Archive for July, 2008

Going to the pub: Its not a fundamental right.

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in liberalism, smoking | 15 Comments »

Some people claim that smoking on private property where nobody is forced to be is illiberal and that to ban this is liberal and that everyone has a right to ... Read more..

Put the brakes on bansturbation

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in bansturbation, war on drugs | 17 Comments »

Why is it that Liberal Democrat politicians so often line up behind illiberal policies. We had much support for the smoking ban from LibDems - just to reiterate, nobody forces you ... Read more..

Its not just the British

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in US, baseball, cubs | No Comments »

Who love an underdog. Supporting the Chicago Cubs can be heartbreaking at times. They have the longest dry spell in Major League baseball history. They last won a World Series in ... Read more..

More use of new technology in music

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in file sharing, internet, ip, music | No Comments »

I'm no fan of Dizzee Rascal's music, but I love his business model. Hard work, treating fans decently and building up a fan base. Dizzee Rascal's manager on filesharing. Even more interesting ... Read more..

The death of the record industry

Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in music, nine inch nails | No Comments »

Iain Dale has a guest blog today: The Death Of The Record Industry. This is mostly about file sharing and the major label's attempts to eradicate the sharing of music. Firstly, they ... Read more..

Some good posts

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in US, belgium, history, iran, iraq, middle east | No Comments »

Catching up from my holiday I've read several very good posts recently. I'm sharing them in Google Reader and they can be found on my sidebar. In particular I've come across some ... Read more..

Happy 4th

Friday, July 4th, 2008 Posted in liberalism | No Comments »

I'm in Chicago on Independence Day. No matter what I think of the current state of US politics (not much) the original thirteen states were right to fight for independence from ... Read more..