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Boy Scouts & a Pro-Freedom Reaction

I appreciate the comments on the creek-crossing photo. The Boy Scouts of America begin their 100th anniversary celebration on December 10, and I’m curious about the political impact of the Scouting experience. I am wondering how many guys who were in the Scouts became more pro-freedom in response to the heavy-handed invocations of authority and […]

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My Pre-Anarchist Motif

Update #2: Tom Blanton, of the Project for the New American Revolution, also kindly did an upgrade of the photo. Here is Tom’s version:   UPDATE: “Black Bloke” and Wes Baker kindly sent improved versions of the photo, now inserted at the top of this post. I’m not sure if Wes’s version will open in […]

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The Best Thumbnail Definition of Twittering

This is the best one-strip definition of Twittering I have seen. Maybe Dogbert will take the plunge for Vitamin E tomorrow. On the other hand, doing a blog mocking the superficiality of Twittering is a bit like the pot calling the kettle Lithuanian.

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Doonesbury: Torture Remains Prime-Time Entertainment

Three cheers for Doonesbury!   Unfortunately, prominent half-wits take their own values from this TV show. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told an assembly of judges in the summer of 2007: ““Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles . . . . He saved hundreds of thousands of lives… Are you going to convict Jack Bauer?” I […]

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