September 11, 2007

Democracy?

href="http://www.gocomics.com/tonyauth/2007/09/06/">Democracy?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 12:22 AM

August 18, 2007

Who's to Blame?

href="http://www.gocomics.com/tedrall/2007/08/13/">Who's to Blame?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 08:09 PM

August 12, 2007

War on Terrorism Scorecard

href="http://www.gocomics.com/tedrall/2007/08/04/">War on Terrorism Scorecard...
Posted by PaulGessing at 01:14 AM

July 29, 2007

A New Recipe for Foreign Policy

href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070725/CULTURE/107250051/1015">A New Recipe for Foreign Policy...
Posted by KevinRollins at 04:07 PM

July 28, 2007

August Vacation

href="http://www.gocomics.com/tomtoles/2007/07/22/">August Vacation...
Posted by PaulGessing at 09:58 AM

July 19, 2007

Profile of a Suicide Bomber

href="http://www.gocomics.com/tedrall/2007/07/14/">Profile of a Suicide Bomber...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:06 PM

How the News Works

href="http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0729,tomorrow,77231,9.html">How the News Works...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:03 PM

July 17, 2007

Tough Talk on Impeachment

href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07132007/profile.html">Tough Talk on Impeachment...
Posted by KevinRollins at 01:35 PM

March 10, 2007

Jimmy Carter Speaks Truth to Propaganda

href="http://www.antiwar.com/roberts/?articleid=10304">Jimmy Carter Speaks Truth to Propaganda...
Posted by PaulGessing at 12:35 AM

March 01, 2007

George III

href="http://www.gocomics.com/chanlowe/2007/02/20/">George III...
Posted by PaulGessing at 12:20 AM

February 24, 2007

Who is meddling in Iraq?

href="http://www.gocomics.com/tedrall/2007/02/19/">Who is meddling in Iraq?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 01:58 AM

February 19, 2007

The Critical Dilemma Facing Pro-War Libertarians

href="http://www.fff.org/comment/com0702d.asp">The Critical Dilemma Facing Pro-War Libertarians...
Posted by PaulGessing at 12:11 AM

January 14, 2007

Olberman on Bush's Iran Speech

Olberman on Bush's Iran Speech...
Posted by KevinRollins at 05:56 PM

December 28, 2006

"Wisdom from the grave"...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 03:05 PM

December 25, 2006

Voters Kick Corporations Out Of Local Politics in Humboldt County"...
Posted by KevinRollins at 11:20 AM

December 15, 2006

"Don't Need No More Lies"...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 04:51 AM

December 12, 2006

"Purity" police: Doomed Strategy?...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 06:09 AM

November 23, 2006

Pardon More than the Turkey

href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DebraJSaunders/2006/11/23/pardon_more_than_the_turkey">Pardon More than the Turkey...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:14 AM

October 28, 2006

The Leadership Myth

href="http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=102406A">The Leadership Myth...
Posted by PaulGessing at 01:51 AM

October 18, 2006

Democrats, The Party of Peace?

href="http://www.alibi.com/index.php?story=16674">Democrats, The Party of Peace?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 07:38 PM

A Halloween Scare

href="http://www.gocomics.com/dougmarlette/2006/10/17/">A Halloween Scare...
Posted by PaulGessing at 12:36 AM

October 02, 2006

Profiles in Cowardice

href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/30/AR2006093001027.html">Profiles in Cowardice...
Posted by PaulGessing at 07:58 PM

The O'Reilly Fear Factor

href="http://www.fff.org/comment/com0610a.asp">The O'Reilly Fear Factor...
Posted by PaulGessing at 07:54 PM

September 27, 2006

Justice Report: Standards Lacking on ‘Lie Detector’ Tests

Justice Report: Standards Lacking on ‘Lie Detector’ Tests...
Posted by KevinRollins at 08:24 PM

Montana Democrat Speaks Out Against Patriot Act

Montana Democrat Speaks Out Against Patriot Act...
Posted by KevinRollins at 11:40 AM

September 26, 2006

Mandatory HIV testing in the works...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 11:50 AM

September 24, 2006

'Liberal' describes a great many leaders

href="http://www.courierpress.com/news/2006/sep/23/liberal-describes-many-great-leaders/">'Liberal' describes a great many leaders...
Posted by KevinRollins at 01:19 AM

September 22, 2006

Speaking the Unspeakable: Can Israel Survive?

href="http://www.uexpress.com/richardreeves/?uc_full_date=20060915">Speaking the Unspeakable: Can Israel Survive?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 08:52 PM

September 16, 2006

Time to De-Politicize Airline Security

href="http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1804">Time to De-Politicize Airline Security...
Posted by PaulGessing at 09:53 PM

September 15, 2006

Matt Lauer Corners Bush on Torture

Matt Lauer Corners Bush on Torture...
Posted by KevinRollins at 01:25 AM

September 14, 2006

The End of Tony Blair's Third Way

The End of Tony Blair's Third Way...
Posted by KevinRollins at 12:01 PM

9/11 whistleblowers ignored, retaliated against

9/11 whistleblowers ignored, retaliated against...
Posted by KevinRollins at 11:40 AM

September 09, 2006

Criticize Israel? You're an Anti-Semite!

href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-brooks1sep01,0,6417195.column?coll=la-opinion-center">Criticize Israel? You're an Anti-Semite!...
Posted by PaulGessing at 01:04 PM

September 06, 2006

Michael Ostrolenk and Doug Bandow on Medical Marijuana

Michael Ostrolenk and Doug Bandow on Medical Marijuana...
Posted by KevinRollins at 09:27 AM

August 16, 2006

Polarization Needed

href="http://www.fff.org/comment/com0608d.asp">Polarization Needed...
Posted by PaulGessing at 07:48 PM

August 09, 2006

Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self

href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/51140">Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self...
Posted by PaulGessing at 07:09 PM

August 07, 2006

Dealing With Israel

href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RobertDNovak/2006/08/07/dealing_with_israel">Dealing With Israel...
Posted by PaulGessing at 06:12 PM

July 31, 2006

AIPAC's Hold

href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060814/aipacs_hold">AIPAC's Hold...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:32 AM

July 22, 2006

Stanhope for Prez?...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 08:17 AM

July 21, 2006

Bush Countenances Middle East Violence

href="http://www.fff.org/comment/com0607c.asp">Bush Countenances Middle East Violence...
Posted by PaulGessing at 04:07 PM

July 19, 2006

Bloomberg's 'Third Way'?...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 06:19 AM

July 17, 2006

Wiretap Surrender

href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/14/AR2006071401578_pf.html">Wiretap Surrender...
Posted by PaulGessing at 05:10 PM

July 05, 2006

Libertarian Paternalism

href="http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/comment/0,,1804874,00.html">Libertarian Paternalism...
Posted by KevinRollins at 06:21 PM

June 25, 2006

Americans Should be Anti-American

href="http://www.fff.org/comment/com0606i.asp">Americans Should be Anti-American...
Posted by PaulGessing at 12:10 AM

June 24, 2006

href="http://www.reason.org/commentaries/moore_20060623.shtml" Post Kelo Reforms Aren't Enough...
Posted by PaulGessing at 12:55 AM

June 18, 2006

href="http://www.theagitator.com/archives/026661.php#026661" target='_blank'>"Accidental" Death by Militarized Police Forces: more common than you think...
Posted by PaulGessing at 02:21 AM

June 16, 2006

Walter Williams on The Slippery Slope of Regulation...
Posted by KevinRollins at 01:21 PM

June 12, 2006

Who Owns the Internet?...
Posted by KevinRollins at 10:07 AM

June 07, 2006

3rd Party Fantasy?...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 07:01 AM

June 01, 2006

Noonan: Time for a 3rd Party?...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 06:31 AM

May 25, 2006

href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1532417/20060524/index.jhtml?headlines=true" target='_blank'>Illinois Schools Police Student's MySpace Pages...
Posted by KevinRollins at 04:47 PM

May 22, 2006

href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/15/AR2006051501187.html" target='_blank'>Nation of Fear...
Posted by PaulGessing at 09:08 PM

May 14, 2006

href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-doherty12may12,0,913237.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions" target='_blank'>The Long Arm of the Drug War...
Posted by PaulGessing at 02:23 AM

May 13, 2006

The NSA Phone-Records Controversy...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 05:15 AM

May 09, 2006

href="http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20060507_olbermann_highlights_mcgovern_rumsfeld/" target='_blank'>Rumsfeld's Lies Exposed on Tape...
Posted by PaulGessing at 01:36 AM

May 06, 2006

href="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060503/OPINION03/605030352/1008/OPINION01" target='_blank'>Why would immigrants risk their jobs with work boycott?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:09 AM

href="http://www.reason.com/sullum/050306.shtml" target='_blank'>Rush Limbaugh's Double Standard...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:08 AM

May 05, 2006

Friedman: Time for a REAL Third Party...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 06:43 AM

May 04, 2006

Non-aggression is the solution to Iran, N. Korea...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 05:59 AM

May 01, 2006

Transpartisanship: Empire-State Style...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 05:52 PM

April 27, 2006

href="http://www.ucomics.com/davidhorsey/2006/04/19/" target='_blank'>Why the Democrats Won't Take Back Congress...
Posted by PaulGessing at 01:39 AM

April 23, 2006

George Allen's "Libertarian Sense"?...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 04:40 PM

April 14, 2006

href="http://www.abqjournal.com/opinion/guest_columns/451261opinion04-14-06.htm" target='_blank'>ACORN's Nutty Agenda...
Posted by PaulGessing at 08:35 PM

href="http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=77004" target='_blank'>Talking Sense on Iran...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:08 AM

April 12, 2006

href="http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/2006/04/07/" target='_blank'>Why they really hate us....
Posted by PaulGessing at 12:01 AM

April 07, 2006

href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/two-brains.html" target='_blank'>Are Conservatives Crazy?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:15 AM

March 31, 2006

href="http://www.ucomics.com/bensargent/2006/03/28/" target='_blank'>Liberty on Trial...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:15 AM

March 28, 2006

href="http://www.ucomics.com/mattdavies/2006/03/23/" target='_blank'>The Iraqi Crash...
Posted by PaulGessing at 07:25 PM

Global Warming or Ice Age: Which is it?...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 03:21 AM

March 27, 2006

href="http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=1385b76d-6c34-4c22-942a-18b71f2c4a44" target='_blank'>Noam Chomsky: Investor...
Posted by PaulGessing at 12:36 PM

March 26, 2006

href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.chapman20mar20,0,1021245.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines" target='_blank'>Slavish Republican lawmakers roll over for Bush...
Posted by PaulGessing at 10:04 PM

Neocon meltdown?...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 06:32 AM

March 25, 2006

Plan to Replace the Welfare State...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 07:29 AM

March 23, 2006

Chris Tame, RIP

Chris Tame, RIP...
Posted by KevinRollins at 07:15 PM

March 18, 2006

Pre-emption: A Last Resort...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 12:18 PM

March 17, 2006

V for Vendetta as "Anarchist"...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 04:38 AM

March 15, 2006

href="http://www.abqjournal.com/opinion/guest_columns/441778opinion03-15-06.htm" target='_blank'>New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's Eminent Domain Veto is Shocking...
Posted by PaulGessing at 12:36 PM

March 08, 2006

href="http://www.fff.org/comment/com0603b.asp" target='_blank'>Bush, Chavez, and Hitler...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:06 AM

March 07, 2006

South Park Cons, Meet the "Crunchy Cons"...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 03:29 AM

March 05, 2006

Posted by PaulGessing at 01:27 AM

March 03, 2006

href="http://www.fff.org/comment/com0602j.asp" target='_blank'>Illegal Surveilance a Real Security Threat...
Posted by PaulGessing at 12:55 AM

March 01, 2006

On Being Anti-State, Anti-War, and Anti-Bush

On Being Anti-State, Anti-War, and Anti-Bush...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 07:58 AM

Green Party Making a Difference in Maine Schools

Green Party Making a Difference in Maine Schools...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 07:40 AM

February 28, 2006

Senator Feinstein's War Profiteering

Senator Feinstein's War Profiteering...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 06:24 AM

February 27, 2006

Watchdog of Test Industry Faces Economic Extinction

Watchdog of Test Industry Faces Economic Extinction...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 07:34 AM

February 23, 2006

The Bottled Water Menace

href="http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=022206I" target='_blank'>The Bottled Water Menace...
Posted by KevinRollins at 02:13 AM

February 22, 2006

href="http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=8587" target='_blank'>Critics of UAE Port Deal Are Disingenuous...
Posted by PaulGessing at 07:54 PM

February 21, 2006

Walter Block on the Danish Cartoons

href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block58.html" target='_blank'>Walter Block on the Danish Cartoons...
Posted by KevinRollins at 07:43 PM

The Secret Police and Political Dissent

The Secret Police and Political Dissent...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 09:29 AM

You'll be Freer and Richer in the Bill of Rights Culture

You'll be Freer and Richer in the Bill of Rights Culture...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 07:57 AM

February 19, 2006

Bleeding-Heart Libertarianism

href="http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=092903A" target='_blank'>Bleeding-Heart Libertarianism...
Posted by KevinRollins at 11:40 AM

February 17, 2006

href="http://www.fff.org/comment/com0602f.asp" target='_blank'>Conservative War on Drugs Makes no Sense...
Posted by PaulGessing at 02:35 PM

The Firing of Bruce Bartlett

href="http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2006-02-16/news/feature_full.html" target='_blank'>The Firing of Bruce Bartlett...
Posted by KevinRollins at 10:41 AM

February 12, 2006

href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002795222_why10.html" target='_blank'>Why We Fight...
Posted by PaulGessing at 04:43 PM

February 03, 2006

href="http://www.antiwar.com/orig/eddlem.php?articleid=8482" target='_blank'>He's Not Your Commander in Chief (and this really isn't a time of war)!...
Posted by PaulGessing at 01:03 PM

February 02, 2006

Ostrolenk on federal meddling in education

href="http://usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-02-01-oppose_x.htm" target='_blank'>Ostrolenk on federal meddling in education...
Posted by KevinRollins at 08:22 AM

January 30, 2006

href="http://antiwar.com/justin/" target='_blank'>Hands off Google!...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:30 PM

href="http://www.reason.org/commentaries/dalmia_20060125.shtml" target='_blank'>Euthanize Federal Mission Creep...
Posted by PaulGessing at 09:26 AM

January 24, 2006

href="http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1658" target='_blank'>Military Action Against Iran?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 09:34 AM

January 23, 2006

Gore Is Right

Gore Is Right...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 09:06 AM

January 19, 2006

href="http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Stossel/story?id=1500338" target='_blank'>American Idiots...
Posted by PaulGessing at 07:54 PM

href="http://www.ucomics.com/stuartcarlson/2006/01/14/" target='_blank'>Brokebank Mountain...
Posted by PaulGessing at 07:36 PM

href="http://www.fumento.com/disease/flu2005.html" target='_blank'>Chicken Little and the Bird Flu...
Posted by PaulGessing at 07:32 PM

January 17, 2006

href="http://www.portfolio.hu/en/cikkek.tdp?cCheck=1&k=2&i=6916" target='_blank'>Hungary liberals want 20% flat tax...
Posted by KevinRollins at 12:20 PM

Whole Foods Switching To Wind Power

Whole Foods Switching To Wind Power...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 06:45 AM

January 16, 2006

href="http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm" target='_blank'>Death and taxes may be inevitable, but how about war and taxes?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 06:04 PM

Capitalism Sucks...
Posted by KevinRollins at 09:36 AM

Opinions for Sale...
Posted by KevinRollins at 02:09 AM

January 14, 2006

"Goldwater as libertarian"...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 04:43 PM

"Iraq war could cost US over $2 trillion"...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 03:16 PM

January 10, 2006

href="http://www.antiwar.com/frank/?articleid=8366" target='_blank'>Is MoveOn.org Antiwar or Just Anti-Bush...
Posted by PaulGessing at 06:09 PM

January 09, 2006

href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/08/MNGHGGK8OC1.DTL" target='_blank'>Spy Powers: Can the President Spy on Private Citizens Without a Judge's OK?....
Posted by PaulGessing at 05:17 PM

href="http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0108-21.htm" target='_blank'>Aid to Israel is Out of Hand....
Posted by PaulGessing at 12:36 PM

January 08, 2006

"We could all be suspected terrorists."...
Posted by RobertCapozzi at 06:48 AM

January 07, 2006

href="http://www.slate.com/id/2133754/?nav=ais" target='_blank'>Starbucks Economics....
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:34 AM

January 05, 2006

January 04, 2006

href="http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20060103-093213-4084r.htm" target='_blank'>ACORN and the Minimum Wage....
Posted by PaulGessing at 09:41 PM

December 30, 2005

href="http://antiwar.com/pena/" target='_blank'>Syriana: It's not about the oil....
Posted by PaulGessing at 06:10 PM

href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901412.html?sub=AR" target='_blank'>The U.S. Government's not-so-secret plan to invade Canada...
Posted by PaulGessing at 06:07 PM

December 29, 2005

href="http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20051228-095457-3408r.htm" target='_blank'>Keep Immigration Legal...
Posted by PaulGessing at 02:53 PM

December 28, 2005

href="http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1642" target='_blank'>The Economics of Immigration...
Posted by PaulGessing at 05:00 PM

href="http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1642" target='_blank'>Bush is a latter-day LBJ...
Posted by PaulGessing at 04:57 PM

December 16, 2005

How Congress Has Assaulted Our Freedoms in the Patriot Act

How Congress Has Assaulted Our Freedoms in the Patriot Act...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 07:48 AM

December 14, 2005

href="http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5340" target='_blank'>What would really happen if the US left Iraq?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 03:21 PM

December 12, 2005

href="http://postcards.ucomics.com/send/?uc_comic=db&uc_full_date=20051211&site_ref=ucomics" target='_blank'>9/11, the perfect excuse for every problem!...
Posted by PaulGessing at 06:27 PM

href="http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=10785" target='_blank'>Corrupt Republicans pervert ethics rules to prevent Dr. Coburn from delivering babies....
Posted by PaulGessing at 05:56 PM

December 09, 2005

You've heard of "intelligent design," how about incompetent design?

href="http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2005/11/the_other_id.php?page=all&p=y" target='_blank'>You've heard of "intelligent design," how about incompetent design?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 02:10 PM

The National ID Noose Tightens

href="http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=10753" target='_blank'>The National ID Noose Tightens...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:49 AM

December 06, 2005

Bolivia and the failure of U.S. policy in Latin America

href="http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1626" target='_blank'>What's Going on in Bolivia?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 09:51 AM

December 05, 2005

Finally Congress Stands Up!

href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/02/AR2005120201749.html" target='_blank'>On the Patriot Act and other issues, Congress is no longer cowed by Bush...
Posted by PaulGessing at 06:08 PM

December 04, 2005

Left and Right United for Freedom

href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/12/04/EDGQIF5U1L1.DTL" target='_blank'>What happened to Iraq's WMD?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 06:04 PM

November 24, 2005

Sounding the alarm: Infant mental health State and federal plans move forward Karen R. Effrem, MD

Sounding the alarm: Infant mental health State and federal plans move forward Karen R. Effrem, MD...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 04:57 PM

November 21, 2005

Plame, Pakistan, a Nuclear Turkey, and the Neocons

Plame, Pakistan, a Nuclear Turkey, and the Neocons...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:50 AM

Unfolding Childhood's Magic: An Interview with Joseph Chilton Pearce

Unfolding Childhood's Magic: An Interview with Joseph Chilton Pearce...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 04:43 AM

What is Unschooling?

What is Unschooling?...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 04:39 AM

November 20, 2005

"> A Founding Radical: Roger Williams Founder of Rhode Island Colony...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:47 PM

Not Dead Yet..the Free State Project That Is...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:45 PM

Congress Helps Self to A Pay Raise (WP link)...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:44 PM

Congressmen Now Ask the Majors and Captains, “How’s the war going?” and Not the Pentagon Brass. (They have no incentive to spin.)...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:43 PM

November 13, 2005

Lame politics, left and right...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:58 PM

FBI Whistleblower Runs for Congress...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:56 PM

Pork: A Microcosm of the Overspending Problem...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:54 PM

November 12, 2005

Parental Guidance Suggested

Parental Guidance Suggested...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 07:49 AM

November 10, 2005

Nationalism and Anti-Americanism...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:00 AM

Seceding seldom succeeds, but Vermonters try

Seceding seldom succeeds, but Vermonters try...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 06:28 AM

November 08, 2005

Deficits at Home, Welfare Abroad

Deficits at Home, Welfare Abroad...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 07:29 AM

November 06, 2005

Iraq Was Better Under Saddam...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:24 PM

Much Ado About Meth?...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:22 PM

FBI (Data) Mines Records of Ordinary Americans...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:18 PM

November 03, 2005

Sovereignty Redefined...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 07:52 PM

Microsoft Calls for National Privacy Law...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 07:50 PM

Colorado Voters Suspend Landmark Limit on Government Spending...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 07:47 PM

National Security Watch: Disquieted whistle-blowers

National Security Watch: Disquieted whistle-blowers...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:36 AM

October 30, 2005

Military Shares the Public's Declining Support for Bush, War...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:46 PM

Border Vigilante Arrested for Illegally Detaining Immigrant...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:44 PM

"The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers." Hmmm....
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:42 PM

October 28, 2005

Confessions of a Right-Wing Peacenik

Confessions of a Right-Wing Peacenik...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 10:19 AM

October 26, 2005

Money in a Two-Person Society...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:21 PM

"This is all we get?"...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:20 PM

Two Thousand Dead – and for What?...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:19 PM

October 24, 2005

This is NONE of your business, citizen. Now move along!...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:42 AM

"Maybe they just need to have their civil war". says US General. Easy for him to say....
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:40 AM

October 23, 2005

When Health Insurance Is Not a Safeguard...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:08 PM

Violating A Patent As A Moral Choice...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:05 PM

October 19, 2005

Any Homeland Security Dollar Misspent or Wasted is a Dollar That is Not Spent to Protect Our Nation. Bacon, anyone?...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:54 PM

A Mugged Liberal’s Love Affair with A Tough Mayor...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:47 PM

This Guy Really Doesn't Get It...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:40 PM

October 17, 2005

The Mythology of “Holdouts” as Justification for Eminent Domain...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:20 AM

America’s Drug War Hits A New Low...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:18 AM

Bush's Disaster Socialism...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:15 AM

October 15, 2005

AGAINST SCHOOL

AGAINST SCHOOL...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 04:01 PM

Deconstructing Nation Building

Deconstructing Nation Building...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 03:59 PM

Ten Signs that You Need to find Different Education for Your Child

Ten Signs that You Need to find Different Education for Your Child...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 03:56 PM

October 12, 2005

Libs, Cons Punch Selves Silly in Miers Rope-a-Dope...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:43 PM

Poverty, Aid and Terror...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:36 PM

Drug War Needs a Better Target Than Cough Syrup...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:31 PM

October 09, 2005

Poverty Increases As Middle Income Americans Struggle to Maintain Position...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 09:47 PM

In New Orleans, the Working Class Disappears...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 09:41 PM

Living a Life of Autonomy in a Wage-Slave Society...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 09:39 PM

October 06, 2005

Consistent Libertarianism is Incomprehensible to State Partisans...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:28 AM

Toppling the Arts-Intellectual Complex...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:26 AM

Cronyism...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:25 AM

October 03, 2005

The Relevance of Henry George in Today's Economy

The Relevance of Henry George in Today's Economy...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:22 AM

October 02, 2005

Tariffs, Wars, and the Economics of Protection: Lessons from History...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:22 PM

An Open Letter to Robert K. Dornan...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:20 PM

Expoiting Disasters...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:17 PM

September 28, 2005

The Pitfall Of Passivism...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:12 PM

Lessons That Will Never Be Learned...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:11 PM

Liberalism in the Classical Tradition...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:10 PM

September 26, 2005

We Don't Exist...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:16 AM

Libertarians: The Connies Speak Out...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:14 AM

DOWN THE MEMORY HOLE, JUST AS OUR MASTERS WANTED...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:12 AM

September 21, 2005

Why they fear the 9th Amendment...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:24 PM

Baker-Carter Commission Recommends National Voter ID Card...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:22 PM

Life, Liberty, Property – In That Order...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:21 PM

September 19, 2005

Why the Elite Media Love Eminent Domain...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:01 AM

September 18, 2005

Why Liberals and Conservatives Love Big Government...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 09:36 PM

Prison Sex Slave Trial Set to Begin in Texas...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 09:35 PM

September 14, 2005

Living Paycheck to Paycheck Made Leaving New Orleans Impossible...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:30 PM

Less Prisoners and Less Crime Too - What A Concept...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:27 PM

We Need 250 States - "We need to break the political entities in the United States down to a manageable size."...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:25 PM

September 12, 2005

Landmark Great Bear Agreement Is Down to the Wire...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 09:36 AM

September 11, 2005

Cops or Soldiers Will Refuse to Take People's Guns? Don't Bet on It!...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:53 PM

Bin Laden's Second Term...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:52 PM

Good Riddance to Gaza, Many Israelis Say...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:50 PM

September 08, 2005

The European Union's War on Unemployment...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:35 AM

Virginia Governor Puts Limits on Cold Pills...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:26 AM

New Orleans Police Confiscating Guns...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:14 AM

September 06, 2005

The politics of sugar: why your government lies to you about this disease-promoting ingredient...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 10:40 AM

The raw (and ugly) truth about the war on drugs...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 10:17 AM

September 04, 2005

">FEMA Outsourced New Orleans Disaster Plans To Politcal Cronies & Donors...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:44 PM

A Drug War Peace Plan...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:41 PM

Families for Natural Living...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:30 AM

Life After the Left...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:26 AM

The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:21 AM

August 31, 2005

Mother Jones...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:35 PM

Top Ten Reasons to “Undo” Iraq in Due Haste...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:34 PM

The Definition and Defense of Freedom...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:27 PM

August 28, 2005

Constitutional Futility...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:26 PM

Situational Totalitarianism...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:22 PM

Bush is Paying a Huge Political Price for Being So Isolated...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:17 PM

Request Your Secure Flight Secret File...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 07:40 AM

August 24, 2005

The State Protects Us...From Overgrown Grass....
Posted by ChemicalAli at 09:51 PM

25 And Over - Playtime's Over, Kiddies...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 09:49 PM

New Mexico Governor Wants Mexican Village Razed...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 09:46 PM

August 23, 2005

TeenScreen: One Family’s Story...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 09:04 AM

A Rare Steak a Day Keeps the Cardiologist Away...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 09:01 AM

Psychiatric Drugs: An Assault on the Human Condition...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:08 AM

August 22, 2005

The Troubling Background of William Weld...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 02:15 PM

Eliot Spitzer: Ayatollah General...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 02:00 PM

History of Cannabis as a Medicine...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 01:25 PM

August 21, 2005

A Stalker is After Me: His name is Paul Krugman, formerly a respected......
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:55 PM

The Life and Times of Henry George...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:52 PM

The Republicans' Persecution and Crucifixion of Cindy Sheehan...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:49 PM

August 20, 2005

August 24 DC Protest - Activists Against TeenScreen Will Attend...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 02:25 PM

August 17, 2005

Mortgaged to the House of Saud...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:32 PM

State Dept. Says It Warned About bin Laden in 1996...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:30 PM

Poll: 40% of Mexicans want to move to U.S....
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:27 PM

Renewed faith in Ecstasy...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:31 PM

August 15, 2005

Pharmacotherapy and the Future of the Drug War...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 07:42 AM

Why the State Hates Cholesterol...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 07:39 AM

How Much Longer Can Modern Medicine Ignore Evidence That Vitamin C Prevents Heart and Blood Vessel Disease?...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 07:38 AM

August 14, 2005

Bush Raises the Option of Using Force Against Iran...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:25 PM

The Founding Fathers Hated Democracy...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:23 PM

The Myth of the US Economic Expansion...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:20 PM

August 12, 2005

href="http://www.markfiore.com/animation/domination.html" target='_blank'>Eminent Domination...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:51 AM

August 11, 2005

Leaving the left...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 04:21 PM

A book-burning in Texas: a shocking glimpse at politics, the FDA, and stevia...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 10:58 AM

Parental Rights vs. Public Schools...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 10:15 AM

August 10, 2005

The Gingrich Legacy - Blunt Political Opportunism, Not Fancy Libertarian Ideas...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:41 PM

Mexican Media So Scared of Drug Violence They Stop Writting About It...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:35 PM

Army Poised to Miss 2005 Recruiting Goal...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:32 PM

Controversy Surrounding Teen Screen Program...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:29 AM

Military Wreckage...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:29 AM

Iranian Ironies...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:27 AM

Sympathy for the Devil Everything you thought you knew about steroids is wrong...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:26 AM

August 07, 2005

In Defense of Bribery...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:14 PM

August 05, 2005

Meth Madness at Newsweek...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:45 AM

August 04, 2005

Why Senators Never Get Elected President...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 01:30 AM

Justice Often Served By Jury Nullification...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 01:24 AM

August 03, 2005

China Currency Gains 8% Against the US Dollar...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 10:36 PM

August 02, 2005

href="http://www.ucomics.com/danwasserman/2005/07/28/" target='_blank'>Pork Fueled Energy Bill?...
Posted by PaulGessing at 11:21 PM

Ecstasy eases Parkinson's in mice...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 03:11 PM

The Sausage Factory...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 09:09 AM

August 01, 2005

WILL NEW CA BILL STOP HOMESCHOOLING?...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 09:42 AM

Sustainable Education...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 09:33 AM

NASA pisses away millions hauling H2O into orbit. But there's a better way - recycle astronaut urine. Just one question: How does it taste?...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 09:26 AM

Middle East Paradigm Shift...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 09:24 AM

In Defense of Jury Nullification...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 09:23 AM

The Architecture of Liberal Democracy...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:25 AM

Berlin Readies Giant Brothel for 2006 World Cup...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:21 AM

A Founding Father of Modern Individualism and Free Market Economics: Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995)...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 12:18 AM

July 29, 2005

href="http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/2005/07/24/" target='_blank'>An Iraqi Dream...
Posted by PaulGessing at 07:44 PM

Many Medical Schools Allow Drug Companies Substantial Control of Clinical Trials, Study Finds

Many Medical Schools Allow Drug Companies Substantial Control of Clinical Trials, Study Finds...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:33 AM

DEA driving OxyContin abusers to heroin...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:31 AM

Finally, an Honest Political Party in Germany...
Posted by michaeldostrolenk at 08:28 AM

July 28, 2005

href="http://www.ucomics.com/tonyauth/2005/07/28/" target='_blank'>Your Tax Dollars at Work...
Posted by PaulGessing at 05:52 PM

July 27, 2005

Pragmatic or Pure?...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:50 PM

">CAFTA, China and the Carolinas...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:46 PM

">Only 16% of California Households Can Afford a Home...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 11:43 PM

July 26, 2005

Payola Shocker: J-Lo Hits, Others Were 'Bought' by Sony...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 02:12 AM

The End of State's Rights...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 01:50 AM

eBay and American Employment...
Posted by ChemicalAli at 01:37 AM

July 22, 2005

Cartoon: Supporting the Troops

Cartoon: Supporting the Troops...
Posted by KevinRollins at 03:45 PM

July 19, 2005

Drink More, Earn More

Drink More, Earn More...
Posted by KevinRollins at 11:21 AM

July 18, 2005

Fluoride Follies

Fluoride Follies...
Posted by KevinRollins at 05:04 PM

July 16, 2005

Cartoon: African Aid

Cartoon: African Aid...
Posted by KevinRollins at 02:43 PM

July 10, 2005

Return of the Liberal

Return of the Liberal...
Posted by KevinRollins at 09:12 AM

July 07, 2005

War of two religious worldviews

War of two religious worldviews...
Posted by KevinRollins at 09:28 AM

June 07, 2005

In defense of stem cell research

In defense of stem cell research...
Posted by KevinRollins at 09:35 AM

May 30, 2005

A motorcycle mecca stirs up questions of race

A motorcycle mecca stirs up questions of race...
Posted by KevinRollins at 11:16 AM

May 29, 2005

European papers go tabloid

European papers go tabloid...
Posted by KevinRollins at 10:25 AM

Filibuster battle altering '08 presidential landscape

Filibuster battle altering '08 presidential landscape...
Posted by KevinRollins at 10:21 AM

Europe At the Precipice

Europe At the Precipice...
Posted by KevinRollins at 10:10 AM

May 25, 2005

Life and Death at the County Jail

Life and Death at the County Jail...
Posted by KevinRollins at 10:40 AM

Is Blogging Dangerous For Teens?

Is Blogging Dangerous For Teens?...
Posted by KevinRollins at 10:31 AM

Why Humiliating Saddam Was Wrong

">Why Humiliating Saddam Was Wrong...
Posted by KevinRollins at 10:27 AM

May 22, 2005

Base Closing Blues: Defend America, Not Pork

Base Closing Blues: Defend America, Not Pork...
Posted by KevinRollins at 01:45 AM

May 21, 2005

Dean Still Says DeLay May Deserve Jail

Dean Still Says DeLay May Deserve Jail...
Posted by KevinRollins at 10:29 AM

Fear and Self-Loathing in Cannes

">Fear and Self-Loathing in Cannes...
Posted by KevinRollins at 10:24 AM

Steps Toward More Drug Testing in Schools

Steps Toward More Drug Testing in Schools...
Posted by KevinRollins at 10:19 AM

May 19, 2005

Darth Vader: The Galaxy's Original Neoconservative

Darth Vader: The Galaxy's Original Neoconservative...
Posted by KevinRollins at 05:42 AM

May 06, 2005

Russia's Putin and America's Bush to celebrate communism during WWII?

Russia's Putin and America's Bush to celebrate communism during WWII?...
Posted by KevinRollins at 02:39 AM

May 05, 2005

Virginia Is for (Homoracial, Heterosexual, Mentally Adequate) Lovers

Virginia Is for (Homoracial, Heterosexual, Mentally Adequate) Lovers...
Posted by KevinRollins at 12:34 AM

May 04, 2005

Enron hits the silver screen

">Enron hits the silver screen...
Posted by KevinRollins at 09:23 AM

Oklahoma City and 9/11

">Oklahoma City and 9/11...
Posted by KevinRollins at 09:19 AM

May 03, 2005

Healthy and Delicious Public School Food?

Healthy and Delicious Public School Food?...
Posted by KevinRollins at 10:54 AM

DeLay investigation triggering 'ethics war'

DeLay investigation triggering 'ethics war'...
Posted by KevinRollins at 10:44 AM

April 14, 2005

Pentagon: Detainees? What Detainees?

William Fisher, www.antiwar.com, April 14, 2005 The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, the military's most senior leaders, want Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to approve new guidelines that will formalize the George W. Bush administration's policy of imprisoning so-called enemy combatants without the protections of the Geneva Conventions and enable the Pentagon to legally hold "ghost detainees," a human rights group is charging. In a letter to Rumsfeld, advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said, "Denying the protections of the Geneva Conventions to persons apprehended in the global war on terror is unsupported as a matter of law, represents a radical deviation from the standards that have traditionally guided U.S. military operations, and places U.S. service members and civilians detained by enemy forces at greater risk of mistreatment."
Posted by Carousel at 11:39 PM

US faces new claims of jail abuse

Suzanne Goldenberg, www.guardian.co.uk, April 14, 2005 The Pentagon was yesterday confronted with new allegations of torture at Guantánamo Bay, from a Bosnian inmate who said he was beaten so severely his face was left partially paralysed. In a lawsuit filed in a federal court in Boston, the Pentagon was challenged to release medical and psychiatric records for six Bosnian detainees who say they were tortured at Guantánamo. The six inmates, all Algerians who had been settled in Bosnia for years, were originally accused of plotting an attack against the US embassy in Sarajevo. They were eventually cleared of all charges and released from prison.
Posted by Carousel at 11:29 PM

Smoke Signals: Red River sweats Austin's newly proposed smoking ban. With good reason.

Darcie Stevens, www.austinchronicle.com, April 15, 2005 This is a story of fear. And rightfully so. For a municipality so quick to call itself the "Live Music Capital of the World," the city of Austin has caused nothing but hardship for its thriving nightlife: permit and age restrictions, harsh TABC rules, harsher taxes, and last but not least, the barely cold noise ordinance. It's a wonder smaller venues keep their doors open. After a coalition of club owners and health experts presented the current smoking ordinance to the city council last year – banning smoking in restaurants without separate ventilation systems and forcing bars and live music venues with an 18-and-up age policy to purchase a permit to allow smoking indoors – Austin's live music industry thought the compromise infringing but reasonable. Only five months later, under the auspices of Onward Austin, an anti-smoking lobby group formed and financed by the American Cancer Society and the Lance Armstrong Foundation among others, a much stricter smoking ordinance is being put to the city itself.
Posted by Carousel at 11:01 PM

April 13, 2005

Abu Ghraib convict breaks silence

Rowan Scarborough, www.washingtontimes.com, April 13, 2005 A key figure in the Abu Ghraib detainee abuse scandal has given Army investigators a lengthy sworn statement accusing others of misconduct at the Iraq prison. The statement from Pvt. Charles Graner, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., comes as the Army may file more charges in the case against personnel who supervised military police officers such as Pvt. Graner. He had first refused to talk, but later agreed under a grant of immunity.
Posted by Carousel at 10:58 PM

Secret Service visits ‘Secret History of Sin’: Stamp art exhibit asks, ‘What is evil?’ while feds ask for info

Jamie Murnane and K. Anderson, www.ccchronicle.com, April 10, 2005 For the first time in Columbia’s history, a campus gallery exhibit has incited a Secret Service investigation. Columbia officials were stunned when two Secret Service agents showed up for the opening of the new Glass Curtain Gallery exhibit “Axis of Evil: The Secret History of Sin.”
Posted by Carousel at 10:16 PM

Solution to Birth-Control Controversy: Deregulate the Drugstores

Sheldon Richman, www.fff.org, April 11, 2005 Every now and then we are tested in our dedication to individual liberty. It’s happening again. Recently, Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois issued an emergency ruling ordering pharmacists to fill prescriptions for contraception, including “morning-after” pills, despite their convictions against doing so. The ruling has the force of law for 150 days unless a state panel overturns it, and the governor is likely to ask the state legislature to write it into law. Going further, the Chicago Sun-Times reported, “Blagojevich, through his Financial and Professional Regulation Department, also filed an administrative complaint against Osco on Friday, charging the pharmacy with ‘failure to provide pharmaceutical care’ and ‘unprofessional conduct’ for refusing to dispense contraceptives to ... two women in February.” The store could be fined and even be closed.
Posted by Carousel at 09:32 PM

April 12, 2005

Let them eat bombs: The doubling of child malnutrition in Iraq is baffling

Terry Jones, www.guardian.co.uk, April 12, 2005 A report to the UN human rights commission in Geneva has concluded that Iraqi children were actually better off under Saddam Hussein than they are now. This, of course, comes as a bitter blow for all those of us who, like George Bush and Tony Blair, honestly believe that children thrive best when we drop bombs on them from a great height, destroy their cities and blow up hospitals, schools and power stations.
Posted by Carousel at 10:46 PM

Man held at Capitol with two suitcases

Matthew Cella and Charles Hurt, www.washingtontimes.com, Apri 12, 2005 U.S. Capitol Police yesterday arrested a man who carried two suitcases to the West Front of the Capitol and told officers that he wanted to speak with President Bush. The incident began shortly before 1 p.m. Police said the man, who has not been identified, did not make any threats, but acted suspiciously.
Posted by Carousel at 12:51 AM

April 11, 2005

Tax-friendly places 2005: Top honors go to Alaska, New Hampshire and Delaware. Most unfriendly? Maine, New York, D.C.

Jeanne Sahadi, www.money.cnn.com, April 11, 2005 When you travel from state to state, some differences are readily apparent: the landscape, people's accents, use of the word "dude," you name it. But you can't know what it truly costs to live in a place until you get hit with the whole megillah of taxes. Every year, the Tax Foundation measures the total tax bill for each state, creating a list of the most – and least – tax-friendly states in the country. See the full list here. And see more state rankings based on income tax, sales tax, property tax and tax breaks for retirees.
Posted by Carousel at 08:09 PM

Homeschooling Alone: Why corporate reformers are ignoring the real revolution in education

Greg Beato, www.reason.com, April 2005 It's Saturday morning in downtown Modesto, California, and for a city with 200,000 residents, not much is happening. The streets are mostly empty, and the outdoor tables at Starbucks are unoccupied. Outside the Modesto Convention Center, though, a steady wave of soccer moms (and a smattering of soccer dads) are pushing strollers and lugging plastic shopping bags as they enter and exit the center's 12,000-square-foot exhibition hall. Inside, representatives from dozens of educational publishers and related concerns pitch their wares to the attendees of the Valley Home Educators 11th Annual Home Education Convention.
Posted by Carousel at 08:00 PM

How Many Divisions Does the Pope Have?

Robert Higgs, www.lewrockwell.com, April 11. 2005 Joseph Stalin is famously said to have asked an adviser, dismissively, "How many divisions does the Pope have?" Had the adviser possessed greater courage, he might have replied: "How many does he need?" Observing the many government leaders gathered at the Vatican for the funeral of Pope John Paul II, we might well have suspected that the world's politico-military chieftains need what the Pope has more than the Pope needs what they have.
Posted by Carousel at 09:10 AM

Bush rewards his failures: U.S. COMMISSION ON IRAQ JUST THE LATEST SURGE IN A NIAGARA OF WHITEWASH

Eric Margolis, www.canoe.ca/newstand/torontosun, April 10, 2005 U.S. INTELLIGENCE was "dead wrong" in its pre-war beliefs about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, a U.S. presidential commission reported 10 days ago. And just as wrong about nearly every other charge levelled at Saddam Hussein's Iraq. This column also used "dead wrong" over the past decade when attacking all the lies being manufactured about Iraq. Interestingly, the many journalists and pundits who heaped abuse on my head and accused me of treason for daring to challenge the pro-war propaganda they so greedily lapped up have fallen strangely silent as the truth about Iraq emerges. Still, let's recall that the prime mission of presidential and parliamentary commissions tends to be not fact-finding but sweeping scandal under the rug and deflecting blame from politicians.
Posted by Carousel at 12:26 AM

April 10, 2005

Five reasons why conservatives should fight the Patriot Act

Nolan Finley, www.detnews.com, April 10, 2005 Politicians who place principle ahead of partisanship are as rare today as elephants at the Detroit Zoo. But count Bob Barr among them. The former Georgia congressman is a charter member of the religious right. Arch-conservative doesn't begin to describe his politics. Yet Barr is at risk of becoming to Republicans what his fellow Georgian, Sen. Zell Miller, is to the Democrats -- a turncoat who refuses to toe the party line. Barr is one of the leading voices opposing renewal of the most intrusive elements of the Patriot Act, the legislation passed hastily by Congress in the weeks after September 11 to strengthen law enforcement's hand against terrorists.
Posted by Carousel at 06:39 PM

April 09, 2005

Safety in Dullness: Relax—your records are too boring to interest the FBI

Jacob Sullum, www.reason.com, April 8, 2005 Attorney Gene