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As the State Enlarges, Liberty Contracts — Albert Jay Nock’s ‘Our Enemy, the State’
"Assuredly I do not expect this book to change anyone's political opinions for it is not meant to do that." — Albert Jay Nock
Affirmative Action — When Helping Ends Up Hurting
"Once the standards are lowered for some, they are indirectly lowered for all." — Abraham H. Miller
A Different Romney-Paul for 2012?
Spotting what might be an interesting cultural trend, political and cultural analyst Thomas Sipos sees a possible convergence of political interests between free marketers and conventional libertarians.
The possibility of a Mitt Romney/Ron Paul 2012 ticket first occurred to me during the South Carolina GOP primary debates. Gingrich was harsh on Romney, whereas Paul was more polite. Paul had placed a strong third in Iowa, and second in New Hampshire. I doubted that Paul could win the GOP presidential nomination, but what if he continued to place strong second or third places in the remaining primaries? . . .
Freedom of Religion for Everyone — Well, Almost Everyone
"It's part of a pattern. There is basically a war on anyone who dissents from Darwin and we've seen that for several years." — John West
Victimhood Mentality Prevails at USDA
When victims can be criminals, just who is the injured party? Only the forgotten man, the citizen-taxpayer.
“De-development”: A Plan, Not a Stutter
"What is actually required is nothing less than a transformation of human society." — John P. Holdren, Paul and Anne Ehrlich
Heartland Institute Responds to Publishing of False and Stolen Documents
(Yesterday, documents purporting to be confidential strategy memos from The Heartland Institute, a national think tank and major player in the controversy over claims of an impending anthropogenic global warming (now climate change) crisis, were published by The Huffington Post and throughout much of the progressive-left blogosphere. The following is Heartland's statement about the stolen and fraudulent documents.)
Yesterday afternoon, two advocacy groups posted online several documents they claimed were The Heartland Institute’s 2012 budget, fundraising, and strategy plans. Some of these documents were stolen from Heartland, at least one is a fake, and some may have been altered. . . .
Can “The World’s Richest Useful Idiot” End Poverty Worldwide?
"Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary." — Julius Rosenwald
A New Wrinkle: “Muslim-friendly Bibles”
"...cleanse them by water in the name of Allah, his Messiah and his Holy Spirit.” - Matthew 28:19, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Arabic version.
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