAH cards for the State of the Union speech. -Paul

[2015-01-15 16:10:23] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/15/man-files-religious-discrimination-compl Surprised it took this long, but somebody is suing a bakery for not baking him an anti-gay cake. -Paul

[2014-12-19 15:50:38] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/12/19/drop-comedy-bombs-not-real-bombs-why-not Also a good idea. -Paul

[2014-12-15 09:39:59] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/12/15/force-google-news-to-stay-in-spain-newsp Irked by it's market dominance, Spain wants to force Google to pony up for news snippets in Google News. Google decides to remove News in Spain. Now Spain wants to force Google to bring News back. -Paul

[2014-11-21 15:56:05] - aaron: http://reason.com/blog/2014/11/21/kids-tweet-thanksmichelleobama-for-shitt Just saw this article after your post and thought the timing was too good to not point out. Also, I love how the original headline appears to live on in the URL... -Paul

[2014-11-19 16:23:49] - http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/18/politics/gruber-obamacare-promises/ I found this to be a fascinating read, if for no other reason that I had wrongly thought that the ACA was actually not going to change the tying of health insurance to employment, though it is accomplished in a very obscured and roundabout way.  Though, the jig is up on this now, though, right?  ...

[2014-11-05 14:37:36] - a: http://reason.com/blog/2010/02/03/reasontv-3-reasons-not-to-swea You can look at the first few paragraphs for some. -Paul

[2014-11-03 11:30:14] - mig: http://reason.com/blog/2014/10/31/vote-shaming-reminding-you-the-parties-t Thoughts? -Paul

[2014-10-28 14:40:03] - http://reason.com/archives/2014/10/28/vote-libertarian-to-stop-the-next-bipart Reason has a series of interesting editorials explaining why to vote Libertarian/Republican/Democrat this election. This one was written by Sarvis, the Republican one was written by Rand Paul. -Paul

[2014-10-27 13:17:02] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/10/23/poll-finds-double-digit-support-for-rob Sarvis polling better than Republican candidate among millenials. -Paul

[2014-10-14 14:18:56] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/10/14/nobel-prize-winner-talks-about-getting-h Who gave this to you? The King of Sweden. Why did he give this to you? Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating. -Paul

[2014-10-10 15:07:36] - http://espn.go.com/espn/chalk/story/_/id/11673834/betting-examining-ethical-line-advantage-play-cheating I kind of want to know why the dealer had to speak Mandarin. For some reason, all I can think of is the line from Billy Madison where he asks for a Buffalo, live or stuffed. -Paul

[2014-10-02 10:26:46] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/10/01/should-employers-be-forced-to-hire-canna One of the problems with government getting involved in in people's right of association is how to handle cases like these. -Paul

[2014-09-25 11:02:24] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/09/25/video-proves-cops-shot-guy-in-walmart Just in case anybody wants to claim that libertarians aren't on top of racial injustice regarding cop shootings, here's another case with some pretty damning video evidence. -Paul

[2014-09-24 12:40:12] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/09/24/how-serial-hoaxers-duped-the-internet-with-fake-4chan-threats-against-emma-watson/ The Washington Post also had an article on it, which I found later, for those who dislike Reason. -Paul

[2014-09-24 12:35:41] - a: oh, i meant reason.com did a better job describing the faux-chan incident than time.com, they were less biased and used accurate phrases like "following" instead of speculative phrases like "in response to" - aaron

[2014-09-24 09:32:36] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/09/24/emma-watson-photo-leak-was-hoax And apparently even the nude photo leak threat was more of a prank than anything else... -Paul

[2014-09-23 13:29:02] - mig: http://reason.com/blog/2014/09/19/david-harsanyi-on-joe-bidens-latest Your Harry Reid link reminds me of this. Frankly, I don't think Biden's comment was that big of a deal, but I do wish Democrats were held to the same standards as Republicans in terms of saying offensive things. -Paul

[2014-09-12 17:20:57] - http://reason.com/24-7/2014/09/12/somebody-tell-kerry-white-house-says-wer Funny, I must've missed the congressional vote... -Paul

[2014-09-09 12:49:06] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/09/09/emergency-room-usage-is-way-up-in-medica Some more flaws in Obamacare are popping up. -Paul

[2014-08-28 14:43:13] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/08/28/guess-which-party-says-rand-paul-blames this strikes me as completely sad if this is how democrats are going to act if Clinton is indeed nominated. - mig

[2014-08-15 13:00:40] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/08/15/stadium-subsidy-supporters-look-upon-gre This is really a buzzkill when watching the olympics, but a part of me can't help but wonder what will happen to all these fancy stadiums once the events are over. -Paul

[2014-08-13 09:05:28] - http://reason.com/archives/2014/08/13/can-a-gun-owner-get-justice-in-new-jerse Not sure if anybody else has heard about this case, but I wish more attention was being paid to it. -Paul

[2014-08-05 12:22:04] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/08/05/youll-never-guess-the-latest-business-to This seems like an interesting variant on the baker who didn't want to serve gays case. A "bear" gay bar is being accused of discriminating against somebody who is not transgender, but was dressed as a woman. -Paul

[2014-08-05 12:05:31] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/08/05/youll-never-guess-the-latest-business-to does this incident perhaps inspire some rethinking about public accomodation laws? - mig

[2014-07-22 17:02:29] - a: http://reason.com/blog/2014/07/22/dell-embraces-bitcoin Dell is accepting bitcoin now. -Paul

[2014-07-18 10:41:37] - yesterday, NY announced they came up with new rules to regulate our bits (paul, this is the real reason i posted that video this morning).  the internet doesn't like it  ~a

[2014-07-16 13:41:35] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/07/16/berkeleys-council-says-cell-phones-cause For anybody who still thinks the right has a monopoly on being "anti-science". -Paul

[2014-07-11 12:22:18] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/07/11/the-war-on-meat-will-make-the-war-on-coa I'll fully admit that a war on meat seems to head into silly paranoia territory but I do wonder about some other things the study could eventually lead to. - mig

[2014-07-08 11:50:08] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/07/08/britain-parents-who-dont-read-to-their-k thoughts from the parents here? - mig

[2014-06-10 15:15:49] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/06/10/robot-cars-are-a-moral-imperative "The next generation will be shocked at the carnage that we tolerated during the primitive era in which people were actually allowed to drive themselves down highways." I could totally see that happening, where driving our own cars is considered too dangerous is like 30 years. -Paul

[2014-06-05 11:54:15] - http://reason.com/24-7/2014/06/05/bergdahl-prisoner-swap-reignites-debate I remember having a debate about how much blame Obama should get for not closing Gitmo like he promised. A lot was made about how his hands were tied because congress wouldn't let him. Well, congress didn't stop him here. -Paul

[2014-05-30 21:03:04] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/05/30/that-time-tom-friedman-said-the-iraq-war i've seen really stupid justifications for the iraq war, but really this one might be one of the most stupifying.  That this idiotic utterance wasn't considered even remotely controversial at the time is also rather mindblowing. - mig

[2014-05-29 09:45:38] - http://reason.com/archives/2014/05/28/why-new-laws-are-an-ineffective-response "Research to date generally indicates that increases in the certainty of punishment, as opposed to the severity of punishment, are more likely to produce deterrent benefits." I thought that was an interesting point to consider. -Paul

[2014-05-27 22:08:22] - xpovos:  http://reason.com/blog/2014/05/27/does-mental-illness-explain-elliot-rodge the last paragraph has a really good response to the whole mental illness issue I think. - mig

[2014-05-27 10:58:43] - http://reason.com/archives/2014/05/26/a-modest-proposal-to-ban-volunteering Obviously tongue-in-cheek, but I thought it was interesting how his arguments appeared to be logically sound extensions of the pro-minimum-wage-increase crowd. -Paul

[2014-05-17 19:53:27] - http://reason.com/archives/2014/05/17/the-moral-case-for-designer-ba thoughts?  I have to say its a fascinating topic on a lot of levels. - mig

[2014-05-02 17:14:00] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/05/02/judge-sentences-rapist-to-volunteer I'm utterly baffled how this actually happened. - mig

[2014-04-29 09:47:31] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/04/29/mark-cuban-sterlings-racism-abhorrent-bu I like Mark Cuban's take on the Sterling issue. -Paul

[2014-04-28 16:42:36] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/04/28/guilty-by-association-an-internet-politi  guilt by association is such a fun game. - mig

[2014-04-22 14:37:02] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/04/21/is-a-major-positive-change-in-presidenti Depending on the scale and scope, this could be something Obama could do to get some kudos from me (although I would still grumble a bit about it being a little on the late side). -Paul

[2014-04-16 10:58:15] - http://reason.com/archives/2014/04/16/the-dumbest-federal-policy-youll-read-ab "Virginia taxpayers will shell out millions to help make food and gasoline more expensive while making global warming worse." This is the kind of crap I was worried about with a governor McAuliffe. -Paul

[2014-04-15 11:41:20] - http://reason.com/archives/2014/04/14/bipartisan-hypocrisy-on-free-speech I don't agree with the entirety of this article, but I think it does as good a job as any I've read about how I feel about the controversy over Eich and Mozilla, and how even though everybody had the "right" to do what they did, I'm not sure it's the best idea. -Paul

[2014-04-09 14:27:30] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/04/08/portland-organic-store-and-gay-marriage "There's something beautiful about a man unironically pointing to a community's open-mindedness by way of explaining its commitment to shun those with different viewpoints." -Paul

[2014-04-08 12:07:19] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/04/08/americans-ignorant-of-where-ukraine-is "Shockingly, some respondents seem to think that Ukraine is inside the U.S." I guess I can see why somebody might support military intervention in Ukraine if they thought it was in the US. -Paul

[2014-04-08 11:18:25] - paul:  http://reason.com/blog/2014/04/08/white-house-wage-gender-gap-statistics you'll probably get a kick out of this one. - mig

[2014-03-25 15:09:59] - a: http://reason.com/blog/2014/03/05/ban-the-dollar I assume you saw this? -Paul

[2014-03-25 10:37:10] - http://reason.com/archives/2014/03/25/should-vaccines-be-mandatory Two libertarians debate whether vaccines should be mandatory. I thought it was interesting, but non-libertarians might not enjoy it. -Paul

[2014-03-20 14:07:28] - http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/03/20/remy-isnt-it-ironic The video is just mediocre, but I thought the lyrics were pretty clever. I had to click on the links for some of them. -Paul

[2014-03-15 13:19:35] - a:  http://reason.com/archives/2014/03/15/thank-you-edward-snowden happen to catch this around the dc area? - mig

[2014-03-07 17:40:11] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/03/07/crossfit-games-sued-for-telling-transgen This kind of goes with the earlier discussion we had about transsexuals and being called batman, I think. -Paul

[2014-02-24 09:38:56] - http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/02/cnn-to-end-piers-morgans-show-183830.html Is there a particular reason why liberal leaning news programming does so poorly?  This is something that does actually bewilder me.  Is there just no market demand for it (which would be odd, given all the griping about fox news)? - mig

[2014-02-20 17:15:45] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/02/20/is-western-media-ignoring-a-violent-poli It does seem a little odd that Ukraine is getting so much more attention than Venezuela... -Paul

[2014-02-10 15:01:26] - http://reason.com/24-7/2014/02/10/iraqi-suicide-bomber-accidentally-kills It's ok to laugh about this, right? I don't need to feel sorry about the deaths of a bunch of people who were looking to die anyway (and take others out with them)? -Paul

[2014-02-07 12:36:01] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/02/06/that-woman-who-has-been-fighting-to-get bah - mig

[2014-02-07 12:35:19] - xpovos: general rule - <a href="reason.com/blog/2014/02/06/that-woman-who-has-been-fighting-to-get">don't assume competence when it comes to government and paperwork</a>. - mig

[2014-02-05 16:35:29] - http://reason.com/blog/2014/02/05/peter-schiff-talks-to-mediate-about-the I'm a little torn on this. On the one hand, Schiff should've known what he was getting into when doing an interview with the Daily Show. On the other hand, it does suck that what he said was taken out of context. -Paul

[2014-02-04 12:04:15] - does talk about overregulation/deregulation always have to be an all or nothing proposition?  It's not like onerous regulations don't exist. - mig

[2014-02-04 10:20:10] - "preach to the choir or to try to win converts"  this seems overly hostile.  can't it just be a normal link?  like one of these?  http://aporter.org/msg/?action=search&search=reason.com  http://aporter.org/msg/?action=search&search=lp.org  ~a

[2014-01-31 11:47:12] - Daniel: http://reason.com/blog/2011/05/09/the-consequences-of-the-minimu There are plenty of other links if you do a google search, if you don't like Reason, but it's a common theory among fiscal conservatives. -Paul

[2014-01-31 09:39:53] - aaron: http://reason.com/blog/2014/01/30/its-not-just-msnbc-making-flip-assumptio this kind of sums up my issues with not necessarily the tweet itself, but the attitude of some progressives that permeates from it. -mig

[2014-01-30 16:46:52] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONkN-VqoJi8&feature=c4-overview&list=UUeM9I-20oWUs8daIIpsNHoQ Kinda surprised Rand Paul went with Seattle (and the reason that he gave). Sherman isn't terribly popular right now it seems... -Paul

[2014-01-06 16:44:22] - http://reason.com/24-7/2014/01/06/ken-cuccinelli-to-help-rand-paul-with-ns I didn't see this one coming, but count this as another reason why I thought Cuccinelli had some positives to him that McAuliffe didn't. Hard to believe this guy was an attorney general sometimes. -Paul

[2014-01-06 10:00:21] - http://reason.com/24-7/2014/01/06/fbi-changes-primary-function-from-law-en Doesn't this mean we don't need a department of homeland security, then? -Paul

[2014-01-02 17:03:51] - http://reason.com/24-7/2014/01/02/conservative-media-watchdog-group-finds Not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, the mission the ship was on is pretty irrelevant to the story of people being trapped in ice. -Paul

[2013-12-17 18:54:00] - aaron:  there isn't an oversupply of housing in all places.  - mig

[2013-12-10 18:27:37] - aaron:  my coworkers and i go to the board room right next to reason's dc office.  the upstairs is pretty sweet i guess.  i wish the tables were taller.  ~a

[2013-12-09 09:40:15] - http://reason.com/archives/2013/12/07/stupid-laws-cause-dangerous-hospital-sho this adds a wrinkle to the catholic hospital negligence case discussed previously.  Sadly, the central planning arrogance and buffonery that pretty much ensured Tamesha Means's only option for care was this Catholic hospital will almost certainly never become a discussion point. - mig

[2013-12-02 12:02:55] - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/nfl-really-considering-stripping-steelers-draft-pick-over-184921470--nfl.html is there a particular reason the NFL is loathe to hand down suspensions to head coaches?  I would think a coach directly altering a play on the field during a game would fall under a no-brainer in terms of a suspension, but I guess not. - mig

[2013-11-22 10:52:27] - Xpovos: http://reason.com/blog/2013/11/22/did-a-top-obamacare-tech-official-mislea Sounds like there may have been some shenanigans regarding the "anonymous shopper" functionality with the healthcare website. -Paul

[2013-11-21 17:19:01] - http://reason.com/archives/2013/11/21/the-us-isnt-leaving-afghanistan At what point can we finally do away with the myth that Obama was (or is) in any way an anti-war politician? Wasn't he supposed to end all of these wars and not go around looking to start new ones? *cough*Libya*cough*Syria*cough* -Paul

[2013-11-21 14:05:15] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/11/21/senate-democrats-go-nuclear-vote-down-pa "Senate Democrats Go “Nuclear,” Vote Down Party Lines to Change Senate Rules" -Paul

[2013-11-19 17:14:11] - http://reason.com/archives/2013/11/19/the-end-of-obamacare-as-we-never-knew-it For a moment, it sounded good to hear that Obamacare might fall apart fast enough to not ruin our health care system for everybody. The problem is that I'm guessing this will just be spun as another "market failure" and a reason why we need a single payer system... -Paul

[2013-11-19 14:03:03] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/11/19/woman-who-obama-cited-as-obamacare-succe "Woman Who Obama Cited as Obamacare Success Story Now Says She Can’t Afford Health Coverage". You would think, given his tendency to just change the rules on the fly, that the President would've at least given a special exemption to the example he used in a speech. -Paul

[2013-11-19 10:50:10] - And going back a little further there's some arguably distasteful stuff said about Herman Cain back when he was sort of popular during the 2012 primaries. - mig

[2013-11-19 10:08:57] - And it's not like this Bashir incident was this one time rarity.  And it's curious that this vitriol comes from a side claiming that the opposition is engaging in a "war on women". - mig

[2013-11-15 09:33:22] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/11/14/5-big-questions-about-president-obamas-h  so the "fix" the president proposed yesterday looks even more useless.  Not only does he need buy in from the insruance companies but he needs buy in from the various state insurance commisioners, and 2 (arkansas and washington) have already said no. - mig

[2013-11-13 19:31:20] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/11/13/obamacare-enrollment-totals-dont-tell-us this is kind of maddening.  I'm pretty sure if Jeff Bezos had tried to pass off items shoppers had in their shopping carts as "sales" at an investor's call, if he wasn't immediately removed as CEO, that he'd be brought up on fraud charges.  For all the hissy fits liberals throw over corporate

[2013-11-06 22:24:06] - aaron: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5297138/ I'm not sure I buy the whole "African Americans are defensive of Obama" thing as a significant reason, though. Even before Obama was president, African Americans were going 88% to 11% for Kerry over Bush in the 2004 election. That's about the same breakdown as Democrats! -Paul

[2013-11-06 22:13:20] - paul: this article lists a few possible racial issues. cuccinelli supported voter ID laws, and questioned where obama was born.  many black voters are defensive of obama, and probably would vote democrat no matter who ran against him - aaron

[2013-10-30 16:52:02] - a: Ah, sorry. Yeah, I don't know where one would purchase a single issue, although this website seems to sell single issues. -Paul

[2013-10-29 15:14:24] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/10/29/crappy-compensation-just-one-big-reason Apparently a lot of doctors won't be accepting the new health plans offered through Affordable Care Act exchanges. -Paul

[2013-10-28 17:02:19] - a: http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/14/perverted-justice This is a pretty long article, but I found it pretty interesting. It talks a lot about how the zeal to protect children from sex offenders has caused sex offender registries to perhaps go too far. -Paul

[2013-10-24 12:34:54] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/10/24/federal-agencies-warn-americans-not-to-j not really posting for the subject, but more for the fact that rule 63 can even apply to Dhalsim. - mig

[2013-10-23 19:48:06] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/10/23/the-obama-administration-never-ran-a-com the hits just keep on coming.  Even for government work, this is pretty appalling. - mig

[2013-10-22 14:35:26] - http://reason.com/archives/2013/10/22/could-robert-sarvis-open-the-door-for-vi silver lining on Sarvis's potential results, even if he has no chance of actually winning? - mig

[2013-10-22 10:10:14] - who's token offer of reform was pretty laughable?  Sure, that makes sense! - mig

[2013-10-17 13:06:06] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/10/17/obama-administration-didnt-know-when-oba Obama Administration Didn't Know When Obamacare's Mandate Penalty Deadline Was Until a Tax Prep Firm Told Them. -Paul

[2013-10-11 11:50:34] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/10/11/libertarian-candidate-sarvis-not-invited I completely don't understand why the media is so against including third party candidates in debates. You would think they would be falling all over themselves to include any sort of wild card which could shake things up and increase ratings or be a potential story. -Paul

[2013-10-10 10:29:02] - Xpovos: http://reason.com/24-7/2013/10/07/pentagon-is-sending-new-cargo-planes-str This is a bigger boondoggle. Ordering a bunch of fancy planes and them sending them almost immediately to the "boneyard". -Paul

[2013-10-04 13:52:49] - I guess someone at reason thought it was a little fishy that this guy was listed as a volunteer for OFA (a big pro-dem organization), so they end up finding his dad and asking him about Chad's story, in which he says he's not aware of him or Chad being singed up for anything yet. - mig

[2013-10-02 16:57:30] - http://reason.com/archives/2013/10/02/robert-sarvis-libertarian-candidate-for Interesting interview with Robert Sarvis. They touch some on his background and his stance on the issues. -Paul

[2013-10-02 16:15:34] - http://reason.com/24-7/2013/10/02/feds-order-shutdown-of-park-it-doesnt-fu Here's another example of the federal government spending more money shutting down a park then it would cost to keep it open (and it's in Virginia). Incompetence or Washington Monument syndrome? Which is worse? -Paul

[2013-10-02 14:27:30] - So, coming back to yesterday.  A large part of the reason the healthcare exchange sites were swamped yesterday wasn't people trying to sign up, but it was people like me trying to get information. https://twitter.com/jahimes/status/385200777653796864.  That's not just a technological failure, it's a failure in communication. -- Xpovos

[2013-10-02 11:10:18] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/10/02/workers-attempt-to-block-off-wwii-memori What IS the reason for "closing" memorials like this? Liability? -Paul

[2013-09-27 16:05:55] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/09/27/watch-matt-welch-on-real-time-with-bill For those who watch Bill Maher's show: Matt Welch will be on tonight, so I expect a lot of incredulous yelling at him. -Paul

[2013-09-26 16:48:15] - aaron: http://reason.com/blog/2013/09/26/scott-shackford-interviews-papers-please Interview with the creator of Papers, Please. -Paul

[2013-09-26 15:11:13] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLuSvXQ7M5w yeah, they also have them in english! a lot easier to follow but, for some reason the russian is funnier to me... - aaron

[2013-08-15 11:00:46] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/08/14/idiotic-campaign-finance-rule-may-make-y I know people think there are good reasons to have campaign finance laws, but the ones we have right now just seem ridiculous at times. -Paul

[2013-07-29 11:59:14] - http://reason.com/24-7/2013/07/26/obama-administration-wont-call-morsis-re Gotta love political speak: "We have determined we are not going to make a determination." -Paul

[2013-07-29 11:00:03] - http://reason.com/archives/2013/07/27/zimmerman-backlash-continues-thanks-to-m A good recap on all the misinformation and misleading reporting on the Zimmerman/Martin case. -Paul

[2013-07-26 15:12:59] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/07/26/the-terrible-bad-no-good-plan-to-boycott we've had a discussion about boycotts before, but this definitely drives the point home that you should put some thought before demanding an outrage-fueled boycott. - mig

[2013-07-18 10:50:38] - a: From stuff I've read about the case. Here's a link: http://reason.com/blog/2012/04/03/did-zimmerman-ignore-the-police-dispatch -Paul

[2013-07-03 13:48:49] - a: http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/bitcoin-exchange-mt-gox-requires-account-verification-after-liberty-reserve-shutdown-219732 Considering how the government has started to go after bitcoin.... I don't know if I want to give the NSA more reason to scrutinize my phone records. -Paul

[2013-06-05 11:53:04] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/06/05/the-fukushima-nuclear-disasters-toll-how Human cost to Fukushima nuclear disaster likely to be amazingly low. "Yet such is the imbalance of dread to risk on matters nuclear that this accident was enough to turn public opinion and governments against nuclear power." -Paul

[2013-05-15 17:44:56] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/05/14/a-small-business-owner-explains-the-hard It's a long article, but I think it does a good job of explaining some of the reasons I think health care is so screwed up in this country and why Obamacare isn't going to make it better. -Paul

[2013-05-06 12:14:52] - g:  An article on reason today talks about some of those "cash only" providers in the USA.  Also, in a TIL, Canada's healthcare system is not truly singlepayer (anymore). - mig

[2013-04-24 20:43:01] - an emphasis on drug courts is also fucking awful. - mig

[2013-04-18 16:30:36] - a: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/17/max-baucus-obamacare_n_3101801.html?utm_hp_ref=politics Ok, since apparently you have some aversion to an article from reason.com, how about one from Huffington Post? Does this also qualify as horribly written and not being able to come up with anything real? -Paul

[2013-04-18 16:15:02] - when reason.com has a horribly written blog post detailing why they think it's lame and even they can't come up with anything real.  i mean, come on, paul, i'm no obamacare-proponent and i feel weird backing up the administration on this, but the article doesn't contain any real problems with the law.  ~a

[2013-04-18 16:10:28] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/04/18/obamacare-author-max-baucus-sees-huge-tr So, at what point can we all agree that maybe Obamacare IS going to be a disaster? -Paul

[2013-04-10 12:19:19] - http://reason.com/archives/2013/04/10/the-republican-party-and-the-african-ame long speech by Rand Paul speaking at Howard University.  It's a interesting read, though it dissapoints me at some points. - mig

[2013-04-05 15:55:41] - http://reason.com/blog/2013/04/05/covered-at-reason-247-obama-wants-to-lim Not sure how many people here have read Atlas Shrugged, but it's really eerie to me how much of what Obama says reminds me something a villain from that book would say. -Paul

[2013-02-21 14:44:00] - mig: http://reason.com/blog/2013/02/21/shotguns-joe-bidens-favored-means-of-sel I was also a fan of this point... that there's really nothing about shotguns that make it more virtuous than "assault weapons". -Paul

[2013-02-14 09:47:05] - http://reason.com/assets/mc/ekrayewski/2013_02/carneyamash.jpg i like this justin amash fellow. - mig

[2013-01-16 10:27:12] - http://reason.com/24-7/2013/01/15/white-house-paid-female-staffers-less-th White House Paid Female Staffers Less Than Men in 2012. This whole "controversy" (and I use that term very loosely) reminds me of the discussion about which party puts more women and minorities in positions of power. -Paul

[2013-01-08 11:32:39] - http://reason.com/reasontv/2013/01/07/feds-sentence-aaron-sandusky-to-10-years Medical marijuana dispensary owner sentenced to 10 years in prison despite being in full compliance with California law. -Paul

[2012-12-18 09:37:11] - a: http://reason.com/blog/2012/12/11/dc-more-legal-guns-far-fewer-murders-des I think it's hard to draw meaningful connections between gun control and gun deaths because you can find data points on both sides (and as always, correlation is not causation). -Paul

[2012-12-17 13:54:30] - a: http://reason.com/blog/2012/12/17/how-do-we-know-an-assault-weapon-ban-wou This is what I meant when you mentioned that the guns were legally purchased. It's been my experience that most of the solutions that people suggest after mass shootings wouldn't have actually prevented anything. -Paul

[2012-12-12 14:36:29] - a: http://reason.com/blog/2012/12/12/when-right-to-work-is-wrong-and-un-liber Here's the small argument against the Right to Work laws that you were talking about. -Paul

[2012-11-06 18:08:02] - mig: i don't really get it, the graph goes up over time and spikes every 4 years?? is that interesting or funny for some reason? - aaron

[2012-11-05 10:48:12] - http://reason.com/archives/2012/10/03/your-vote-doesnt-count happy election eve! - mig

[2012-10-05 11:39:54] - Well there's this.  Though I'll freely admit it could be an amazing coincidence. - mig

[2012-09-30 13:10:35] - http://imgur.com/RZwjd this used to be my Lady Gaga pandora station.... for some reason, now it only plays this... - aaron

[2012-09-21 14:30:07] - is there a particular reason I'm supposed to care about what's in Mitt Romney's tax returns, other than the fact that Harry Reid is a big fat liar?  Is what is in those returns, like important or something? - mig

[2012-09-18 10:24:00] - The 99% vs 1%, now it's the 47% vs the 53%!  Maybe Romney should have instituted the Obama cell phone policy for his fundraisers. - mig

[2012-09-03 14:48:33] - politifact can be fun to read, but sometimes the bias shows itself rather overtly. - mig

[2012-08-29 23:39:19] - http://reason.com/blog/2012/08/29/rand-paul-excites-divides-rnc-crowd rand paul's speech to RNC.  thoughts? - mig

[2012-08-28 13:02:17] - You guys remember her? http://reason.com/blog/2012/08/28/lundy-khoy-barely-escaped-pol-pots-purge ~g

[2012-08-28 09:52:46] - For the people who went to Ireland recently for a certain event: http://reason.com/24-7/2012/08/28/cuban-exile-willing-to-fund-lohan-statue Galway is looking to build a Che statue. -Paul

[2012-08-13 13:37:17] - g:  not really.  The main claim to his fame is a budget plan that puts him as a "deficit hawk" (which IMO is a bit of an exaggeration).  Aside from that, there's not much to like from a libertarian perspective.  He's terrible on civil liberties, supported TARP and other bailouts

[2012-07-20 10:58:32] - http://reason.com/blog/2012/07/20/half-assed-media-speculation-about-the-b It'll be interesting to see how many of these speculations turn out to be true. -Paul

[2012-07-19 11:50:04] - http://reason.com/assets/mc/ekrayewski/2012_07/build.jpg promising start of a new meme? - mig

[2012-06-28 19:22:12] - http://media.reason.com/mc/psuderman/2012_06/atax.jpg?h=280&w=231 ackbar parodies always bring a smile to my face. - mig

[2012-06-28 13:14:14] - oh nm, it was your typo:  http://reason.com/blog/2012/06/28/issa-to-obama-what-happened-to-obamacare  ~a

[2012-06-28 12:03:51] - http://reason.com/blog/2012/0/28/issa-to-obama-what-happened-to-obamacare yeah I would say challenges to the law are not quite done with yet. - mig

[2012-05-16 13:22:51] - http://reason.com/blog/2012/05/16/obama-bio-bombs-presidential-history-on obama gets inserted into the historical bios of other presidents on the white house website.  Clever campaign tactic or pathetic and/or pointless one? - mig

[2012-05-15 09:28:42] - http://notyourmommascookie.com/2012/03/nyan-cat-cookies/  People do extraordinary hard things for no good reason. -- Xpovos

[2012-05-14 11:53:54] - xpovos: http://reason.com/archives/2012/05/14/obamas-cynicism-on-gay-marriage Funny you should mention Obama and Lincoln. I think this article came out today comparing the two. -Paul

[2012-05-14 10:13:46] - http://reason.com/assets/mc/jwalker/2012_05/GayPresident.jpg I'm still trying to make sense of this .... I still can't figure out if this cover is mocking or praising his announcement. - mig

[2012-05-10 01:09:04] - One gay republican is a bit cynical about Obama's gay marriage annoucement. - mig

[2012-05-04 15:05:52] - www.reason.com/archives/2012/05/04/barack-obamas-private-war Does this work better? -Paul

[2012-05-04 15:02:52] - reason.com/archives/2012/05/04/barack-obamas-private-war Wondering what people here think about this. In a lot of ways, I think it's even worse than Guantanamo Bay. -Paul

[2012-04-13 10:42:26] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ioHIlPgOS4 Reason.tv did a short video on DC Metro Escalators. It's also narrated by message board favorite, Kennedy. -Paul

[2012-04-11 14:38:10] - http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2012/04/10/technology/10reuters-computerfraud-ruling.html I thought it was awesome the judge referenced reason.tv in his ruling. - mig

[2012-04-10 10:17:05] - I generally urge patience in controversial cases, in order to allow the facts to come out so that a reasonable judgement can be made.  Case in point: Zimmerman vs. Martin.  But reading an article mig posted elsewhere, and then the comments that follow it... -- Xpovos

[2012-03-28 12:27:56] - http://reason.com/assets/mc/_external/2012_03/is-this-what-tennessee-legisla.jpg can't we all just get along? - mig

[2012-03-23 13:15:06] - http://reason.com/blog/2012/03/23/geraldo-rivera-wearing-a-hooded-sweatshi it takes a rare instance of abject stupidity for me to be astounded about something uttered on twitter.  This is one of those times. - mig

[2012-03-06 14:08:07] - http://reason.com/blog/2012/03/06/alternative-visions-of-ron-pauls-chances I posted this in Google+, but I have a feeling nobody reads that. It's basically some long shot scenarios on how Ron Paul might win Virginia. I'm totally not buying it, but I like to try to nuture a glimmer of hope. -Paul

[2012-02-15 14:43:12] - http://www.reason.com/blog/2012/02/15/several-fearless-christians H&R post that amused me quite a bit today.  - mig

[2012-01-25 10:58:28] - http://reason.com/blog/2012/01/24/there-are-those-who-say-drink-play-along i followed these, loosely. - mig

[2012-01-24 13:00:44] - http://reason.com/archives/2012/01/24/do-we-need-a-law-to-make-people-think a bit of a tangent, but an interesting point being made in this article. - mig

[2012-01-20 09:40:09] - http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wifi-signal-racist-anti-semitic-slur-teaneck-nj-sparks-police-probe-signal-rec-center-router-article-1.1008135 police try to find the name of an offensive wireless SSID ... for some vague reason.  - mig

[2012-01-06 09:59:33] - http://reason.com/blog/2012/01/06/the-first-climate-change-trade-war-break I'm not sure if anything will actually come out of this, but could be a bit of concerning news to  anyone planning to take trips to Europe. - mig

[2012-01-03 09:44:10] - http://reason.com/blog/2012/01/02/obama-ranks-third-in-aclu-report-card For those who voted for Obama in 2008, and who consider the ACLU to be an admirable organization, both Ron Paul and Gary Johnson finished ahead of Obama on their report card. -Paul

[2011-10-28 14:58:04] - http://reason.com/blog/2011/10/27/peter-schiff-at-occupy-wall-st This is mostly for the fellow libertarians here, but Reason.tv had a good piece up where Peter Schiff went to debate people from Occupy Wall Street. -Paul

[2011-10-24 10:59:28] - I suppose this qualifies as good news, even if I think it's being done for the wrong reason. - mig

[2011-09-30 16:18:05] - http://reason.com/blog/2011/09/30/ron-paul-and-gary-johnson-amon I'm wondering if anybody here has any thoughts on the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki. -Paul

[2011-09-14 12:48:54] - I'm not sure that if the problems with prisons is something you can get ever truly get rid of.  Even government agencies hold some sway over how laws are enacted (they have their own budgets and union members to protect after all). - mig

[2011-09-13 14:15:55] - g:  some people are having a tough time making the pay cut adjustment. - mig

[2011-09-09 13:25:07] - http://reason.com/blog/2011/09/08/not-every-human-problem-deserv california gov jerry brown vetoes fines for kids skiing/snowboarding without a helmet, "not every human problem deserves a law" - aaron

[2011-08-04 15:29:23] - http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Shanahan-wants-his-Australian-punter-to-marry-fo?urn=nfl-wp4529 the redskins, for whatever reason, cannot escape bizzare headlines. - mig

[2011-08-03 13:31:05] - Going back to the subject of political vitriol, I do wonder if we should consider revising godwin's law a bit. - mig

[2011-07-12 12:23:27] - http://reason.com/blog/2011/07/12/ron-paul-not-running-for-reele Ron Paul not running for re-election to the House of Representatives. -Paul

[2011-07-07 11:50:46] - g:  to be fair to the defense, the reliability of police dogs is actually not as iron-clad as people believe. - mig

[2011-06-23 11:10:28] - http://reason.com/blog/2011/06/22/barney-frank-and-ron-paul-will barney frank and ron paul will introduce bi-partisan legislation on thursday to fully legalize marijuana - aaron

[2011-06-09 21:30:05] - http://reason.com/blog/2011/06/08/sorry-jon-huntsman-you-dont-ge i'm curious how others feel about data-mining tools that can let others very easily know which politicians you give your money to.  Does it make you less likely to contribute to them? - mig

[2011-05-27 12:43:55] - and there are exchanges like this that just make me scratch my head. - mig

[2011-05-05 11:31:16] - g: http://reason.com/archives/2011/05/04/no-surrender You might enjoy this article. It talks about how Presidents are technically not allowed to order the assassination of individuals, which is why we generally just shoot missiles at them instead. -Paul

[2011-05-04 01:09:56] - http://reason.com/blog/2011/05/03/all-those-operation-details-th a little more on the incorrect details of the first white hosue narrative. - mig

[2011-03-23 10:01:24] - Paul: I am not at all surprised you agree whole heartedly with something from Reason.com... ~gurkie

[2011-03-23 09:51:38] - http://reason.com/archives/2011/03/23/obamas-war-of-choice I think this article closely matches my own feelings on our intervention in Libya: We shouldn't be there in the best of times, it's not the best of times (weak economy, already fighting two other wars), we routinely ignore or ally ourselves with regimes just as bad...

[2011-03-17 13:35:28] - The fact that Obama has broken his promise on this isn't exactly breaking news. - mig

[2011-02-23 11:35:19] - http://reason.com/blog/2011/02/22/wisconson-gov-scott-walker-on a link to a video with an interview with walker.  One interesting thing I did note from it is his mentioning that most public employees in WI are by state law required to pay union dues, and the claim is that porential revenue loss for unions is what really has them riled up. - mig

[2011-02-13 04:08:48] - http://reason.com/blog/2011/02/11/the-trailer-for-the-atlas-shru Wow, will an Atlas Shrugged movie actually come out? -Paul

[2011-02-08 11:33:27] - Daniel: (3) http://reason.com/blog/2010/03/30/mitt-romney-vs-obamacare The health care reform is based off the Massachusetts model, which according to the state treasurer (and former Democrat), "has been a fiscal train wreck" and "The only reason MassCare has survived is that we have been repeatedly bailed out by the federal government". -Paul

[2011-01-12 12:33:06] - aaron: http://reason.com/blog/2011/01/11/former-rep-kanjorski-who-calle I don't know how meaningful it is to compare Dems and Repubs in terms of who has the worse rhetoric, but if that's what you and Miguel are doing, I wanted to throw this out to show both sides are guilty. -Paul

[2011-01-11 15:55:07] - http://reason.com/blog/2011/01/11/reasontv-5-rules-for-coping-wi I know the arizona shooting hasn't been discussed much here (if at all), but I thought this video about how to react to the shootings was insightful. I actually was guilty of some of the misconceptions about Columbine. -Paul

[2010-10-13 16:54:18] - http://reason.com/blog/2010/10/13/what-sort-of-lunatic-thinks-a slightly on-topic link! - mig

[2010-09-24 10:30:09] - paul:  in both cases, fox news and the mail server owner aren't ISPs.  here is an analogy:  when i connect to the internet, comcast should not be filtering my access to espn.com, but if i feel like throttling/filtering my own access to espn.com (for whatever reason) that is fully allowed by the "principle".  does that make more sense?  ~a

[2010-06-15 11:58:44] - http://reason.com/blog/2010/06/15/i-love-living-in-the-future-un This is pretty cool. Apparently doctors found a way for an 8 month old deaf baby to hear for the first time. It's an understated video, but I love the expression on the baby's face. -Paul

[2010-05-06 09:26:36] - http://reason.com/blog/2010/05/05/video-of-swat-raid-on-missouri police steal some guy's pot, kill his corgi, and charge him with child endangerment - aaron

[2010-04-29 14:02:07] - http://reason.com/assets/mc/jwalker/2010_04/bushobama.jpg Creepy. -Paul

[2010-04-20 10:33:20] - http://reason.com/blog/2010/04/20/the-palinites-and-the-paulians More polls of Tea Partiers (this time of people who actually attended a rally). -Paul

[2010-04-15 10:43:44] - Pierce: http://reason.com/blog/2010/04/14/life-imitates-the-daily-show-t I thought you might enjoy this. Apparently the Libertarian Party doesn't feel like the Republicans belong in the tea parties. -Paul

[2010-03-29 08:35:27] - aaron: http://reason.com/blog/2009/10/02/graphic-of-the-day Besides, the administration has already shown itself incredibly lacking in predictive powers there as well. -Paul

[2010-03-26 17:29:31] - http://reason.com/blog/2010/03/26/heckuva-job-creation-estimate Apparently the government estimates how many jobs were "saved or created" by the stimulus based on the assumptions on how many jobs would be "saved or created" by it. -Paul

[2010-03-23 09:38:39] - Aaron: It's pretty sad that a trillion dollars actually doesn't seem all that big anymore. But if this is anything like Medicare, then we are in big trouble. -Paul

[2010-03-22 16:41:36] - mig: http://reason.com/blog/2010/03/22/the-health-care-bill-and-the-c "Regulating the auto industry or paying "cash for clunkers" is one thing; making everyone buy a Chevy is quite another. Even during World War II, the federal government did not mandate that individual citizens purchase war bonds." -Paul

[2010-03-22 16:41:10] - Mig: Funny you mention that, because I was just reading something on Reason.com which was talking about how it could get challenged on constitutional grounds. -Paul

[2010-03-18 17:46:57] - paul: http://www.cracked.com/article_18380_the-6-most-statistically-full-shit-professions_p2.html heh there's a good reason sportswriting is #1 on this list i like the statistic about successfully predicting college/NFL games although i can't imagine how it could possibly be true - aaron

[2010-03-18 09:37:01] - http://reason.com/blog/2010/03/17/national-security-republicans?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reason%2FHitandRun+%28Reason+Online+- One would think the Republicans, who just got their asses kicked in the last election, would have better things to do than spend money fighting their own members. -Paul

[2010-01-14 10:40:15] - http://reason.com/archives/2010/01/14/is-obama-a-republican Seems like a relevant article considering all the talk about military spending from yesterday. -Paul

[2009-12-04 17:11:18] - http://reason.com/archives/2009/12/04/where-everybody-knows-your-nam?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reason%2FArticles+%28Reason+Onli Maybe this is old news to some people here, but this article about anonymity online got me thinking. -Paul

[2009-11-17 09:31:38] - http://reason.com/blog/2009/11/16/that-stimulus-is-so-freaking-a Apparently the stimulus has created or saved jobs in congressional districts that don't even exist. -Paul

[2009-10-02 01:35:40] - aaron: aha. i didn't remember which version we heard at your place. i started listening to the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg0Pnbm8R2s 'cause that's what i found when i looked it up later. the ver you linked is the one that amazon has. the one i just linked is the ver i want... they're pretty similar but for some reason, something about this makes me... -amy

[2009-05-06 12:39:33] - http://reason.com/news/show/133346.html I don't know if I agree with the point that this guy is trying to make (or if he even has a point), but the article contains a lot of good information about how previous presidents abused civil liberties and were arguably war criminals. -Paul

[2009-04-24 09:53:53] - http://reason.com/news/show/133065.html "Banks want to pay back their bailout loans early, but Treasury doesn't want to let them go." Kind of ironic considering how Obama was just talking about stopping the credit card companies from being abusive. -Paul

[2009-04-21 09:22:47] - http://reason.com/blog/show/132988.html Some pretty funny license plates in the picture to the right of the article (although I don't fully understand some of them). Possibly nsfw (but safe for the DMV?) -Paul

[2009-04-01 14:02:17] - http://www.xkcd.com/563/  i used the population density for alexandria, virginia, and i decided on 50/year because a large portion of the population is abstinent for one reason or another:  google's calculator came up with 250 meters.  ~a

[2009-02-18 09:37:41] - http://reason.com/blog/show/131728.html This reminds me of the discussion we had earlier about who we considered to be the great presidents. -Paul

[2009-02-13 08:55:07] - http://www.reason.com/news/show/131672.html Maybe a bit of a cheap shot, but I found it amusing. -Paul

[2009-02-09 12:47:02] - http://reason.com/blog/show/131581.html It's awfully convenient for stimulus supporters that every time a government has tried to spend an economy out of a recession, the failure was due not to the fundamental unsoundness of this approach but to poor timing, inadequate funding, and/or bad investment decisions. -Paul

[2008-12-18 10:13:50] - http://www.reason.com/blog/show/130629.html Same story with a little more information (looks like Walmart made the cake for them). -Paul

[2008-12-17 13:52:28] - a rather disjointed and badly executed debate . . . the "pro" side had some good points and the "con" side really didn't argue his side well at all.  i'm not exactly sure why i'm even posting this link other than the fact that it's relevant.  ~a

[2008-12-02 13:47:07] - for some reason this really scares me... http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/02/airport.security/index.html?iref=mpstoryview ~gurkie

[2008-10-23 13:20:09] - another reason to move to san fran (or some people may think it is anyway) http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/21/san.francisco.prostitution.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch ~gurkie

[2008-09-27 10:31:14] - paul:  http://reason.com/news/show/129017.html  david weigel?  ~a

[2008-09-26 08:58:44] - http://reason.com/news/show/129017.html Libertarian-minded Republicans are caught with their pants down as Wall Street panics the Capital City -Paul

[2008-09-10 13:48:49] - http://reason.com/blog/#128719 Further muddying the waters in terms of deciding who I should vote for. -Paul

[2008-01-22 14:55:58] - Paul: You may get a kick out of this.  The actual article/endorsement maybe not so much, but some of the comments are hilarious.  I'm not sure which are satire and which are legit. -- Xpovos

[2007-08-12 01:48:34] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/11/AR2007081101382_2.html?hpid=topnews Second to last paragraph. I know the reason why, but it's annoying that this article about the Iowa poll completely leaves out Ron Paul. -Paul

[2006-11-15 13:19:47] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR2006111401253.html Once Locked Out by High Prices, Aspiring Buyers Now Find Reason for Hope. -Paul

[2006-07-20 17:53:19] - ok if you haven't noticed, http://angrypeons.com doesn't work for some reason.  http://www.angrypeons.com seems to work though. - mig

[2006-02-17 12:28:30] - http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=851 i always knew there was a reason i stayed away from ati video cards.... - mig

[2005-12-01 11:06:19] - paul:  it wasn't sent to you (and for a really bad reason).  to send lori the email addresses, i just forwarded her an email from you that started with "Forwarded message from Paul Essen <paul_essen@yahoo.com>"  she must have just looked at the addressees and didn't send it to you because you weren't sending the email (about the harry potter movie) to yourself.  ~a

[2005-09-02 11:09:00] - http://www.reason.com/cy/cy083005.shtml Putting the John Roberts debate in perspective. -Paul

[2005-06-24 11:55:10] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/24/AR2005062400020.html Republicans beat Democrats in baseball. I wonder, was there any reason to call it the "moderate left" instead of just the "left"? -Paul

[2005-05-19 11:09:39] - http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2005/05/09/a14a_lg_edit_0509.html Girl's abortion was legal; the reason for it wasn't. -Paul

[2005-05-12 11:26:14] - http://www.wnd.com/redir/r.asp?http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-10-ridge-alerts_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA tom ridge admits government would raise terror alerts for no good reason. - mig

[2005-04-22 11:11:21] - http://www.reason.com/0504/cr.ks.are.shtml Are We Just Really Smart Robots? -Paul

[2005-04-20 14:10:00] - http://www.reason.com/sullum/041505.shtml NOW is not pro-choice on breast implants. -Paul

[2005-02-16 12:44:35] - http://www.reason.com/0502/cr.js.doctor.shtml A short piece on Alfred C. Kinsey -Paul

[2005-01-31 10:56:54] - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360486/releaseinfo Release dates for Constantine. Found it odd that it released in other countries before the US. For some reason I'd thought it would have released here first -dave

[2005-01-18 13:47:49] - Mig: http://www.reason.com/links/links052404.shtml You hadn't heard about that? -Paul

[2004-11-03 09:12:56] - http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/getfuzzy/archive/images/getfuzzy2002218941103.gif the real reason the red sox won - travis

[2004-10-21 14:01:23] - I dunno, if it were ever really important for me to read something on WashingtonPost.com, I would probably register. I just don't feel that there is ever a good reason for me to bother. -Paul

[2004-10-21 13:58:04] - Mel: Mostly, although I probably have registered to read other things. I have a somewhat illogical dislike of WashingtonPost.com specifically doing it for some reason. Probably because I can get better news information almost anywhere else for free. -Paul

[2004-10-13 12:50:50] - http://www.reason.com/rb/rb100604.shtml A Reason article on sex selection. -Paul

[2004-09-29 17:49:20] - http://reason.com/0402/fe.mw.injustice.shtml how easy it is to get labeled a deadbeat dad, even if you've never fathered a child. - mig

[2004-08-19 17:50:02] - http://espn-att.starwave.com/media/oly/2004/0819/photo/r_patterson_ft.jpg Anyone else think this is an odd picture for some reason? -Paul

[2004-08-12 10:13:06] - http://www.reason.com/rb/rb081104.shtml The Transhumans are coming! -Paul

[2004-08-11 13:59:29] - http://www.reason.com/0407/co.cy.under.shtml Some interesting stats near the middle of the article about people's tolerance for free speech. -Paul

[2004-08-11 13:50:10] - http://www.reason.com/0408/co.cy.taking.shtml An article which talks a little bit more about the differences between sex and gender (from a previous discussion). -paul

[2004-08-06 09:38:04] - http://www.reason.com/sullum/080604.shtml This is why private ownership and state ownership cannot coexist. -Paul

[2004-08-04 10:40:54] - http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39783 Another reason to want Bush out of office. Seriously, though, I can't imagine how a lesbian kiss would've fit within the movie at ALL. -Paul

[2004-07-29 17:33:02] - http://www.elliottwave.com/features/default.aspx?cat=mw What's the REAL Reason McDonald's Will Take Your Plastic? -Paul

[2004-07-14 23:32:54] - http://www.livejournal.com/users/misterdreamer/ if anybody wants a word doc version, email me and i'll email you one (it's fairly long is the only reason i offer) - travis

[2004-07-02 11:12:45] - http://www.reason.com/links/links070104.shtml This would probably be my reaction to F 9/11 if I saw it. -Paul

[2004-06-30 16:28:39] - http://www.maximonline.com/world_o_sex/articles/article_5891.html Reason #76 "As long as you don’t wet your pants, we’re golden: 0%" -Paul

[2004-06-22 14:27:40] - http://www.landmarkeducation.com/  And my friend now sounds like a salesman.  he has a response for every reason I give for not wanting to go.  -mel

[2004-06-18 14:48:50] - http://www.reason.com/links/links061704.shtml A decent enough article about political divides in america, although I'm a bit leery of the author specifically pointing out only Fox News. -Paul

[2004-06-18 14:27:37] - http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39012 Interesting that the Washingtonpost didn't like the new Moore film. For some reason I thought this would be the type of movie they enjoyed. -Paul

[2004-06-18 10:13:54] - http://www.reason.com/sullum/061804.shtml A brief story about adopting a Chinese girl. -Paul

[2004-05-27 08:34:14] - http://www.reason.com/links/links052404.shtml Some more information about the life of David Reimer -Paul

[2004-05-18 09:46:00] - and this: http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/thelegendofzelda/preview_6098668.html, showing that the darker, more realistic zelda game for gamecube is coming out (trailers for it were shown before they made wind waker, one reason people were so resistant to wind waker before it even came out) - travis

[2004-04-09 12:27:00] - http://www.reason.com/0405/fe.gb.xtreme.shtml Article probably isn't safe for work. No pictures, but lots of explicit text. I thought it was an interesting and amusing article, but a bit slow in the middle. -Paul

[2004-03-03 10:05:00] - http://www.reason.com/links/links030204.shtml A Reason artice about the ties between Gay Marriage and other forms of alternative marriage (what we were talking about before). -Paul

[2004-01-08 08:00:00] - http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-illegal08.html this seems like a pretty touchy issue to use to try to appeal to one subset of voters, but I can't think of any real other reason that Bush would be in favor of this. - pierce

[2003-12-22 09:50:00] - http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-12-21-time-person_x.htm Just another reason to hate Time magazine

[2003-10-20 08:18:00] - http://www.reason.com/rauch/101703.shtml The Law of 14 -Paul

[2003-10-16 10:19:00] - http://www.reason.com/links/links101503.shtml Sexual Politics -Paul

[2003-10-01 10:26:00] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25258-2003Sep30.html Widespread, intentional, systematic discrimination against blacks? Or is there some reason that they don't get the better car loans? -Paul

[2003-08-19 11:16:00] - http://www.reason.com/hod/kh081803.shtml Interesting note that seventy percent of the store's customers were women -Paul

[2003-08-07 09:34:00] - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/news/2003/08/06/nuggets_hilario_ap/ Nene Hilario changes name to just Nene. I dunno, I find this amusing for some reason. -Paul\

[2003-06-13 22:01:00] - http://www.reason.com/sullum/061303.shtml A look at the campaign against obesity. I particularly like the mention of how obesity and smoking might NOT cost taxpayers more money in medicare in the end since they die earlier. -Paul

[2002-08-09 17:51:54] - wolf: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64346-2002Aug9.html A reason for you to celebrate -Paul

[2002-01-09 14:45:01] - http://reason.com/0202/co.cy.excluded.shtml The dark side of rape shield laws -paul

[2001-11-14 13:43:57] - http://www.reason.com/rb/rb111401.shtml Scientist working on a perfect lie-dectecting machine -paul

[2001-10-02 00:15:00] - http://reason.com/0110/fe.cy.internal.html -logan

[2001-09-21 10:38:00] - what happens next? six options beyond war and peace http://reason.com/hod/jw092101.html -jdb

[2001-08-17 13:07:00] - http://www.antiwar.com/rep/utley3.html Is there a reason why people hate the United States? -paul

[2001-08-16 13:41:00] - http://www.reason.com/rb/rb081501.html Interesting article about humanity and the future of the species -paul

[2001-08-15 11:07:00] - http://www.reason.com/sullum/081401.html Are all assault guns used only in crimes? -paul

[2001-08-01 13:12:00] - http://www.reason.com/sullum/073101.html Interesting article talking about the popularity of the v-chip and how much it is being used -paul

[2001-07-24 13:01:00] - http://www.reason.com/hod/sr072301.html Interesting article about websites which urge people to spend their tax refund on charity -paul

[2001-07-23 15:38:00] - http://www.reason.com/9704/fe.stosselint.html

[2001-04-16 16:55:00] - equill (www.equill.com) is reason enough alone to use IE. i have, however, been pestering them to port to mozilla. -jdb

[2001-03-27 16:01:00] - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010327/od/mcdonalds_dc_1.html    another reason why no one should eat at mcdonalds    -  aba

[2000-01-08 00:44:00] - JIzzmahoe - I have to write this - No one knows why I have to write this, but for some reason, I am compelled to write something.  Message boards, were made to post messages, therefore, I will write something to fulfill that expectation. This is a an official post made by me.  I will stop writing......now.        Shit, i started again, I should of realy stoppped when I said I would of, because now, im writing again...and thats not what I wanted to do...but then again, it is kinda good that im making this post longer, because, in my oppinion, it looks better that way. I better stop sometime, because, well, this post cant go on forever now can it? hehe I dont think so, ok, so Il stop....lets say.....now. -  - www.barfbag.com -  - Did you see that????? I did it again, now im talking once more....time to realy stop this time...... ok, it ends here.