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In Praise of Anarchy

Jan 24th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, International, Politics
Left alone, good people tend to do good things. And, when unobstructed by coercion, force, violence or any other tool employed by the state in order to foster and maintain a more “responsible,” “socially conscious” citizenship, most people tend toward being good people...all on their very own. Nowhere was this sentiment ...read more

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Afghanistan, Iraq, Collateral Damage and the Banality of Killing

Jan 14th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, International, Politics
The standard explanations for the Arizona killings are now being set forth, such as widespread violence in America and right-wing extremism. I’d like to weigh in with another possible factor, one that I can’t prove but one that I think Americans ought to at least consider: the fact that killing ...read more

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Are You Being Watched?

Dec 17th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, International, Politics
Do you remember the good old days the when it used to be illegal for governments to spy on their citizens? I don’t either... but I’m told that it used to be illegal. Oh, how times have changed. The British government went out of control years ago. One report from the ...read more

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Freedom and Opportunity Await Those with the Courage to Leave the U.S.

Dec 6th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, International, Politics
Freedom, independence, and awareness are undoubtedly in decline in the western world, particularly the U.S. In the last 10-days, Homeland Security has started seizing Internet domains from ‘rogue’ webmasters, and TSA has begun labeling dissenters of its new security procedures as domestic extremists. It’s as if the government’s actions are being ...read more

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The FBI’s Stalinist Homeland Security Theater

Dec 3rd, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, International, Politics
The FBI’s Stalinist Homeland Security Theater “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” — George Orwell, Animal Farm A few days after bombs ripped apart two apartment buildings Moscow, residents of ...read more

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Is the Collapsing Empire and Its Police State Worth Fighting For?

Dec 1st, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, International, Politics
In 43 BC, over 2,000 years ago, warring consuls Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian were duking it out with each other over control of Rome following Julius Caesar’s assassination the prior March. Each had legions at his disposal, and Rome’s terrified Senate sat on its hands waiting for the outcome. Ultimately, the three ...read more

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The Forest, the Trees and the TSA

Nov 29th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, International, Politics
With all the naked viewing and groping going on, I wonder if this is the United States of America or the back room of an adult video store. We have two major problems here, the TSA and its intrusive unconstitutional invasions of our rights, and the bigger question of why ...read more

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Asiatic Adventurism, Part III

Oct 12th, 2010 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, International, Macro Economics, Morning Whiskey
For a quick overview of issues, consider that China has understood the art of war since Sun Tzu, back when the rest of us didn't have fireworks or chopsticks. The Chinese do not like losing face. Shooting wars have been known to start over tariffs. China is already using gunboat ...read more

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How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Turmoil

Oct 11th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, International, Personal Investing
I was in Paris recently, in a park near the Louvre museum enjoying a lazy summer day. I wasn’t the only one with such a great idea, there were probably a few hundred others enjoying the sunshine — children playing football, kissing lovers entwined on the grass, businessmen on a ...read more

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Asiatic Adventurism, Part II

Oct 8th, 2010 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, International, Morning Whiskey
To follow up on the conversation we began the other day... Mr. Obama needs a short, victorious war before the election, but those are thin on the ground unless your name was Moshe Dyan or Golda Meir. Looking at the quotes I have to work with today, I think Barack's ...read more

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