http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:35:02 -0700 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:39:30 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d20-w00t--The-PirateFinder-General?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Gilbert & Sullivan's modern Major-General.  (Public domain image hosted by Wikipedia)Please, ladies and gentlemen, put down your coffee before proceeding.  (You'll thank me for this.)Poster Brad at wendymcelroy.com has been follo... Constitutionalism Police State Big Brother Living Free Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:39:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d20-w00t--The-PirateFinder-General?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Comic--Will-everyone-please-stop-freaking-out-over-Ayn-Rand?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner    Comic from xkcd. You know, I'm with Radley Balko on this one.  Peter Bagge sums up the traditional Ayn Rand hullaballoo nicely with a cartoon--here.  Therefrom: Since writing people off was one of her favorite hobbies, it see... Big Brother Living Free Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:15:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Comic--Will-everyone-please-stop-freaking-out-over-Ayn-Rand?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d18-A-sticky-wicket-from-Wendy-McElroy?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner    Comic from xkcd.It's always a good idea to keep yourself honest, and this means throwing darts at things you believe from time to time, to see how they hold up.Anyone who has been around libertarian thought for a while has doubtless noti... Constitutionalism Big Brother Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:19:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d18-A-sticky-wicket-from-Wendy-McElroy?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Colorado-to-milk-its-own-with-sweet-tooth-tax?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd. Get this straight:  you are a cow, to be milked by the state when it has spent all its your money and needs wants some more.  From the Denver Post: For Libertarians, it is a step toward social engineering. But to Go... Big Brother Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:36:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Colorado-to-milk-its-own-with-sweet-tooth-tax?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d16-File-this-under-Things-That-Simply-Must-Be-Said?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd.The original topic was military "recruitment", especially the most, um, governmental form thereof, enforced conscription.*  (It's worth a read in and of itself, as WNG's work usually is.)Comments ranged widely, i... Constitutionalism Police State Big Brother Living Free Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:50:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d16-File-this-under-Things-That-Simply-Must-Be-Said?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Killer-sentenced-to-309-years--huh?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd. This "rule of law" thing doesn't seem to be working out so well for us, does it? Decent human beings don't need law to be decent, and the indecent are hardly restrained by it.  As well, the entire apparatus we h... Police State Big Brother Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:12:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Killer-sentenced-to-309-years--huh?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Threat-du-jour--Twitter?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner    Courtesy Oleg Volk, A Human Right A double shot from Wendy McElroy today.  We start with the punchline: As long time cohort J. Neil Schulman wrote to me in an email, If sending messages on Twitter to protesters from a motel room ca... Constitutionalism Police State Big Brother Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:58:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Threat-du-jour--Twitter?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d9-What-did-we-learn-from-Fort-Hood?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner  Courtesy Oleg Volk, A Human RightYou do realize the answer is going to be nothing, right?  That's just the way these things work.The victim-disarmament freaks have already started slipping in their own drool, as noted by both St. Louis Gun... Gun Rights Police State Big Brother Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:13:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d9-What-did-we-learn-from-Fort-Hood?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Humanity-from-beyond-humanity?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   MBV found a great image for this...Sometimes we forget our own humanity, and sometimes the best reminders come from beyond humanity.Many thanks to Mike Vanderboegh for posting this.  Hopefully it does for you what it did for me.Whether th... Living Free Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:53:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Humanity-from-beyond-humanity?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Crime-du-jour--pumpkin-streakers?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd.  (Anyone who doubts we live in a   police state is welcome to try this.) Think we don't already live in a police state? Via Wendy McElroy, the Wall Street Journal carries this story about cops cracking down on yet a... Constitutionalism Police State Big Brother Living Free Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:13:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Crime-du-jour--pumpkin-streakers?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Finding-out-what-we-already-know-chapter-142?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd.  (I know, I keep using this one.  That tell you something?) OMG, did you know that a Taser might kill you? (Here, the chorus responds with, "Welcome to reality, duh;  what took you so long?" in four-pa... Police State Big Brother Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:56:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Finding-out-what-we-already-know-chapter-142?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Oath-Keepers-in-context?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner    Oath Keepers:  Just makin' sure   everyone's clear on their   allegiances and all... A.X. Perez has a very interesting article over at The Libertarian Enterprise this week.  It begins: It was August of ... Gun Rights Constitutionalism War on (some) Drugs Police State Big Brother Living Free Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:49:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Oath-Keepers-in-context?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Flashing-the-espresso-machine?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner     Comic from xkcd. So it appears that a man has been arrested for indecent exposure while making coffee in the buff--in his own kitchen. My personal inclination at this news is to roll my eyes, point out the control freaks for what ... Police State Big Brother Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:05:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Flashing-the-espresso-machine?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Dont-encourage-em-its-bad-enough-already?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner  Comic from xkcd.The old joke goes something like this:A rancher, returning from fence work, gets stopped by a cop who notices his wire cutters, saw, cattle prod and walkie-talkie.  "I'm taking you in for cattle rustling," he says... Police State Big Brother Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:15:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Dont-encourage-em-its-bad-enough-already?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Modern-witchery?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd. Perhaps my memory is starting to fade.  I could swear that at some point, I heard Leonard Pitts say at least some things that made sense.That sense is hardly to be seen at all any more.  Increasingly, we get art... Big Brother Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:04:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Modern-witchery?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Enforcing-conformity--Faust-springs-eternal?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd. Folks, we simply can't seem to get enough of this mala prohibita feeding frenzy.  The control freaks now want to punish people who victimize...well, no one, actually: A state prosecutor who handles child pornography cas... Police State Big Brother Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:14:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Enforcing-conformity--Faust-springs-eternal?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Vanderboegh-to-Holder--prevent-the-preventable-before-its-too-late?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Courtesy Oleg Volk, A Human RightMike Vanderboegh addressed Eric Holder again today.The article was a little more troubling than usual for me.  Not because what he said doesn't need saying, heavens no:I write to you today with the same de... Constitutionalism Police State Big Brother Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:15:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Vanderboegh-to-Holder--prevent-the-preventable-before-its-too-late?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Asking--what-a-concept?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd.  Of all things, a recent letter to the editor at the ADN seemed worth noting, for its somewhat unusual tone.  Here it is in its entirety: Headlights no help if they're offTurn your headlights on, peopl... Big Brother Living Free Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:30:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Asking--what-a-concept?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Random-act-of-anarchy--40th-birthday-edition?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner  "Go back to the Ebmaj7, daad!" I turn forty today.  Not quite sure how that happened, but hey, it does, doesn't it?  As a minor exercise in being unpredictable, I thought it might do well to call attention to the influe... Living Free Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:19:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Random-act-of-anarchy--40th-birthday-edition?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d11-More-equal-protection?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd.  (Click to see full-size.) The Anchorage Daily News reports on a public protest over the sexual-assault case against an APD cop. Anthony Rollins, 42, a decorated 13-year police veteran, has pleaded not guilty to... Police State Big Brother Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:21:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d11-More-equal-protection?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner