http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304603704579324792383854488.html?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb_h So here's James Taranto's take on the meaning and application of Freedom of Speech. He always makes me think about things in new ways.
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Are We Citizens? Or Are We Subjects?
This is a very pertinent question these days, when we hear daily of transgressions against us by our Intelligence Services, the Tax-collecting agency, and our own Justice (?) Department. When the powers-that-be on all levels of government are delegating more and more quasi-legislative power over us, to un-elected bureaucrats. When even the federal Department of …
I stuck by my “pet stock”, and I’ve been rewarded
I bought my first stock on my own account in early 2000. The company was called ARM Holdings, and they make software that runs embedded processors. My shares, then, cost $33.00 each. I thought that they had an excellent business model, licensing their software to companies that make computer chips for lots of different products. …
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