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"Aye, free! Free as a tethered ass!" —W.S. Gilbert

"All the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and . . . the State should be abolished." —Benjamin Tucker

"You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." —James Madison

"Fat chance." —Sheldon Richman

Sunday, December 30, 2007

On Amnesty

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Ron Paul says he's against amnesty for migrants without government papers. I am too. Amnesty is a pardon for wrong-doing. Why would mig...
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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Ron Paul and Immigration

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I still think there is value in Ron Paul's campaign, but this commercial sure doesn't make it easy. Note that he takes the Tancredo...
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Friday, December 28, 2007

Ron Paul and David Schuster

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Ron Paul's MSNBC appearance with David Schuster, in which Lincoln and the Civil War were discussed for seven minutes, was a disaster. W...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

More on Ron Paul and "Meet the Press"

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Interesting that Tim Russert didn't ask Ron Paul about the Iraq war, but did ask him about the Civil War. Didn't that end about 140 ...
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Monday, December 24, 2007

Ron Paul and Me

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Here's a 1990 televised panel discussion about the impending first Gulf War, with Ron Paul as host and guests Joseph Sobran and me. Hat ...
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Is Ron Paul Inconsistent on Earmarks?

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My local newspaper ran an item about Ron Paul's answer to Tim Russert's asking him how he can seek money for his congressional distr...
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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Ron Paul on "Meet the Press"

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I just finished watching. I'm afraid I had my usual reaction. I felt let down, like something was missing. For one thing, Ron Paul talks...
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Anarchism, Limited Government, and the Surveillance State

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The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a p...
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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Tucker Carlson on Ron Paul

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In case anyone missed it, Tucker Carlson's sympathetic New Republic article about Ron Paul is here . Why doesn't Carlson know that a...
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Friday, December 21, 2007

Immigration and Welfare

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Libertarian-leaning folks who oppose free immigration often point to the welfare state as the reason for opposing what looks to me like the ...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Torturing the Language of Torture

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Is waterboarding, known during the Spanish Inquisition as tortura del agua, really torture or not? The question seems to answer itself, but...
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Friday, December 14, 2007

A Matter of Priorities

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'Tis the political season, which means the season to bash immigrants. This goes especially for so-called illegal aliens, i.e., residents...
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Coming Soon

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Saturday, December 08, 2007

Prioritize!

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Much anti-immigrant sentiment, even among some libertarians, appears fueled by resentment that non-citizens might get tax-financed welfare b...
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The Constitution or Liberty

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If the foundation of our case for liberty is nothing more than the Constitution -- rather than natural-law justice -- we will continue to be...
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Virginia Primary Voters Won't Have to Pledge GOP Loyalty

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The voter pledge referred to below has been canceled. See the story here .
Thursday, November 29, 2007

Whom Is This Intended to Thwart?

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From the Associated Press : RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- If you're planning to vote in Virginia's February Republican presidential primary,...

Isolationism versus Noninterventionism

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I saw most of the debate. Here was Ron Paul's best moment, coming after John McCain accused him of being an isolationist (transcript her...
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Iraq 3.0

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One gets the feeling that even the White House realizes the mess it’s made of Iraq. The other day the newspapers reported that the Bush admi...
Friday, November 23, 2007

Anarchists for Ron Paul?

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Well, this one anyway. More to come.
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Father, grandfather, writer, editor, pipe smoker, free thinker, libertarian market anarchist, grouser, flosser. Author of six books, including "America's Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Reconsidered"; "Coming to Palestine"; and "What Social Animals Owe to Each Other."
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