“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.” —Simone Weil, The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind I’m at the wheel of my mother’s car with my elderly mother in the passenger seat. We are running errands and poking along on a six-laner through the vast sprawl of Jacksonville, Florida. The road is swarming with speeding traffic and afflicted on both sides with shopping malls, office parks, […]
With Cris Sheridan Source: YouTube, AI Revolution Apr 10, 2025 – A multi-trillion-dollar robotics revolution is brewing and Woody Preucil at 13D Research and Strategy provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments being fueled by AI, tactile sensors, new battery chemistries…
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O procurador-geral da República, Paulo Gonet Branco, manifestou-se nesta sexta-feira, 25, favorável ao pedido de prisão domiciliar da dona de casa Vildete Guardia, de 75 anos, que se encontra presa e em cadeira de rodas. A decisão final sobre a liberdade da idosa caberá ao ministro Alexandre de Moraes, do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF). No parecer, Gonet afirma que, embora o laudo médico tenha sugerido a possibilidade de cumprimento da pena em regime fechado, a concessão da prisão […]
The death of Pope Francis highlights a concern of many Catholics, including myself. Can we believe in the free market consistently with our faith? If we accept the Peronist views of the late pontiff, we obviously cannot do so. But fortunately, there is a better option available to us. Clearly, God wants us to have peace and prosperity, to live in a “free and prosperous commonwealth,” as Ludwig von Mises put it. But the science of praxeology teaches […]
From yesterday’s decision by Judge Nina Wang in Coomer v. Lindell (D. Colo.): As discussed extensively on the record, after confirming with Mr. Kachouroff that he signed the Opposition consistent with his obligations under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court identified nearly thirty defective citations in the Opposition. These defects include but are not limited to misquotes of cited cases; misrepresentations of principles of law associated with cited cases, including discussions of legal […]
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s newsletter takes a look at two important pieces of California legislation and the crucial committee hearings that they face today. Getting the YIMBY Revolution Working Over the past half-decade or so, the California Legislature has passed dozens of bills that peel back state and local restrictions on home construction. Despite this flurry of new legislation, actual home construction in the Golden State has continued to stagnate. […]
The true scandal of current American fiscal governance needs be commented on. Or, better still, hammered upon good and hard. To wit, the American electorate apparently doesn’t give a shit about runaway government spending because as a practical matter the overwhelming share of voters don’t pay the taxes to fund it. Aside from social insurance taxes, which most payroll taxpayers still believe to be a premium for a government-sponsored retirement annuity, the bottom 90% of households fund only a […]