RE: Sam Dodson: the example we needed?
Adam, I’m ecstatic to hear about Sam Dodson’s recent success. It’s about time we libertarians see something positive happen.
And yet, I’m not sure that I feel free to emulate his example. After all, I have a wife and children to support. They depend on my job to keep our house, keep our healthcare, and keep …
Sam Dodson: the example we needed?
Sam Dodson
On June 9th, a remarkable event occurred at Cheshire County Jail in New Hampshire: one of its inmates – a Mr. Sam Dodson, arrested two months past and held on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, possession of property without a serial number, common law contempt of court, and refusing to be processed – …
Introducing the Kindle DX
Amazon introduced the Kindle DX at a press event this morning. It’s the big screen Kindle everyone’s been waiting for, but it comes with a big screen price: $489.00.
What do you get for that? Well, it’s two inches taller and two inches wider than the normal Kindle, making it about an inch smaller than an …
Kindle: Textbook Edition
Amazon to Launch Kindle for Textbooks – WSJ.com:
Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday plans to unveil a new version of its Kindle e-book reader with a larger screen and other features designed to appeal to periodical and academic textbook publishers, according to people familiar with the matter.
… A larger-screen Kindle would …
Healthcare Announcement
Obama backs new health bill urging Americans to dress gerbils in cute, tiny lederhosen.
Heh. Related story..
Is Farming Work?
’Homesteaders’ try to produce all their own food – WSJ
Jodi and Brian Bubenzer describe themselves as ”homesteaders” who try to produce all their own food, even though nothing in their suburban childhoods prepared them for this existence. They knew nothing about farming until five years ago, when they bought a farm outside …
Your Children Are Safe Online
The Internet is not, in fact, a seething mass of sex criminals just waiting to attack unsuspecting children. Anyone who’s spent any amount of time online knows that, but now we finally have proof. Report Finds Online Threats to Children Overblown – NYTimes.com
The task force, led by the Harvard University’s Berkman Center for …
Catching Up on Gaza
On Sunday, my pastor mentioned the new violence in Gaza. It surprised me, because I hadn’t read any news reports all weekend long. I spent today getting caught up on the events. Here’s what I found out: Israel attacked Hamas.
Israel launched Saturday morning the start of a massive offensive against Qassam rocket and …
32 Weeks … And Growing
Why Every Week of Pregnancy Counts – WSJ.com:
A study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology in October calculated that for each week a baby stayed in the womb between 32 and 39 weeks, there is a 23% decrease in problems such as respiratory distress, jaundice, seizures, temperature instability and brain hemorrhages. …
Stop Stretching!
Everything you know about stretching is probably wrong. So say many sports researchers.
When Duane Knudson, a professor of kinesiology at California State University, Chico, looks around campus at athletes warming up before practice, he sees one dangerous mistake after another. “They’re stretching, touching their toes. . . . ” He sighs. “It’s discouraging.” …