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My Pot Ruling Bash
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted my article on the Supreme Court ruling on medical marijuana. The articles begins – Earlier this year [2005], the Supreme Court, acting again like a gang that smoked too much bad weed, ruled that the federal government has the right to prohibit people from growing marijuana for medicinal purposes. The […]
The Republican Abramoff Solution
In response to the Jack Abramoff influence-buying scandal, Republican leaders are racing to impose new restrictions on the handouts that lobbyists can give to congressmen. Americans are being assured that the new rules will assure that their representatives are dutiful, high-minded, and devoted to nothing but the public good. This makes about as much sense […]
Speaking in New York City on Saturday Night
I will be speaking at the Manhattan Libertarian Convention on Saturday evening, January 21. This is part of the LP’s annual conference – being held at the Ukrainian East Village Restaurant at 140 Second Ave. Should be lots of fun. I have never seen libertarians eat Ukrainian cuisine before.
Book Signing Thursday in Washington, Capitol Hill
Trover Book store on Capitol Hill (221 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, Washington) will be holding a book signing for my new book, Attention Deficit Democracy, on Thursday at 12:30 pm. The latest odds from Vegas are 37-to-1 against a Standing Room Only crowd.
“Credo” from Attention Deficit Democracy
Credo for the New American Patriotism I believe: That politicians are more honest than they seem; That government is more competent than it appears; That government is benevolent, regardless of how much it wastes or how many people it harms; That citizens must trust the government, regardless of how often it lies; That democracy is […]
Fear & Servitude
The Washington Post has an excellent front page story on the boarhawging of Mohammed Yousry, the court-appointed translator for lawyer Lynne Stewart. Federal prosecutors spent three years wiretapping his phone and reading all the files on his computer, thanks to a FISA warrant. Even a federal prosecutor conceded: “Yousry is not a practicing Muslim. He […]
Jim Bovard
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Ron Redrift
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