On this first National Opt-Out Day, good Americans are supposed to blindly trust the Transportation Security Administration. But the TSA has had far more scandals than the media chooses to admit – or remember. Following is a piece I wrote for the New York Times in August 2004 on the nationwide epidemic of baggage looting […]
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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 […]
Redundant????
from a photo posted on the Washington Post page for photos from the Jon Stewart rally on Saturday – photo by “consistentflatcher”
Front Royal History photos from LIFE magazine
LIFE magazine has put its photo collection online, searchable by Google. There is a gold mine of photos here from the battle over school integration in Front Royal, Virginia in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Most of the online photos are not yet identified. Are there other good online resources of the end of […]
Politicians, the Biggest Halloween Horror
Another classic from Oliphant…. The question from the little kid on the left side – – “Mommy – is politics a trick or treat?” – – if only more adults thought to frame the issue that way….
Demolition Derby Democracy, Crash #4283
The real irony is that people expect from progress from elections. (cartoon by Tom Toles, Washington Post)
“De-Sacralizing Democracy” Refuted
The Campaign for Liberty reposted my FFF article on “De-Sacralizing Democracy to Save Liberty.” The first comment, from last4ever from Salisbury, MD, was tell-tale: [quotes from my article in italics; his rebuttal is non-italicized] “The combination of ignorant voters and conniving politicians is far more likely to ruin than to rescue this nation.” (Duh!, your […]
