Readers can guess correctly that I don’t spend much time considering cosmetology. Unfortunately, some bureaucrats spend too much time regulating cosmetology. These regulations often inhibit new procedures, favor incumbent businesses over newcomers, and insist on unnecessary and expensive licensing. (The price for mandated coursework benefits, first and foremost, those who are in the business of…
Liberty
Government Spending, Libertarians, Liberty
Libertarian Beliefs and Expectations
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over at Reason’s Hit and Run, Radley Balko offers a concise explanation of the difference between wanting government to fail, and expecting that it will: I don’t promote government failure, I expect it. And my expectations are met fairly often. What I promote is the idea that more people share my expectations, so fewer people…
Laws/Regulations, Libertarians, Liberty
The Institute for Justice
by JOHN ADAMS •
I’ve added a link to my blogroll for the Institute for Justice, a civil liberties law firm. A tagline from their website tells their tale succinctly: “Litigating for Liberty.” Their motto, “We change the world, and have fun doing it,” tells how much they enjoy their work. If you’ve not visited their site, it’s surely…
Laws/Regulations, Liberty
On the Medical Marijuana Debate at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
Last Wednesday, on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus, there was a debate on a medical marijuana bill before the Wisconsin legislature. See, Assembly Bill 554. (There’s also a Senate companion bill.) The bill would make medical use of marijuana legal under specified and limited circumstances. I attended the debate, along with – by my imperfect…
Freedom of Speech, Law, Liberty
Town of Whitewater Resident Challenges Wisconsin Campaign Finance Laws, Wins Federal Injunction
by JOHN ADAMS •
If a citizen and resident wants to mail postcards about an upcoming referendum in his town, must he register (as Wisconsin law requires) before doing so? If he doesn’t register, will he be prosecuted, as others have been in the past? Here’s a press release about the federal lawsuit against several defendants from the James…