Thursday’s a libertarian version of NBC’s Must See TV at FREE WHITEWATER, with three videos from Reason.tv, the video website of Reason magazine and the Reason Foundation.   First  up, “F.I.R.E.’S Greg Lukianoff On Threats to Campus Speech.” The four-minute video records an interview in which constitutional lawyer Greg Lukianoff of the Foundation for Individual Rights…

Over the years, some of the web’s biggest bloggers have blogged about

Here’s a video in which Reason.tv demonstrates that it’s not always easy to know what’s American — and that what’s American includes product designs and ingenuity brought to life elsewhere.   (Quick notes: I would hope people in Whitewater patronize local merchants.  I’m opposed only to local politicians talking local but acting differently, themselves.  I also…

Well, my first post on zoning – see immediately below — wasn’t up for long before a reader asked why I thought that California was a housing hell. (Thanks much for the speedy question, by the way, a question that I happily received from a dedicated defender of free markets.) Tucker’s Zoning, Rent Control, and Affordable…

Good afternoon, Master Planners of Whitewater!  I’m sure that you’re busy today, designing a new interstate highway system, Lincoln Tunnel, Hoover Dam, etc., but I thought I’d write with comments on a fine book: Zoning, Rent Control, and Affordable Housing.  As you’ve heard, our city administration has declared housing Whitewater’s biggest problem.  William Tucker’s work is…

Director Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 is set for release on August 14th.  I think it’s likely to be a surprise hit.  The South African director’s science fiction film recounts the arrival and confinement, to the title’s residential district in Johannesburg, of a group of peaceful extraterrestrials who land nearby.  They languish in District 9 for…

I’ve received the following press release that I am happy to post — OLD FASHIONED ICE CREAM SOCIAL The Walworth County Genealogical Society will meet Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 7:00 PM, for the Annual Ice Cream Social at the Community Centre, 826 E. Geneva Street, Delavan. Members will bring a variety of toppings for and…

  Shocked?    I’ve heard people espouse all sorts of rules of conduct, of propriety.  One will hear that people should not chew gum, talk about religion or politics at table, etc.  It’s always a lecture about what’s appropriate, proper, civilized.  Often, it’s about what’s not appropriate, from a scold’s point-of-view — there’s often someone to…

There’s story, entitled “Cats ‘exploit’ humans by purring” on the BBC website.  The study to which the BBC refers, one conducted at the University of Sussex, contends that  Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered that cats use a “soliciting purr” to overpower their owners and garner attention and food. Unlike regular purring, this…

The federal stimulus – countless billions for almost everything – is supposed to stimulate something, after all. It’s not only slow in arriving, but reaches less needy communities, and is often used as a budget fill-in rather than a true catalyst. The Government Accounting Office audit is available at

Good morning, Whitewater In Wisconsin history on this date, the first, but perhaps not last, time someone in Wisconsin considered himself a king: 1850 – James Jesse Strang Crowned King On this date James Jesse Strang, leader of the estranged Mormon faction, the Strangites, was crowned king; the only man to achieve such a title…

I posted yesterday on Governor Doyle’s failure to comply with state travel expense policies. The State Journal correctly observes that “Everyone else has to carefully document their business travel expenses. So should Wisconsin’s governor.” Until then, he’s free to try Whitewater’s failed political culture of double standards, excuse-making, and blame-shifting. Guv’s Sloppy Records Don’t Fly

I received the following press release that I am happy to post:  Understand the Activity Needs of Persons with Dementia  Program for professionals to offer guidance and insight Milwaukee, WI – June 25, 2009 – The Racine / Kenosha Professionals Dementia Care Network, a program of the Alzheimer’s Association, and the Racine County Aging and…