Cato Daily Podcast - Inside Private Prisons
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Opening Arguments - OA134: Do Intergalactic Extraterrestrial Anchor Babies Use Cryptocurrency?
- We first discussed Bret Harte High in our Episode 132; you can also read an account of the school board hearing; visit crazy person Greg Glaser's website and read all about the evils of vaccinations, numerological theology, and (of course) his proposed Earth Constitution.
- Andrew Seidel's letter is republished (with his permission) here.
- The actual cases relevant to the dispute are Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969) and Kitzmiller v. Dover, 400 F.Supp.2d 707 (M.D. Pa. 2005).
- If you love Andrew Seidel, you might want to go back to his previous appearances on the show, Episode 82 (on Trinity Lutheran), Episode 85 (which was originally a Patreon-only exclusive),Episode 111, and Episode 131.
- And if that's still not enough Andrew for you, you can catch up on Andrew Seidel's most recent writings: his op-ed on Masterpiece Cakeshop, which you can read here; his blog post on right-wing legal organizations; and, of course, his FFRF press release celebrating the victory in keeping Mateer and Talley off the federal bench.
- You can view the IGM survey we discuss here.
- This is the bitcoin FAQ.
- The case I discuss is SEC v. Shavers, 2013 WL 4028182 (E.D. Texas Aug. 6, 2013, Case No. 4:13-cv-416).
The Gist - Your Brain Is Bad With Money
On The Gist, Mike says goodbye to Roy Moore yet again, after an Alabama judge rejected Moore’s lawsuit to contest his opponent’s Senate win.
In the interview, Dan Ariely tells us “how we misthink money and how to spend smarter.” That’s the subtitle of his book on the ways we value the wrong things and fail to think long term. Ariely is the co-author, with Jeff Kreisler, of Dollars and Sense.
In the Spiel, Mike looks back on the worst op-eds of 2017.
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Cato Daily Podcast - A Look at Financial Reform in 2018
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Omnibus - Newton’s Cradle (Entry 835.1C1311)
Serious Inquiries Only - SIO106: Thinking Rationally on Cenk Uygur’s Past Sexism
The Gist - Hobby Lobby Is Just Getting Started
On The Gist, Mike runs through the major news of the past few days, while much of the news media is on vacation.
In the interview, Hobby Lobby scored a famous Supreme Court win for evangelicals in 2014, allowing certain corporations to deny covering their employees’ contraception costs. Professor of theology Candida Moss tells us about the family behind the company, and their crusade to promote fundamental Christianity. Moss is the co-author, with Joel Baden, of Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby.
In the Spiel, it’s almost as if the scales are tipped in favor of Vladimir Putin as he runs for re-election in March.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Judicial Nomination Fights Blaze on
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Uncivil - The Portrait
A listener voicemail sends us deep down the rabbit hole into one of the most toxic myths of the Confederacy.
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