I care for kids, families, the sick and the elderly, working class, middle class, and every American. To end poverty and advance the American Dream, I am Libertarian Girl.
This is the conclusion of my two-part series discussing why science would be better if it left government funding behind. In the first post, I discussed why government should not be given control of scientists’ work, what government have done when they did have this control, what they will continue to do, and how [...]
“The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by federal government project allocation, and the power of money, is ever present, and is gravely to be regarded.” — President Dwight D. Eisenhower
The government should stay out of science completely. Science, scientists, taxpayers, and the world would be better off for it. Research scientists are usually [...]
I woke up at 6am Saturday morning to serve as a patient for a graduating dental school student as she tried to pass her board exams. As I was waiting, I noticed that the testers and graders were not affiliated with her dental school, and the exam was a state exam. It turns out [...]
It was expected for awhile, but this week, Toshiba finally abandoned HD-DVD, meaning that Blu-ray will be the next-generation DVD format of choice for those wishing to upgrade on the current style of DVDs.
Why did Blu-Ray win out? It’s a better product, with a better name, bought by more customers. It’s as simple as [...]
I recently received a survey from the “Republican Senate Leadership” with an enclosed letter from Senator John Ensign which says that I, as a “loyal grassroots Republican,” have been selected as a “representative of ALL REPUBLICANS living in your voting district” and the survey– of which only limited numbers were sent out– must be accounted [...]
“If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free.”
– P. J. ORourke
An NHS Tale.
I stayed in Miami with some (French) friends last weekend, and they told me about what a nightmare of a time they had getting a simple diagnosis of pneumonia for their son from [...]
I spent the weekend in Miami and was on my way home early Tuesday morning when I heard on the radio that Fidel Castro had decided to hand power over to his brother.
When I told the friend driving with me the news, and how disappointing it was that we had just left Miami and missed [...]
The situation at Indiana University regarding the major ethical violations of their coach, Kelvin Sampson, who is alleged to have cheated and lied to the NCAA on numerous occasions, reminds me of the classic actions of a corrupt government.
The corrupt are not punished– they’re rewarded. Indiana knew that Sampson had been accused of [...]
Last October, when in Washington DC to attend the Defending the Dream Summit, I went into the Cannon House Office Building to meet with a few representatives.
The security into the building is not tight at all, considering that members of Congress are more easily accessible than in the actual Capitol building and can be seen [...]
I’ve previously said that anti-discrimination laws are not necessary, for a few reasons.
Without government sanction of discrimination, it becomes much harder to perpetuate the idea that discrimination is OK or good. In the time period up to the 1950s and 1960s and the enactment of civil rights laws, government itself not only allowed discrimination, [...]