Category Archives: politics

Ravenna Park

Posted on Saturday, 2004 October 02 by Anton

Logging this so I can find it later: a favorite parable of private-sector conservation is that of William Beck’s Ravenna Park in Seattle. 2006: that link has gone bad, but here’s another.

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privatize medicine!

Posted on Friday, 2004 October 01 by Anton

Ever notice that, when socialists want to illustrate the inadequacy of the private sector, their favorite example of (current) market failure is the most regulated and subsidized industry of all?

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another claim to fame

Posted on Thursday, 2004 September 23 by Anton

In 1994, I was (so they tell me who follow such things) the first Libertarian in California to be endorsed for partisan office by a major daily newspaper. Now I have a chance at a second footnote in the history … Continue reading →

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the law is an ass

Posted on Sunday, 2004 September 19 by Anton

Looking up the Constitution of the State of California for a discussion on secession, I noticed this doubly odd provision (article 3 section 2): The boundaries of the State are those stated in the Constitution of 1849 as modified pursuant … Continue reading →

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advancing smartly to the rear

Posted on Friday, 2004 September 17 by Anton

AlterNet: DrugReporter: Dressing Up Failure

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wouldn’t want to give anyone ideas

Posted on Thursday, 2004 September 02 by Anton

Justice Department Censors Supreme Court Quote The mind reels at such a blatant abuse of power (and at the sheer chutzpah of using national security as an excuse to censor a quotation [from a Supreme Court decision] about using national … Continue reading →

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political speech

Posted on Sunday, 2004 August 22 by Anton

Alan K. Henderson sells shirts and a bumpersticker with the slogan McCain/Feingold ’04 SILENCE THE VOTE!