Posts Tagged ‘ freedom ’

Disobeying Civilly

Dec 31st, 2008 | By Whiskey Contributor | Category: Featured, Politics
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but ...read more

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Ideal Governance Is The Lack Thereof

Dec 30th, 2008 | By Whiskey Contributor | Category: Featured, Personal Liberties, Politics
I heartily accept the motto,—"That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe—"That government is best which governs not at all"; and when men are prepared for ...read more

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The Liberty Equation

Jul 16th, 2007 | By Jim Amrhein | Category: Macro Economics
Today, I want to tell you a story about lost liberty. It begins not with heavy-handed cops, omni-present cameras, smoke-Nazis, meat-martyrs, or eco-fascists — nor Big Brother and the thought-police… But with a woman. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting that women are antithetical to freedom (though that’s undeniably the ...read more

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