Category Archives: existential attacks

Expanding the reach of the regulatorium

August 23, 2007 – 2:47 pm

This is almost as ridiculous as it is evil:
In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by [...]

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Still worthy, but more of a Liberal rag every week

December 7, 2006 – 3:37 pm

(Clearing out some older unfinished posts)
The economist blogs about the Lancet study:
The reaction to the study has been reliably partisan.
So, people who put a little effort into staying somewhat reliably informed about what’s going on fail to let propaganda from a bunch of nutjobs (nutjobs far more partisan than the majority of people they hope [...]

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