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  • Jun 11, 2007

    Not that Kind of Zoo

    by Liberty and Power

    I've posted a comment here about the movie,"Zoo," a documentary about the incident that resulted in human-animal sex being made illegal in the state of Washington. Since it focuses on the should-it-be-illegal question, I think it would be of interest to visitors to this site. Also, this may be of interest to whom it is interest
  • Jun 10, 2007

    Sources and Authorities

    by Liberty and Power

    Alexander Cockburn cites sources and authorities as he defends dissidents against anthropogenic global warming dogma.

    No doubt Randians will be telling us how private enterprise is once again the"victim" of the state. But as Cockburn explains in an apt turn of phrase,"[c]apitalism is ingesting global warming as happily as a python swallowing a piglet." State capitalism, that is.
  • Jun 9, 2007

    A "Libertarian" Candidate for Congress

    by Liberty and Power

    Meet Kevin Craig, a candidate of the Libertarian Party for Congress in Missouri who thinks it's perfectly fine for individual states to declare homosexuality a crime. That's, as Jason notes, a big step backward from the LP being the first party with an anti-sodomy law plank in its platform.

    Also note the link on the le
  • Jun 8, 2007

    "Everything's Changed Now"

    by Liberty and Power

    This post-911 catch phrase has a long history. More than sixty years ago, Rose Wilder Lane translated it into plain English:

    "'Everything's changed now' is a popular way of saying, 'There are no principles.'" (Pittsburgh Courier, September 7, 1944.

  • Jun 8, 2007

    Remember the USS Liberty!

    by Liberty and Power

    On the fortieth anniversary of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, Jeffrey St. Clair revisits the scene of the crime and explains how and why the Feds continue to conceal the truth.
  • Jun 6, 2007

    Last Night's Debate

    by Liberty and Power

    Richard Adams of the Guardian summarizes last night's pseudo-debate between the ten candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. His verdict on the proceedings:"What a f***ing shower! The only person who ever says anything sane is crazy Ron."
  • Jun 4, 2007

    Conservatives and Blaming America (Ron Paul on Glenn Beck)

    by Liberty and Power

    Glenn Beck just announced that he will be talking tonight"one on one" with Ron Paul on CNN. Rudy Giuliani did Ron Paul's campaign a big favor by singling him out. Courtesy of Rudy, Paul is finally getting coverage and many more opportunities to explain his views at length.

    In his comments, Beck also claimed that Paul"blamed America for 9-11." Of course, Paul did nothing of the sort. He simply stated that past American policies had created conditions which made an attack more likely. <

  • Jun 3, 2007

    JLS 21.1: What Lies Within?

    by Liberty and Power

    [cross-posted at Austro-Athenian Empire]

    The latest issue (21.1) of the Journal of Libertarian Studies offers a symposium on the topic “Market Anarchism: Pro and Con,” featuring Eric Roark vs. Robert Nozick on whether a dominant protection agency can justly evolve into a state, Randall Holcombe vs. Walter Block on whether the state is inevitable, Walter

  • Jun 2, 2007

    Alexander Cockburn on the Last of the Texas Outsiders

    by Liberty and Power

    That's Ron Paul. Read Cockburn's essay on the last of the breed of true individualists from Texas.

    He concludes"Ron's a sound money man." Which, it might be added, is more than this guy, who thinks that rising oil prices cause inflation.