Ken Martin’s Blog

One very nice things about being able to work from home occasionally is being able to see things like this (small movie). :)

Pretty blunt, Ken. Yeah, I suppose. But what else can it be called when a city government takes someone’s property not for a bridge or a road (things historically understood to fulfill the “public use” concept in eminent domain), but just because they want a shiny new commercial district. Keep in mind that this new [...]

A friend recently asked me what I thought of J. P. Moreland. Unbelievably, I had little to say. :) I’ve come across Moreland’s arguments in various places, but I’d never heard or read anything directly from him. Well, I’ve been listening to a whole bunch of his Veritas Forum lectures (free MP3s). Good stuff. I recommend [...]

…and we were thankfully not nearby, but the 35W Mississippi River bridge collapse is just stunning and horrible. It’s just unbelievable. There were no known problems with the bridge. No interesting or extreme weather. Just a second of shaking and then it fell; 64 feet down to the river. Here’s a quick map of where it [...]