*Media Outlets Owned by Billionaires Very Quick to Tell Readers Taxing the Rich Is Bad Idea.*

Taxing the rich better must include changes in how transfer of ownership, trusts, etc., affects the taxes to be paid.

*What Bolivia Can Teach the United States About Democracy.*

I wonder if Bolivia can prosecute Elon Musk and other people in the US for backing the coup. Even if we expect that Bolivia will never be able to bring him to justice, this could teach the world a useful lesson.

The numskull is considering labeling Amnesty, Oxfam and Human Rights Watch as "antisemitic" because they have criticized Israel's occupation of Palestine. If the numskull does this, it will be so absurd that only his hard-core supporters will believe it.

Please, numskull, do it! These bogus accusations, which have typically been made against individuals and weak, obscure organizations, will cease to be plausible and will become risible instead.

Please, everyone, don't campaign to stop this. Let him fall into his own trap first, and then criticize.

And let's limit accusations of antisemitism to people and organizations that spread hatred of Jews.

The DEA proposes to eliminate the crime caused by prohibition of drugs by more vigorous enforcement of the prohibition of drugs. Some drugs degrade and damage whoever uses them, and should not exist, but trying to wipe them out by repression causes more harm than the drugs themselves.

This, by the way, is the reason I do not advocate simple blanket prohibition of nonfree software. It is corrupting, harmful and subjugating, and should not exist — but trying to enforce prohibition of attractive things which are harmful tends to amount to repression.

(satire) *Dr. Ron Craig informed patient Tom Stossel Wednesday that the weird lump that appeared on his neck in July was in fact nothing he can afford to worry about.*