I had the pleasure of chatting with Daniel Ellsberg, who risked his career and freedom by releasing the Pentagon Papers in the early 1970s, over the last few days. His speech at the Future of Freedom Foundation conference was superb. Karen Kwiatkowski declared that the last 7 minutes of his speech should be put up on YouTube.com […]
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Speaking Friday at FFF Conference
On Friday morning at 9 a.m. [redacted], I will be giving a spiel on “How Foreign Warring Subverts Freedom at Home” at a Future of Freedom Foundation confab in Reston, Va. The conference, “Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy & Civil Liberties,” will feature an array of liberal, conservative, and libertarian speakers – including a number […]
Great Memorial Day Cartoon – Opus Today
The Opus cartoon in today’s Sunday paper is one of the finest Memorial Day tributes I have seen anywhere. (the cartoon itself is a FEW INCHES BELOW HERE – because of how the @#$@#$# blog software works.). Opus and his dandelions – what a perfect illustration for this day. (The full size drawing in the […]
Police Rampage Update & Contact Info
I received an email comment last night from the lady who courageously videotaped many police abuses during the National Police Week festivities. It is comment # 72 on the prior blog entry. I think it deserves more visibility, so I am highlighting it here. She mentions, ”Any input, help, support or even a few kind words at […]
Another Police Rampage in DC
(the full size of this photo is available here.) Mobs of cops were in Washington, DC last week for National Police Week. Their behavior was so bad that the DC police chief formally notified them that their public drunkenness would not be tolerated. Many of the cops were bicycling around to draw attention to their […]
New York Times Calls Me an “Anti-Czar Czar”
The New York Times’ Mark Leibovich has a zesty piece in Sunday’s Times, “The Tin-Star Title for the Too-Tough Job.” He starts out: IN 19th-century Russia, Czar Nicolas I commissioned an official national anthem known as “God Save the Czar.” In 21st-century Washington, the anthem would be more suitably titled “God Help the Czar.” It’s not […]
LIVE ONLINE Friday Morning 10 AM Eastern – Charles Goyette Radio Show
I will be on the Charles Goyette show tomorrow (Friday – 5/18) at 10:05 a.m Eastern time. Charles is one of the best talk show hosts in the biz – and he is gung-ho pro-freedom. We will be chatting about Ron Paul’s presidential candidacy and about Bush’s revelation at the press conference today that he is a […]
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