The Snollygoster
Lafayette, We Are Here!
The announcement came at a press conference on Thursday, January 24. Pentagon Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin E. Dempsey formally rescinded the 1994 ban on women serving in combat roles in the military.
General Petraeus Should Not Have Resigned
Americans are confused about the whole ordeal. According to CNN, 48 percent of Americans supported the resignation, while 48 percent opposed it. Americans are also split about Obama’s immediate acceptance of the resignation.
Laws and Leeches
One day, with similar incredulity, our descendents will ask how we, as a society, wrote civil laws with abandon. They will find the same two reasons we find when we analyze the past. First, a few patients did, in fact, get better. Second, people were afraid not to put on leeches. So how do leeches and laws intersect?
Affirmative Dissatisfaction
But who counts as a “minority” in affirmative action? Unfortunately for Ms. Fisher, adorable gingers are not considered a minority (despite red hair occurring in only 1-2 percent of the world population). So clearly, not just any minority can qualify as a “minority.”
Preeminent Domain
Eminent domain is a legal term for the public takeover of private property for a certain municipal function in exchange for adequate compensation to the owner. It is tough for a libertarian to recognize the necessity of eminent domain. How lucky it is, then, for this libertarian to attend a university (the only university to my knowledge) exempt from eminent domain.
