Ricochet Takes Manhattan (or at Least the Wall Street Journal)
Should you be behind on your daily reading, may I suggest a visit to the Wall Street Journal's opinion section (subscription required for these pieces)? There you'll find not one, but two contributions from the Ricochet stable today.
First, our own Peter Robinson waxes eloquent on the GOP presidential candidates ... well, waxing eloquent. He ranks the would-be nominees as speechmakers and also drops this delightful anecdote:
Some politicians are simply a pleasure to hear. Franklin Roosevelt's fireside chats still hold up. His voice is sonorous. His manner is warm and engaging. Ronald Reagan's delivery proved so enjoyable that once, drafting a speech for him on education, I worked in a long passage from Tom Sawyer purely for the pleasure of listening to the president read Mark Twain.
Flip the virtual page and you'll find Law Talk's own Richard Epstein leading the charge against rent control in New York. He writes:
Supreme Court decisions dating back to Block v. Hirsh (1921) hold that once a landlord has let a tenant onto the premises for a year, the legislature can extend that lease indefinitely. In so doing, the court undermined the most basic proposition of property law—namely, that property interests are defined by both space and time. Traditional common law rightly treated the tenant who overstayed his lease as a trespasser whom the landlord could evict at will. Rent control upends this relationship.
Do yourself a favor and find the time to read both ... if only to understand what it will be like when Ricochet controls all the organs of the federal government.
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Oct '10
Re: Ricochet Takes Manhattan (or at Least the Wall Street Journal)
I was pleasantly surprised to find Peter and Richard's articles. Troy, since you're a speechwriter what grades do you give the candidates?
Aug '10
Re: Ricochet Takes Manhattan (or at Least the Wall Street Journal)
I eagerly await the Occupy parade float depicting Ricochet as a blue and black octopus with its tentacles reaching into every aspect of the body politic.
Dec '10
Re: Ricochet Takes Manhattan (or at Least the Wall Street Journal)
Now I'm hoping for some downtime at work tonight...
May '10
Re: Ricochet Takes Manhattan (or at Least the Wall Street Journal)
Can we have a policy of alerting that the WSJ paywall is in place for the articles, so we can avoid wasting time clickiing links?
I fully support their right to demand that we subscribe in ordeer to read the paper, I just don't want to waste any more time checking on whether a particular article can actually be read should I choose not to subscribe.
Oct '10
Re: Ricochet Takes Manhattan (or at Least the Wall Street Journal)
Duane, I believe that the opinion articles are usually available to the public. Also, some websites allow you to view a certain number of articles a month before you have to pay.
Re: Ricochet Takes Manhattan (or at Least the Wall Street Journal)
The Ricochet takeover of the world has begun...
May '10
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Bereket, I wouldn't have said that had the article been available. Taranto is always open, various others are, but you don't know which till you try. I generally don't waste my time by trying, I did here only to read Peter's piece. Diane did explain it a bit in another post.
Re: Ricochet Takes Manhattan (or at Least the Wall Street Journal)
Duane, you're very right. I was already logged into WSJ, so I didn't realize they were behind the paywall. Corrected.
Apr '11
Re: Ricochet Takes Manhattan (or at Least the Wall Street Journal)
Both great articles. The WSJ like Ricochet is worth the money. Though I need the business part of the WSJ for work.
Will pay Ricochet members get a job preference in the Ricochet World Order?
May '11
Re: Ricochet Takes Manhattan (or at Least the Wall Street Journal)
Did you really write, "...what it will be like when Ricochet controls all the organs of the federal government." ???
Please, don't even joke about such a thing!
May '10
Re: Ricochet Takes Manhattan (or at Least the Wall Street Journal)
Paul Erickson: Did you really write, "...what it will be like when Ricochet controls all the organs of the federal government." ???
Please, don't even joke about such a thing! · Jan 4 at 7:02pm
I'm taking over. I will appoint myself on a recess appointment; I get to determine who is president and when the Senate is in session. Just because I decided to.
May '11
Re: Ricochet Takes Manhattan (or at Least the Wall Street Journal)
Duane Oyen
Paul Erickson: Did you really write, "...what it will be like when Ricochet controls all the organs of the federal government." ???
Please, don't even joke about such a thing! · Jan 4 at 7:02pm
I'm taking over. I will appoint myself on a recess appointment; I get to determine who is president and when the Senate is in session. Just because I decided to. · Jan 5 at 9:44am
I have no doubt this would be an improvement. Can you arrange for the Senate to be in session on alternate February 29ths?