Author Archives: Anton

classifying legislation

Posted on Thursday, 2005 December 15 by Anton

I find that I wrote in private mail a few years ago: I’d divide legislation into three broad classes: that concerned with the structure and management of the state itself; codifications and harmonisations of existing custom (basic criminal law, the … Continue reading →

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save Cory Maye

Posted on Wednesday, 2005 December 14 by Anton

Wouldn’t it be cool if the blogosphere could save a life? Radley Balko is on the case. (Cited by Gene Healy.) It is disputed whether the warrant authorized a no-knock entry into Maye’s apartment, but why should that have any … Continue reading →

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free pussy!

Posted on Wednesday, 2005 December 14 by Anton

We have reluctantly concluded that Pillow brings more chaos into our household than we need.

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humour me

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 December 13 by Anton

I’m more phlegmatic this week than usual, har har.

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that’s one big ad

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 December 13 by Anton

words fail me. (cited here almost five months ago)

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small tragedies

Posted on Sunday, 2005 December 11 by Anton

One of the sickening things about this war is watching people who used to call themselves libertarians go out of their way to sweep state abuses under a rug of narrow legalism. The latest example to get my attention is … Continue reading →

Posted in constitution, security theater | 2 Comments

social meals

Posted on Saturday, 2005 December 10 by Anton

City Journal Autumn 2002 | The Starving Criminal by Theodore Dalrymple It is the breakdown of the family structure – a breakdown so complete that mothers do not consider it part of their duty to feed their own children once … Continue reading →

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