Category Archives: politics

we don’t care, we don’t have to …

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 October 12 by Anton

What are you gonna do, go to a different jail next time?

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two dimensions of opinion

Posted on Sunday, 2004 October 10 by Anton

In November I linked to a “Political Compass” and mentioned some improvements I’d like to see. Chris Lightfoot apparently had already made them. Rather than assigning preconceived interpretations to the questions, Lightfoot waited until a large number of people had … Continue reading →

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Popper on constitutional law

Posted on Thursday, 2004 October 07 by Anton

Trurl’s Machine explains: . . . Popper said that it is reasonable to assume that sooner or later some rotten scoundrels will gain power. It’s not important who they will be precisely, but whatever your politcal views might be you must agree … Continue reading →

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honest cops?

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 October 05 by Anton

Law Enforcement Officers Against Prohibition

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who stole whose concept?

Posted on Monday, 2004 October 04 by Anton

Atheism and Unalienable Rights by Robert E. Meyer (also cited today on RRND): Skeptics want to deny that rights come from God, but if they are correct, then there is no sound philosophical footings undergirding their perpetual claim to any … Continue reading →

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liens du jour

Posted on Monday, 2004 October 04 by Anton

Goodies from today’s Rational Review News Digest: “Statist Joe” by Gil Guillory, a response to “Conservative Joe”, a Progressive satire that has been going around and is included as a footnote. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking … Continue reading →