Archive for the Rethinking Paradigms Category
Some Things Detwaddled
by Fred Reed Nobody starts a fist fight with a man holding a gun. Nobody holding a gun starts a fist fight with his left hand. Nobody who is winning a fist fight pulls a gun. Journalism in America, and perhaps everywhere, works according to unacknowledged templates in which the reporter fills in b
We Are Screwed
A Thought Possibly Not Unique to Fred by Fred Reed Our current poster for successful racial policy is, as all the world probably knows, the shooting of the improbably named Travon Martin, black, by an Hispanic improbably named Zimmerman. The death has been improbably termed, by professional blac
The philosophy of freedom: Much more than demanding government get out of our lives, you must first get the tyranny out of your own heart
by Mike Adams, NaturalNews Do you agree with this statement? Government has no business telling us what to drink, what to eat, what kind of medicine we should take, what to smoke, what to farm, or how to run our private lives. These are all elements of individual liberty or what you might call
Executive Orders and Voting: Ron Paul Can’t Save Us, Nothing Can
by Jesse Mathewson, ZeroGov Since 1789 United States Presidents have issued executive orders. And while there is no direct constitutional grant of “executive” power it has been accepted as a fact of office since 1789. In many recent cases executive orders have been issued at the behest or wit
Anarchy: The Unknown Ideal
from Bionic Mosquito (via LRC) The Art of NOT Being Governed, by James C. Scott. A description of the book can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/4lltkkd This book looks specifically at one region of the world in order to tell the story of anarchy – anarchy in the sense of no sovereign autho
Constitutional Quizzery
by Tom Baugh, StarvingTheMonkeys Despite a continual degradation of liberty in these united States, the patriot blogosphere continues to be energized with sentiments such as “keep your hands off my Constitution”, “let’s restore the Constitution”, “if you don’t like my Constitution t
On Suffrage and Suffering
No, for the short-sighted, the ignorant, unwashed masses and those that just plain do not know, this has nothing to do with suffering. For those that do know, it has nothing to do with setting back women’s or ethnic rights either. How does that work without adversely impacting over two hundred yea
Cutting the Army Corps of Engineers
by Chris Edwards, CATO The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency that constructs and maintains a wide range of infrastructure for military and civilian purposes.1 This essay concerns the civilian part of the agency, which employs about 23,000 people and will spend about $9.2 billion i
The United Imperial States of the World
by Jesse Mathewson, ZeroGov History promoted in public education institutions around the United States vilifies the evil world conquerors of history past. In more recent times, the munificent overseers of state education have concentrated on the evils of Nazi Germany. However, history as
Joe Legal and Jose Illegal
from Destroy the Ring I received this today via E-mail from a stateist family member. I’ve cleaned up the formatting errors common to a repeatedly forwarded email and included my reply below. Here is an example of why hiring illegal aliens is economically destructive for America… You ha
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