by Scott Horton | Feb 4, 2006 | Uncategorized
All libertarians know about Crisis and Leviathan – not just the great book by Robert Higgs, but the simple principle too: when bad things happen, government almost always benefits, and further, the “ratchet effect” makes it so that when government...
by Scott Horton | Feb 2, 2006 | Uncategorized
Tuesday the 31st, on the KAOS Report, I talked with Eugene Jarecki, the director-producer of Why We Fight, a new documentary about Ike’s warning and the misplaced power of the Military-Industrial-Complex. It begins with short clips of Eisenhower and Bill Hicks....
by Matt Barganier | Jan 31, 2006 | Uncategorized
Jim Henley:My rule of thumb: If Person A says “Israel” and Person B says, “You mean, the Jooooz! Neener Neener Neener!” *at most* Person A should spare the breath to say “F_ck off, Person B” and get back to whatever he or she was...
by Matt Barganier | Jan 17, 2006 | Uncategorized
If the prohibition of torture is truly unjust, then is a little civil disobedience too much to ask for? Where is our Thoreau with thumbscrews? Jim Henley questions the torture enthusiasts’ depth of conviction:Okay, here’s the scenario: Terrorists have...
by Scott Horton | Dec 26, 2005 | Uncategorized
Remember how the justification for the US government’s permanent blockade and eventual aggressive invasion of Iraq in 2003 was based on the idea that Saddam Hussein was in defiance of the cease fire agreement that ended his war with the United Nations in 1991?...
