Author Archives: Anton

still more movies

Posted on Friday, 2004 November 12 by Anton

隠し砦の三悪人 (Hidden Fortress) (1958, dir. Kurosawa). Good fun. — I don’t understand Japanese, but noticed that the princess seemed to use her title hime as pronoun. Rio Bravo (1959, dir. Hawks). Drags some. — When I saw this years ago … Continue reading →

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what’s humane?

Posted on Thursday, 2004 November 11 by Anton

Greg Perry, born with one leg and three fingers, passionately denounces the Americans with Disabilities Act in the December issue of Liberty. In 1990, I thought about going to Washington to campaign against this farce when Congress was discussing it … Continue reading →

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Jesusland

Posted on Thursday, 2004 November 11 by Anton

I guess you’ve all seen the secession map by now, in one form or another. I’m not keen on being governed from Ottawa or México, myself, but how much worse can it be than a “Jesusland” relieved of its inhibitions? … Continue reading →

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socialist paradise

Posted on Thursday, 2004 November 11 by Anton

It amuses me to have a go at translating this Livejournal entry by François-René Rideau (“Faré”): . . . in taking positions based on static emotions disconnected from causal mechanisms, [the socialists] come to advocate absurdities. The more Swiss cheese, the more … Continue reading →

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fun with an easy target

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 November 10 by Anton

The Manchester Guardian (Oct.27): Torture is simple – amazing results can be achieved with the everyday household objects that any Blue Peter presenter might recommend. And it’s really sexy – think of all that painstaking attention to genital areas. Better … Continue reading →

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maybe it shoulda been called the Kallikak monkey trial

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 November 10 by Anton

Inherit the Wind somehow never mentioned that the evilutionist textbook used by John Scopes was racist and eugenist. Jim Lindgren, Volokh Conspirator, has the story.

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the L-word

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 November 10 by Anton

About a decade ago, someone or other wrote in The Nation advocating that the Left reclaim the word populist. I was tempted to send a letter asking whether, in that case, we individualists could have liberal back. The Economist, in … Continue reading →

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