Author Archives: Rick Horowitz

A judge’s bias

Published: Wednesday June 15, 2011 4:39pm
By Rick Horowitz

Today’s Fresno Bee — I still read the paper edition, but you can find a similar story here — reports that a federal judge, Judge James Ware, refused to invalidate his predecessor Judge Vaughn R. Walker’s ruling on gay marriage on the basis that Walker himself is gay and thus in some way tainted. Opponents […]

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Your kids: one reason libertarianism matters

Published: Sunday June 12, 2011 7:04pm
By Rick Horowitz

Here’s the thing. I don’t like a lot of the things you do. I can pretty much guarantee that. You let your kids play outside too long. You let them jump on the trampoline and scream for hours — usually from around 5:30, when I get home (if I’m lucky), until around 9 or 9:30 […]

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Finding the balance

Published: Wednesday May 11, 2011 1:18pm
By Rick Horowitz

When I made my introductory post here at Nobody’s Business, I titled it “An Uncertain Libertarian.” The reason for my uncertainty was only briefly mentioned, largely implied, and had to do with the fear of an “overly” large government. As I wrote then, the question for my mind — and what caused me to call […]

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There’s a war for that

Published: Tuesday April 26, 2011 10:34am
By Rick Horowitz

The United States of America was born out a war for freedom from what was perceived as an oppressive government. The Constitution of the United States which “constituted” — in other words, created — our country, was deliberately written to try to ensure our new government did not develop into one just as oppressive as […]

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Render to Caesar

Published: Friday April 22, 2011 3:22pm
By Rick Horowitz

A Letter to the Editor of my local newspaper today has a woman suggesting that, True patriots pay taxes. I couldn’t help but be struck by her “argument.”

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An uncertain libertarian

Published: Wednesday April 20, 2011 5:48pm
By Rick Horowitz

Some time back, Mark approached me about joining him and Rogier to start a new blog. Although surprised that anyone would ask me to join them in blogging, I was glad for the opportunity. Though I don’t get to do it as often as I wish, I enjoy blogging. So I agreed, with an understanding […]

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