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April 18, 2019

April 11, 2019

Thoughts on a Failed Revolution

I arrived in Hong Kong for the second time, after a year there as a student, in the spring of 1989. I got there about a week before the death of Hu Yaobang, the event that – thirty years ago...


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Published on April 11, 2019 22:18

CBS Censors Brady Bunch Measles Episode

You remember - Season 1, Episode 13, the episode where the whole family comes down with measles and it's NO BIG DEAL. Well, now CBS doesn't want you to see that episode. They've removed it from their list of "full...


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Published on April 11, 2019 11:11

December 25, 2016

Christmas in the Darkness

It feels hard to get into the Christmas spirit this year. It did last year too. In fact I’m starting to think that unless you are a small child, getting into the Christmas spirit is not an easy thing to...


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Published on December 25, 2016 10:28

December 13, 2016

Remembering Ralph Raico

I met Ralph Raico at an Institute for Humane Studies conference in 1985. He took me and another student, Annie, out to lunch on the first day of the conference, before everyone else had arrived. Annie was a nurse, working...


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Published on December 13, 2016 19:00

November 28, 2016

Area Man Ordered to Stop Using Word

June 20, 2007 – Jason Morandi A federal court today ordered Buford Snatter, professor of law at Southwestern University and longtime Burbank resident, to immediately cease using the word “spontaneous” in any and all written or spoken communication. Justice Benjamin...


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Published on November 28, 2016 10:03

October 24, 2016

In Case Anyone Doubted that Governments Wage War to Preserve Currency Dominion:

From the Hillary email trove over at Wikileaks: According to sensitive information available to this these individuals, Qaddafi's government holds 143 tons of gold, and a similar amount in silver. During late March, 2011 these stocks were moved to SABHA...


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Published on October 24, 2016 12:33

October 19, 2016

October 16, 2016

The Real Reason Libertarians Don't Matter

A FaceBook friend recently asked principled non-voting libertarians to explain their reasoning to her, to explain why - in this year of all years, when the Libertarian candidate actually has a shot at winning - why they are withholding their...


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Published on October 16, 2016 08:46