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Great News for Freedom: Claire Wolfe<\/strong>, one of America’s most eloquent and principled political writers, is again blogging. She is posting her thoughts on a near-daily basis at the Backwoods Home blog site here<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n

Claire’s first book, 101 Things to Do Until the Revolution <\/em>, quickly became a cult classic. No wonder, with zippety lines like the following: “America is at that awkward stage; it’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.” Amazon is selling 5 of her books here<\/strong><\/a>. Claire also co-authored two fine books – Rebelfire,<\/em> a novel, and a nonfiction work, The State vs. the People: The Rise of the American Police State <\/em>with JPFO’s Aaron Zelman. A new copy of the paperback version of that last work is selling for $127. I shudder to think how much it would sell for if it had Claire’s autograph. <\/p>\n

Claire has a forthcoming novel based on her rip-roaring, fed-bashing, bureaucrat-scouring Hardyville stories. I would wager a case of pilsner that, when it comes out, it will quickly become one of the most popular libertarian books of the year. <\/p>\n

Claire’s bio is here<\/strong><\/a>, with links to many of her articles and other work. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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