Liberty

Booing Boors

I believe in the free speech right of ordinary people to call a boor a boor. Jerks deny that it exists.

Socialist Libertarianism: A Manifesto

I am often asked "What is a socialist libertarian?"....Libertarianism is never authoritarian by nature: it is inclusive.

What if....

What a revolution! Substance over style!

Independence Day for Some, Same Old Chains for Others

My hat comes off to all those who stood up for liberty by remembering Jefferson's words.

When a Phony Calls Me a Phony....

Take note: if you support George W. Bush's takeover of the country, you are not libertarian. You are authoritarian and anti-liberty.

Choice and Depression

We dwell on what we don't have or we become monsters who press to have all the choices available to them so that a "mistake" can be easily rectified by a different purchase.

Microwave Servicing

The repairman arrived eleven minutes after The Call.

No Fly List

Cry the Beloved Country!

Killing an important check

This could be the stink that gets me to hold my nose and vote for Kerry.

Weekend Chills

For the sake of Valentine's Day -- that feast of love -- and because I don't like clouding my birthday, I kept my silence on political matters.

What has Kerry Done?

I am supposed to think that this man stands for reform just because he is a Democrat?

Howard Dean's Free Speech Zone is Everywhere

Ask not about Bush's repression of free speech and dissent in his presence, but make a big issue when Howard Dean speaks up for himself and for his supporters.

The Challenge of the Hijab

The arrival of Muslims with their conspicuous expression of their faith is becoming the test of our commitment to the principles of religious freedom.

A Word Against a Proposed Policy in France

If someone bashes a little Muslim girl over the head because she is wearing the hijab, it's not her fault!

Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau wrote: The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their...

Socialist Libertarianism: A Manifesto

Community property exists for all people. All libertarians believe that there should be some laws.

God Bless Who?

"God Bless America" they proclaimed as if our dead suddenly raised us over all the other countries with dead.

Der Fuerher's Face

Note the similarity of life in the dream sequence to what the Right wants to promote in America today: no more paid overtime, the demand that you have to "love the leader because he is the leader", the emphasis on making bombs and more bombs, "we bring the world new order", etc

The Method

They might call this plan "evil": tell them to tell that to Christ, the Buddha, and the rest of the great men and women of spirit.

Fourth of July

Not talking about the Constitution on the Fourth is like having Christmas without the nativity story or a passover seder without questions from the children.

Corporate Power: Capitalist and Socialist

When the USSR was extant, I used to call it a giant corporation that owned everything. Conservatives whimpered: we had capitalism, we were free, it was different.

"Open" Shop and the Public Rise of Oligarchy

I think the beginning of the end of the last round of true democracy in America began when the open shop laws were passed in several states.

Don't Crown Kings

This is a dire move against American freedom and I urge all true patriots to read about what they can do at Acts of Conscience

The Terrorist Inside

Our best defense against terrorism is to first confront the terrorist within ourselves so that we are no threat to those who might be tempted to employ it.

State Terrorism

The word to George W. Bush and the Republican dominators is this: We're watching you back.

The Death of Politics

Read the title for the double meaning.

What's Your Fascist Score

According to this test, I'm "a liberal airhead" (2.033333333333333), a mere third of a point better than "a whining rotter".

Valyermo - Holy Imposters and an Angel

Lynn and I rooted our tailbones and did not join in the singing which, as it passed from the first song to "God Bless America", began to resemble the "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" scene out of Cabaret.

American Religion

The people who practice this aren't being Jews or Christians or whatever first. They're practicing the American faith which, conveniently, has as one of its tenets a mocking adherence to individuality ~as long as you don't face off against the American military machine and its ways of violence~

Intellectual Property Deserves a Fence
The copyright pirates were whining again on #politics. So I proposed something: let's treat all property like you want to...

Where the Heck are We Going As A Nation?
"One can desire the peace of victory without desiring the ravaged towns." -- Graham Greene The nation is at a...