Archive | November, 2010

The Mark Twain Prize Debacle: Another Reason to De-Fund PBS

Tina Fey, the Saturday Night Live performer who deftly satirized Sarah Palin, recently received the Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center in Washington. PBS broadcast much of the awards ceremony but deleted the most pointed paragraph in Fey’s acceptance speech in which she mock-praised “conservative women” such as Palin: “And, you know, politics aside, […]

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Statism, the Greatest Threat

From the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily (August 2010 issue, posted online today…) Statism, the Greatest Threat by James Bovard Pervasive confusion over the nature of government and freedom has opened the gates to perhaps the greatest, most widespread increase in political power in history. If we are to regain and safeguard our liberty, […]

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A Better Book Cover Design for Bush’s Autobiography?

The Washington Post had a giant version of the cover of Bush’s DECISION POINT in its Style section today. Bush is trying to look solemn but I suspect he is going to a baseball game. I think this photo – entitled “Bush Swings by Congress” – I took at a January 2007 antiwar DC demo […]

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Claire Wolfe’s Great New Book: The Bad Attitude Guide to Good Citizenship

Claire Wolfe, the libertarian best-selling author of 101 Things to do Until the Revolution, has another bombshell book hitting the streets. The Bad Attitude to Good Citizenship provides a cavalcade of insights and inspirations on how to capture and defend your personal freedom. Claire sees through and shreds the mainstream political BS – and she […]

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More Fine Hell-Raising by San Diego Libertarians/Anarchists

Larry Ludlow and co-conspirators did some fine hell-raising on Election night. San Diego has a public hall where candidates gather and election results come in. Here is Larry’s summary of the action: W e had lots of fun poking holes in democracy. Here are some photos. One of the candidates, a bald, eye-patch wearing ex-Marine […]

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