Showing posts with label rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rights. Show all posts
Saturday, October 31, 2026

For Your Own Good Dept.

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     “Death is the price we pay for our life, and for all life.” – Ursula Le Guin, The Farthest Shore      “No one here gets out alive.” –...
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Thursday, October 29, 2026

Acculturation

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     Adaptability is a double-edged sword. One who moves from a culture in which he’s comfortable to another which differs from it is expect...
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Friday, September 25, 2026

Now I’m Scared

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     Every now and then I mention that I’m working – and have been for quite some time – on a novel that addresses some of the fundamental m...
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Thursday, September 3, 2026

The Darkness At The End Of The Tunnel

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     Starting in 2007, I wrote a series of essays collectively titled “The Mask Slips” at the late, lamented Eternity Road website. They co...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Telescreens 2026

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     Yes, this one is about these devices:      Flock has 120,000 cameras in 49 states that capture 20 billion license plates a month—alon...
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Saturday, April 4, 2026

The True Bastion Of Liberty

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     I hadn’t planned to write anything today, despite it being “1984 Day:”      April 4th, 1984. Last night to the flicks. All war films…....
Thursday, March 19, 2026

The Last Bastion

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     There are days when I oscillate between black despair and a degree of fury so murderous that I can only thank God that I’m too old and ...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

The Solution Is Neither Obvious Nor Pleasant

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     I keep seeing queries such as this: What tool can store owners own to stop this from happening?! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/cOKcoVFkZn — Anti ...
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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Concerning Freedom Of Speech

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     When the wheel turns under your hand, you must watch your words. – Ursula Le Guin      This is a piece I feel obligated to write. I d...
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Sunday, November 29, 2020

Defusing Unsafety

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     Neo has a satisfying rant up this morning. The bit that got between my teeth:      Those days are gone. Even in the workplace, which ...
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Saturday, July 11, 2020

Which Way Are You Inclined?

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     I know a fair number of people who are utterly confident that President Trump will be re-elected in November, that the Durham investiga...
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Sunday, April 5, 2020

Quickies: Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste Dept.

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     This article says it all:      While gun prohibitionists have been complaining all week about the Trump administration’s memorandum d...
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Monday, March 30, 2020

Outrage Dept.

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     I’ve wondered for some time why the residents of New York City elected Bill De Blasio their city’s mayor. I’ve wondered why they re- el...
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Thursday, January 23, 2020

Provocations

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     I was deeply worried about the January 20 pro-gun-rights rally in Richmond, Virginia. I was nearly certain that a planted provocateur ...
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Monday, January 20, 2020

Insurrection

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     The title word is about to become the most important word – nay, the most important concept — in the political lexicon of these United...
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