Category Archives: politics

Libertarian Spank Inferno

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 10 by Anton

(You know I’ve been itching for an occasion to use that phrase.) I got mail today (on one of my many lists) that began: SUPER EMERGENCY – MUST READ – PLEASE ACT NOW I AM THE MODERATOR OF A YAHOO … Continue reading →

Posted in race | Leave a comment

regulate guns like cars?

Posted on Saturday, 2002 March 09 by Anton

David Kopel in Reason: Most cities do prohibit property owners from storing their cars in an unsightly manner (say, on cinder blocks in the front yard), or from parking too many cars on the public street in front of their … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, weapons | Leave a comment

Dell pardoned

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 08 by Anton

Is anyone pushing a boycott of Dell Computers over the Weigand Combat Handguns matter? Please don’t.

Posted in politics, weapons | Leave a comment

√(-1) am not a number!

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 08 by Anton

Mike Flynn, apparently a newcomer to this stuff, writes: For starters, a national identification card. How dumb an idea is that? Giving the US government — does anybody remember Waco or Ruby Ridge? J. Edgar Hoover? Nixon’s enemies list? — … Continue reading →

Posted in tax+privacy | 1 Comment

the state is not the nation

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 08 by Anton

A quibble or two with James Lileks (skip down to “Warning: the following is Screedy”): Well, don’t START A WAR WITH AMERICA, then. Well, y’know, most of the bombees at Hiroshima didn’t. Is it overly pedantic to distinguish between the … Continue reading →

Posted in history, militaria | 1 Comment

the anti-Sun

Posted on Thursday, 2002 March 07 by Anton

The Blogs of War suggests that there’s room in the market for a left-wing rag featuring n*ked l*dies. What should it be called? Playboy?

Posted in eye-candy, politics | Leave a comment

it really is that bad

Posted on Monday, 2002 March 04 by Anton

Will Wilkinson has a sensible and interesting take on libertarianism, morality and culture. Because libertarianism defends markets, markets produce consumer culture, and consumer culture undermines traditional morality, libertarianism and traditional morality really are at odds. Most conservatives understand this, and … Continue reading →

Posted in humanities, politics | Leave a comment