Monthly Archives: July 2006

from where I sit

Posted on Friday, 2006 July 07 by Anton

On Wikipedia, a quarrel over this sentence: Most members of libertarian parties support low taxes and a balanced budget because they believe citizens should keep most of the money they earn, while logically consistent libertarians, including anarcho-capitalists, refuse all methods … Continue reading →

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the global village

Posted on Tuesday, 2006 July 04 by Anton

David Morgan-Mar points out that, thanks to modern technology, one needn’t be born in London to claim Cockney status.

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here and there

Posted on Tuesday, 2006 July 04 by Anton

Claire Wolfe: The Quality of a Free Man (cited by Rational Review News Digest) James Leroy Wilson says some things that I have attempted to say about, for example, highways: Perhaps a genuinely free market would have seen the development … Continue reading →

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irreconciliable difference

Posted on Monday, 2006 July 03 by Anton

Still getting the hang of Wikipedia. Anything in nature, technology or mythology that can be represented with an image can be put on a shield, and probably has been; and the Wikipedia article “Charge (heraldry)” is bloated with examples. Is … Continue reading →

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a particular kind of earworm

Posted on Sunday, 2006 July 02 by Anton

Does anyone remember a song of thirty years ago that ended with the narration “But now we must descend, for there is another side to this vision”? Later: I am advised that it’s “Solar Boat” by Ray Manzarek.

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