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  • Nov 22, 2004

    Ryan Sager Rethinks Libertarianism

    by Liberty and Power

    In"Rethinking Libertarian Minimalism" and on his blog (starting here), Ryan Sager has been lashing out at libertarians because they have, he says, an"inability" to say anything"serious ... regarding foreign policy. Pacifism combined with isolationism, as preached more or less by many at Cato and Reason is neither the popular no

  • Nov 21, 2004

    I Told You So (Again)

    by Liberty and Power

    Just a note here to direct readers to an essay of mine posted to SOLO HQ:"I Told You So." L&P readers will be familiar with my comments there on Election 2004, since the essay is a distillation of the many things I've said here, but the comments section might be worth your attention.

    Oh, and on a totally unrelated po

  • Nov 20, 2004

    The Washington Nationals Are Born!

    by Liberty and Power

    Well, after months of speculation, including input from baseball fans and sports radio hosts, the Montreal Expos, now relocated from Canada to the U.S. capital, have been renamed: The Washington Nationals. Not quite the Washington Senators of old, but how ... neutral sounding.

    I guess that suggestion by one vo

  • Nov 19, 2004

    Are They Gone Yet?

    by Liberty and Power

    Living just 30 miles from Little Rock, Arkansas, I was nearly overcome by the noxious fumes of power emanating from Thursday’s dedication of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library. Presidential libraries, of course, are part shrine and part propaganda machine. They’re hardly worth celebrating. The best you can say about them is that they are privately financed—in a way. (Let’s not forget that Clinton’s was funded in part thanks to a last-minute
  • Nov 18, 2004

    Racist Cartoons Depicting Condi Rice

    by Liberty and Power

    A lot of conservatives are in a huff about alleged racist cartoons depicting Condi Rice. In general, their charges are overblown. There is at least one dramatic exception, however. This cartoon by Jeff Danziger is clearly racist .
  • Nov 18, 2004

    Rand the Incredible

    by Liberty and Power

    While we're on the subject of cartoons, David M. Brown at LFB tells us about how various reviewers are seeing the Ayn Rand undercurrents in the animated flick,"The Incredibles." In his post,"The Incredibles' Ayn Rand," Brown writes:

    When the animated feature"The Iron Giant" came out in 1999, some libertarians saw a theme of man or robot ver
  • Nov 18, 2004

    Laws to protect/promote one person

    by Liberty and Power

    Son of a B! Yesterday I blogged on the Republican attempt to cover Tom DeLay's posterior -- which was/is flapping in the wind -- from being even temporarily suspended from a"leadership" position in the House if he is indicted (as was/is expected soon.) Does anyone remember why that rule was enacted. In 1993? House Republicans wanted to stick it to Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.) who was chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and un
  • Nov 18, 2004

    NAFTA-Plus

    by Liberty and Power

    I don't know what to make of this article by Joseph Farah, editor and publisher of WorldNetDaily, which lambastes the idea of NAFTA-plus - a plan that some have called the"deep integration" of US and Canada. And, oh yes, Mexico too. (In writing that last sentence fragment, I heard the voice of the Wicked Witch of Oz saying,"And your little dog, Toto, too!" Somehow Mexi
  • Nov 17, 2004

    THE TRAGEDY OF WAR

    by Liberty and Power

    I wasn't at all surprised that a U.S. marine might have shot dead an injured antagonist in Fallujah and I have to say that I wasn't horrified in the way so many commentators seemed to have been by the alleged incident. It seems absurd to expect that the sort of training which American soldiers (and, no doubt, the soldiers of most armies) undergo wouldn't at least sometimes lead to this sort of outcome. This is, of course, a very good reason (one of many) why politicians should think very caref
  • Nov 17, 2004

    FCC U Soon

    by Liberty and Power

    As a postscript to my essays on the"Saving Private Ryan" fiasco here and here, there comes this story about the protests of the Family Research Council concerning the ABC broadcast. With protests also over last night's episode of"

  • Nov 17, 2004

    I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BLOGGING HERE

    by Liberty and Power

    I'd like to thank David Beito & Co. for inviting me to join Liberty & Power on a permanent basis. I look forward to posting on a wide variety of subjects that reflect my interests and enthusiasms. These include but are not limited to economics and British history and politics.