Alan Boyle interviewed him on stage on Tuesday afternoon. Here’s the transcript.
What he said may have been new concepts to many, but they’re all ideas that go back decades. The difference is that he’s funding them himself, and not waiting for the government to do it.
What happens when you send a philosopher to Congress. Morons like Barbara Boxer are shown to be morons.
If Trump really is an Ayn Rand fan, I suspect it’s because (like other Democrats) he views The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged as how-to manuals, rather than cautionary tales.
The NASA History Office has issued a new book, that is quite long, but has some interesting-looking essays in it.
I wonder how much their attitude is colored by their health? It’s sad to lose friends, but if you’re in good shape, you can make new ones. I only know that, as far as I’m concerned right now, three score and ten is far too short.
The Kurds are converting from Islam to it in disgust.
Gee, it’s almost as though the see a problem with the religion they were born to.
This is good news, I think. Zoroastrians have been disappearing, particularly in Iran, and I think the world could use a lot more of them. Traditionally, they’ve never caused much trouble. It’s probably one of the most tolerant religions, historically.
RIP.
I saw him at a Reason event in LA a couple years ago. He will be missed.
[Saturday-morning update]
Nick Gillespie told me on Twitter that there will be a service in Santa Barbara in a couple months. I’ll post an update when I have more info.
The manifesto of the committee to abolish it.
To be honest, I had never previously realized how terrible outer space is.
Thoughts from Ed Driscoll (and David Solway).
Music does seem to have noticeably degenerated in my lifetime. I remain mystified at the popularity of the “musical” Les Miserable. When we saw it at the Pantages over two decades ago, I walked out thinking it was one of the most tuneless operas I’d ever heard. There was very little memorable in it. Richard Rogers it wasn’t, and isn’t.
[Update a while later]
I’ve added a link to the Solway piece, which is worth a read in and of itself. I should also note that, just as I have no talent whatsoever for fiction, I’m unable to write a song to save my life. I can read music, and play music, but I am utterly unable to create it.
I’ve often discoursed on this:
What’s something you think is a good idea but you think is unconstitutional? Or, conversely, what’s something you think is a bad idea but you think is constitutional?
Everyone concerned with the Constitution — and most especially Supreme Court nominees — should be asked this question. And if they don’t have an answer — that is, if they think everything they like is constitutional — then maybe they don’t really believe in the Constitution.
Too many think that the purpose of SCOTUS and the judiciary in general is to give them results they like, as opposed to results conforming with the law and the Constitution. Elena Kagan failed this question in her confirmation hearings, when she said a law mandating the eating of broccoli would be a bad idea, but Constitutional. She got it exactly backwards.