Liberty's Torch

(a.k.a. Bastion Of Liberty)

"Keep clear of the dupes that talk democracy,
And the dogs that bark revolution.
Drunk with talk, liars and believers.
I believe in my tusks.
Long live freedom and damn the ideologies!"
(Robinson Jeffers)

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Sunday, July 30, 2017

"Essential Services"

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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an en...

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Monday, June 9, 2014

Feedback

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I never have understood what it is that propels certain ideas to the forefront of my thoughts, but at least it provides me -- and hopefully ...

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Licensure

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Five years ago at Eternity Road, I wrote: A colleague of your Curmudgeon's made a piercing observation the other day. Imagine, he said...

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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Not Enough Part 3: The Triumph Of The Iron Triangles

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Once in a while, I stumble over an essay that reminds me of my own writings... of thirty years ago. There's no need for me to excerpt ...

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Monday, May 27, 2013

Did lazy Americans kill those 1,127 Muslim garment-workers in Bangladesh?

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Once upon a time, we tried to go cold-turkey. After all the reading I needed to do for the following piece, I was left with a feeling ...

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The Debunking: Community Standards

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Robert A. Heinlein once noted that the human race can be partitioned into those who seek to control others and those who have no such desire...

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