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On That London (Woolwich) Car Attack & Beheading

May

2013

The combination of methods is the only new thing in this story, which will be forgotten after the shock passes. By-the-way, there is no excuse for any of this information to be missing from any news item on this incident. You will see that most of the links are from WikiPedia, with good references on ...

The Broken Overton Window

May

2013

One of the favorite tools of the pragmatists is the Overton Window: The Overton window is a political theory that describes as a narrow “window” the range of ideas that the public will find acceptable, and that states that the political viability of an idea is defined primarily by this rather than by politicians’ individual preferences.[1] It is named for ...

Knoxville, TN Tea Party IRS Protest

May

2013

Apologies to all of you folks who turned out at noon yesterday to be heard. While the video that I shot, including your interviews, does play on my camera and computers, neither MS Movie Maker nor Real Player Trimmer is allowing me to edit the footage. On two different Toshiba computers. As soon as I ...

What Is Wrong With Leveling The Inheritance Tax?

May

2013

I’ve noticed something odd coming up in conversations ever since I wrote a piece for The Foundation for Economic Freedom’s Arena: Marriage: A Right Not A License (they titled it Gay Marriage Does Not Expand Liberty). The issue of passing things on to spouses keeps getting tossed around. It comes from some odd quarters too. The ...

Did MSNBC’s ‘Cousin Joe’ Learn a Lesson in Big Government This Week?

May

2013

If anybody thinks Joe Scarborough (Cousin Joe, since Uncle Joe is already in use) has learned any lessons about the perils of big government, they are wishing too hard. Case in point that Cousin Joe will never learn is quoted below: ‘Hey, if they do this with the IRS, asking people what books you read, ...

The Battle Over Benghazi 4

May

2013

It is now about eight months after the attack in Benghazi, Libya. That dastardly deed left four Americans dead. Obviously, thinking they can get some mileage out of it, Republicans have blown the dust off the file in hopes of creating momentum for impeachment of our beloved supreme ruler. Which is ironic since it was ...

My Appearance in The Arena at FEE.Org

May

2013

In The Arena at FEE.Org, I argued that marriage is a right that should not be licensed. Marriage has every trapping of a right, and rights should not be subject to licensing. This basic position seems to evaporate into emotion when the topic turns to marriage. But whether it’s styling hair, making coffins or calling your ...

Why Freedom of the Press is the Last One Left

May

2013

For those of you who may never have read it, here is the First Amendment to the US Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and ...

Portable Libertarian Episode 8

May

2013

I have been getting some great feedback from you guys and I want to thank you all very much. This episode stems from a listener submitted topic that asks, “What needs to happen to America to bring a Libertarian President into office or at least into a mainstream venue?”. I give my thoughts in this ...

The Accidental Property Rights Advocate

May

2013

Discovered this story while listening to The Rude Awakening Show on WKVL 850 AM, Knoxville, TN Looks like a little cronyism might go the right way if governor Haslam signs House Bill 102/Senate Bill 129 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57,Chapter 3, Part 2 and Title 57, Chapter 2, Part 1,relative to ...