I’ve read a number of interesting commentaries (including this one) about the recent U.S. Court of International Trade decision that found the X-Men were “nonhuman creatures,” but I have yet to see a commentary on just how stupid U.S. trade laws are that this was ever even a question. The reason this case ever came…
February, 2003
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Michelle Malkin is absolutely right in her coverage of the John Lott affair — he’s done a lot more damage to his reputation than he realizes with his latest actions. Lott, of course, is the author of the excellent More Guns, Less Crimes which argues that increases in concealed gun ownership in areas reduces crime…
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Tom’s Hardware has a look at an IDE-to-SCSI adapter.
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Yesterday I linked to an analysis written by NASA engineer Gregory Katnik about damage sustained to the Shuttle’s heat shielding tiles following the use of a newly formulated, freon-free insulation. The New York Times has more this morning with a story about Katnik’s eventual report which foudn that over 300 tiles were damaged from the…
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This NASA page has notes by a NASA worker from 1997 about the “significant damage” done to STS-87 from the reformulated, Freon-free foam insulation flaking off during the Shuttle’s ascent (emphasis added), During the STS-87 mission, there was a change made on the external tank. Because of NASA’s goal to use environmentally friendly products, a…
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Jeremy Lott has a fascinating report about the comingly of commerce and religion with a long, excellent piece reporting on the Christian Booksellers Association convention. I especially liked his concluding paragraphs, which echoed similar sentiments aired by Paul Freund in another brilliant Reason essay about the “culture industry.” Lott writes, Are many of these products…
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In the wake of the Challenger disaster there was a myth spread by some conservatives that went like this: the sealant used on the O-rings that failed was changed from an asbestos-formulated sealant to a non-asbestos version. Hysteria over asbestos, therefore, led directly to the Challenger disaster. This turns out to be less than accurate,…