Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not only not a serious environmentalist, as I noted below, nor a free-marketeer, as Jonathan Adler has just demonstrated on The Commons Blog, but he's not much of a historian, either. Note this Kennedy paragraph ... READ MORE
Radley Balko has a solid piece explaining his take on "the tragedy of the commons." Money quote: The best example of the tragedy of commons occurs in the oceans. Why is it that we regularly hear about how we're running ... READ MORE
The ProfessorBainbridge blog has a fun commentary on France's new enemy: SUVs. Seems the Paris City Council is trying to get rid of these vehicles. I think I'll buy stock in some firms that make SUVs ... READ MORE
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been known to make exaggerated claims -- utterly ridiculous, completely laughable statements -- about environmental issues. This quote from him may explain why: I have so much mercury in my body right now, having tested ... READ MORE
Overlawyered's Walter Olson has found another doozy for his frivolous lawsuit files: Leona Helmsley is suing Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx for $150 million because the "view" from the family mausoleum has changed -- for the worse, she says. I ... READ MORE
I recommend an essay by Ward Connerly on the NAACP on National Review Online Monday. A brief excerpt: Historically, the NAACP has represented black people who were confronted with the worst kind of racial oppression imaginable: prohibited from eating at ... READ MORE
Mamamontezz's Mental Rumpus Room blog has posted the following call to action after reading Joe Roche's post about the impact of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9-11 on our troops: A Call to Action: It is up to each of us to ... READ MORE
One of the most amusing and interesting observations regarding the upcoming presidential election is that it pits the incumbent against the uninteresting. Let's face it. Where is the real groundswell of excitement, adoration and support for John Kerry and John ... READ MORE
When you get behind the wheel of your SUV or minivan, do you automatically become a member of a hate group? According to the radicals now dominating the environmental movement, driving one of these vehicles proves you hate the ... READ MORE
Last June marked the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Grutter v. Bollinger decision, which upheld the use of racial preferences at the University of Michigan (U-M) but struck down an "admission points" system quantifying those preferences. U-M President ... READ MORE
