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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, November 30, 2018

TGIF: Gassing Migrants

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The Trump administration and its apologists are quick to point out that Barack Obama was as willing as Donald Trump himself to tear-gas des...
Friday, November 23, 2018

TGIF: Trump's Foreign Policy War on Americans

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Beyond any reasonable doubt, in substance if not in appearance, Donald Trump is a thoroughly conventional American politician. It’s a wo...
Friday, November 16, 2018

TGIF: The Art of the Smear -- The Israel Lobby Busted

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In 2016 and 2017 Al Jazeera produced a program that unmistakenly documents the Israel government and U.S. Israel lobby’s all-out effort t...
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Monday, November 12, 2018

What Voting Does and Does Not Mean

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I talk to Scott Horton about whether your vote really counts. Listen here .
Friday, November 09, 2018

TGIF: My Most Excellent Election Day Experience

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Last Tuesday, special day that it was, I awoke early and prepared to go out. By 7 a.m., I was where I always go on this special day, eager ...
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Friday, November 02, 2018

TGIF: Birthright Citizenship - Just and Justified

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“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of...
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Friday, October 26, 2018

TGIF: Let's Stop the Merchants of Death

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Imagine that back in the day, the U.S. government had contracted postal services out to a private company rather than setting up its own “p...
Monday, October 22, 2018

Interview: Trump, Netanyahu & bin Salman

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Scott Horton and I discuss the Khashoggi murder and related topics  here .
Friday, October 19, 2018

TGIF: The Insidious Wiles of Foreign Influence: Trump, Bin Salman, and Netanyahu

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Even if the Saudi monarchy or Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in particular did not murder journalist Jamal Khashoggi, that regime is an e...
Monday, October 15, 2018

Interview on the Scott Horton Show

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I talked about Trump's Middle East delusions with Scott Horton. Listen to it here .
Friday, October 12, 2018

TGIF: Trump's Middle East Delusions Persist

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Jason Greenblatt, Donald Trump’s No. 2 special envoy to the Middle East behind son-in-law Jared Kushner, assures us that his boss’s plan to...
Friday, October 05, 2018

TGIF: Anarchism and Kavanaugh

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Regarding Brett Kavanaugh, I’ve been wondering how I can blame the state for what we’ve endured these past weeks. I can safely say that wit...
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Monday, October 01, 2018

Latest Interview

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Scott Horton and I talk about Benedict Spinoza here .
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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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Buy it here .
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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....
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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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