Will you marry me for an hour or two? It's wedding season, and wedding anniversary season, and Moslem clerics have endorsed the "One-hour marriage." Cool. No alimony, one would hope. (h/t, Vilmar)
Rip Van Winkleski wakes up, finds world changed. Attack Machine
Freeman Dyson on video, on warming hysteria, via Classical Values
Bush rocks Prague. Quotes from his speech on freedom. Gateway
Do not read this book, says the New York Times
Hillary talks about "her faith." Tammy Bruce. Meanwhile, Obama catches up with her in polls.
Remember the kid who shot that monster pig? It might have been a farm pig. (h/t, Reader)
New Hampshire rejects a seat belt law, and No Looking Backwards explains, in no uncertain terms, why that's a good thing.
Similar issue re trans-fats, at Cafe Hayek. A quote:
None of these things are really worth fighting for, are they? Are you going to picket a politician for making some other folks stop smoking or wear their seat belt? Not worth it.
Of course, that's how the nanny state grows. It's just not worth fighting any one infringement of liberty. So no, I'm not going to fight for the right to buy a locally-baked pastry with good mouth feel.
But I will fight against the idea that the Montgomery County Council has the right to ban trans-fats. That's why I'm writing this post. That's why I mention it to my neighbors. It requires a bit of schizophrenia. But it's healthy. I don't care about trans-fats, but I care about the ban. I care about the principle.
The principle is tricky. It's not the right to eat trans-fats. The principle is that I don't want powerful people to decide what I do with my body or my life. Those are my responsibility. They are my responsibility because that's what adulthood is. Adulthood is being responsible for the risks you take, reaping the rewards and enduring the costs.
