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)

Monday, June 17, 2013

Are We Born Innocent?

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One of the presumptions of civilized men everywhere is that the newborn child is "born innocent," which in this application means ...
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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Why Fiction?

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Due to the rapid success of Freedom's Scion, which has in turn stimulated fresh interest in Which Art In Hope, I've been getting q...
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Saturday, June 15, 2013

They Walk Among Us...

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...silent and effectively undetectable. You can't tell them from normal folks by appearance, most of their statements and behavior pass ...
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Friday, June 14, 2013

Of Optima, Antipodes, And Asymptotes

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"Trust us. We know what's best. We're here to help." -- Motto of the Totalitarian Party (fictional). I generally find Se...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Evidence For An Ugly Proposition

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I'm a bit pressed this morning, so I'll make this quick and blunt: The federal government: Has decided to ignore the Constitution...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

The Lunatics Are Running The Asylum

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When I encountered this article, I was tempted to assume it's a satire. Unfortunately, it isn't: HAYWARD -- An elementary school w...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Prediction, Confidence, And Language

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The news is all bad, as usual, but it's also getting pretty old, so I thought I might spend a few pixels on an old irritant of mine. Per...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Weapons Part 3: Mass Destruction

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Political weaponry, like the sort that really maims, kills, and destroys, comes in various gradations. In today's tirade, which will pro...
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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Assorted

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These are too much fun. Maybe you should consider yourselves lucky that I don't succumb to them every day! 1. Chivalry. In her info...
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Saturday, June 8, 2013

Alternatives

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Mike Hendrix has an important piece at Cold Fury this morning. He leads off by quoting an insightful bit of Mark Steyn: Because the forma...
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Friday, June 7, 2013

Black Holes For Public Trust

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We're already smarting from the Benghazi scandal, from the IRS scandal, from the Justice Department's crusade against various report...
Thursday, June 6, 2013

Weapons Part 2: The Conditioners

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Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. [Book of Proverbs, 22:6] "Give me a child u...
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Weapons

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In a completely weaponless world, the biggest, strongest, and least scrupled can have their way with the rest. But once weapons have been in...
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