Category Archives: politics

Herbert Spencer

Roderick Long defends Herbert Spencer: So what common ground could there be between Spencer and the eugenicists? Both, to be sure, were “Social Darwinists,” if that means that both thought there were important sociopolitical lessons to be drawn from evolutionary … Continue reading

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vindication of the hawks

Ouch. Paul Krugman writes: It’s all coming true. Before the war, hawks insisted that Iraq was a breeding ground for terrorism. It wasn’t then, but it is now.

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shame on WorldNetDaily

Bumper Hornberger denounces Ilana Mercer’s innuendo against Sheldon Richman

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1778

Rethinking the Articles of Confederation, by Scott Trask The American confederation was destined to become a free-trade area, even without a consolidated union. Hamilton, in Federalist No. 12, all but admitted, and complained, that such would be the case. He … Continue reading

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trying not to advertise where I sleep

In the heart of Anytown I happened to see a sign advertising mailboxes for $13/month, so I went in, as my old mailbox on Market Street is less convenient now than in 1997 when I was nearby every day. “The … Continue reading

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thoughtcrime

In Oklahoma, a teenager has been charged with the felony of “planning to cause serious bodily harm or death to another” because he wrote a presumably fictional script for a terrorist strike at a school. He did not show his … Continue reading

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troops overly supported

Government and the godawful greatest generation: Bob Smith traces a cluster of social ills to veterans’ benefits post 1945. (Link updated 2006.)

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