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KBO stands for the Korean Baseball Organization. ESPN2 is televising live ball games from the Korean peninsula, and I’m loving it!

By public theft, I mean the common practice of all governments, small or large, to grab a chunk of our incomes (via taxes) or interfere with our property rights (via zoning and myriad regulations). Of course, the optimal level is … Continue reading →

Let’s resume my series of blog posts on the takings clause in the coronavirus age. The one case to consider whether a coronavirus lockdown order constitutes a “taking” is the case of Friends of Danny DeVito v. Governor Wolf, available … Continue reading →

And free Brenda Stephanie Mata and Ana Isabel Castro as well! If state and local governments are going to use undercover cops pigs to infringe on our liberties and property rights, close down “non-essential” business firms, and simultaneously refuse to … Continue reading →

Congratulations to the Class of 2020! It’s time to celebrate the end of the college spring semester, even in these awful times, but good grief, the videos of professional entertainers performing old John Lennon or Charlie Chaplin songs at home … Continue reading →

I concluded my previous blog post “Justice Holmes to the rescue” by mentioning the controversial Kelo case. This case involved a curious kind of taking that resulted in a terrible miscarriage of justice. In Kelo, a local government wanted to … Continue reading →

Since existing “shelter in place” orders went into effect way back in March of this year, I have tried my level best to explain why non-essential business firms and employees should be entitled to just compensation under the Takings Clause … Continue reading →

Originally posted on prior probability:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=j-4n9Vbc-WI Growing up, the other Mr Rogers introduced me to Country Western music and thus changed my life forever. (The video above showcases one of my all-time favorite songs.) Rest in peace, Kenny Rogers …

More details here (via Kottke). Happy Anniversary, Sydjia!

File under: The more things change, the more they stay the same: “The most astonishing thing about the pandemic was the complete mystery which surrounded it. *** Science, which by patient and painstaking labor has done so much to drive … Continue reading →