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Proudly delegitimizing the state since 2005

"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

Friday, September 28, 2018

TGIF: Spinoza – A Man for Our Troubled Times

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In these interesting times, we all need someone to admire. I have found such a one in Benedict de Spinoza (1632-1677), the 17th-century ...
Monday, September 17, 2018

A Preview to my Book "America's Counter-Revolution"

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Keith Knight Interviews Me

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Happy Constitution Day

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Friday, September 14, 2018

You Might Be an Anti-Semite

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Kenneth Marcus , head of the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, is the Jeff Foxworthy of the American Israelist movement....

TGIF: Are We Sure It Can’t Happen Here?

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One runs a risk whenever one cites the 20th century’s great terror states while discussing current ominous developments in the western demo...
Sunday, September 09, 2018

Whom to Read Next?

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When I am working on deciding on my next course of reading, it's as though the authors are standing before me to make their cases....
Friday, September 07, 2018

TGIF: Trump, Spinoza, and the Palestinian Refugees

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As though we had any ground for doubt heretofore, we can now clearly see — in light of his end to $350 million in annual humanitarian assis...
Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Tyranny and Cooperation

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Social phenomena -- both good and bad -- cannot happen without cooperation -- that is, without people doing things uncoerced. This is especi...
Tuesday, September 04, 2018

American Herald Tribune Interview

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Mohsen Abdelmoumen of the American Herald Tribune interviewed me recently on a variety of timely subjects. Read it here.
Friday, August 31, 2018

TGIF: Anti-Israelism and Anti-Semitism: The Invidious Conflation

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I and others have warned that enactment of the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act now before Congress would threaten free speech and free inquiry ...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Interview on the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act

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Scott Horton and I discuss the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act here . For more, see my article "Defining Anti-Semitism, Threatening Free Sp...
Friday, August 24, 2018

TGIF: Defining Anti-Semitism, Threatening Free Speech

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In May the benign-sounding Anti-Semitism Awareness Act appeared before the U.S Congress “to provide for consideration a definition of an...
Friday, August 17, 2018

TGIF: For the Love of Reason

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Far be it from me to divide humankind in two, but were I so inclined, I’d divide it into those who love reason and those who are indiff...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Latest Bits

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Just to catch up on a few things: This is my latest appearance with Scott Horton; we discuss Khaled Al Sabawi's efforts to establish ...
Friday, August 03, 2018

Andrea Rich, RIP

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The libertarian movement lost a giant this week, Andrea Rich, age 79, after a long battle with cancer. Working mostly behind the scenes, she...

TGIF: A Glimmer of Hope in Bleak Palestine

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Khaled A Sabawi The Palestinians' deteriorating conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip makes even long-term optimism difficult....
Friday, July 27, 2018

TGIF: Depopulating Palestine, Dehumanizing the Palestinians

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One might have thought that after the Nazi crimes against humanity in the 1930s and 1940s, dehumanization would have become abhorrent for...
Friday, July 20, 2018

TGIF: Trump and Putin – How about Getting Rid of Your Nukes?

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The United States and Russia remained at odds, continuing military exercises along the borders of NATO, undermining the Intermediate...
Friday, July 13, 2018

Palestine Lost

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To appreciate the enormity of the crimes against the Palestinian people, one must understand that while persons are certainly individuals, t...
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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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