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Sunday, February 24, 2019

'Deep state' isn't what you think

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( My Eastern New Mexico News column for January 23, 2019 ) You've probably been hearing about the "deep state" recently...
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Special People and their bad opinions

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Hollywood types almost always seem smarter before  they open their mouths. The fastest way for me to lose respect for someone is for t...
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Saturday, February 23, 2019

Wilson's temper

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Wilson had a bit of a temper, which I experienced a few times as his target. Fortunately, most of the time he was upset at someone or so...
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Friday, February 22, 2019

Don't follow a sick society

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The more insane the majority of individuals in a society get, the more anti-social the sane people will appear to be. At least that...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

Under the hammer of the State

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It doesn't matter if you have the best idea in the world-- if you try to implement it using government violence, it's not ethica...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Gear post: Kershaw 1030 Deer Hunter

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This is the fixed-blade knife I wear every day, everywhere I go. My dad gave it to me when I was 12. (That was about 43 years ago, for t...
Monday, February 18, 2019

Politicizing climate

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Some would characterize me as a "climate change denier", which I'm not. I simply oppose the politicization of AGCC . ...
Sunday, February 17, 2019

Time to break government addiction

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( My Eastern New Mexico News column for January 16, 2019 ) When an addict's supply is cut off, it's usually an agonizing jour...
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Hierarchy

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Hierarchy is one of those concepts I see underinformed people bash pretty often. A politicized hierarchy is bad, not because of the ...
Saturday, February 16, 2019

Defending scoundrels

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Years ago I encountered a wise quote: "The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defe...
Friday, February 15, 2019

The archators I notice

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Here's another of my personal flaws. Of all the people I encounter and notice  archating  -- in person on a regular basis-- the va...
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Thursday, February 14, 2019

Which "minarchy"?

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I understand the appeal of minarchy. After all, it's where I came from; what I used to advocate. Even though I knew I was an anarchi...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Don't be "PC"

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"PC", or political correctness (along with its "conservative" twin: patriotic correctness) is the embracing of li...
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Monday, February 11, 2019

Aim small; miss small (or maybe don't miss at all)

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You've got to have a target in mind. If you don't know what you're aiming for, how will you ever hit it? The world will ...
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Sunday, February 10, 2019

Let others make their mistakes

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( My Eastern New Mexico News column for January 9, 2019 ) One of the hardest things you'll ever have to do is let people make the...
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The Socialist Century (-ies?)

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Looking back at 20th Century " world leaders " [ sic ] such as the domestic enemies Woodrow Wilson, FDR, and LBJ, and foreign ...
Saturday, February 09, 2019

Cooperation is libertarian

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One thing I find very interesting, and a little frustrating, is how often people will try to put words in my mouth. I guess it's a...
Friday, February 08, 2019

If the State don't fit, it's illegitimate

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As long as the State (or government , for those who believe in the possibility of good political government) is "one-size-fits-all...
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Thursday, February 07, 2019

The one way I support "border" walls

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If someone wants a wall along their property line, and their property line happens to coincide with a government " border ", I...
Tuesday, February 05, 2019

Uninformed, misinformed, brainwashed statists

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If you don't watch "the news" you might be uninformed; if you watch it you will be mis informed. "News" is ...