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Power Grab? Not if we define and regulate it...

Courtesy goes a long way

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That time of year again

Certain fundamentalists trot out the scare tactics again

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Blogs and information channels

Bloggers can be legitimate journalists too

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Are blogs protected by the First Admendment?

Do Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Speech apply to websites?

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“Why does Sunrise, Florida have it's own SWAT Team?”

The Anthony Diotaiuto killing

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Judging a book by it's cover

Pagan and magick books do not a terrorist make

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Private sector or public sector?

The public sector isn't free

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Your tax dollars at work

The Salmon-Thirty-Salmon

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Victims and paying for bad choices

How a benevolent and socially progressive government drags people down

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Individual or collectivist?

Is the society or culture more important than the individual?

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Liberty, the internet, and the free market

The last, best hope for freedom

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Dreaming of liberty

What does the call for a "progressive judge" on the United States Supreme Court really mean?

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Same thing only better with new management

Looks like it is the GOP's turn to celebrate Big Government solutions


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Camps update

News about Camp Williams in Utah

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Lego learns from the free market

“WalMart: A Place to Pray”

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The market provides what is in demand

Now that government has failed, what next?

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Another camp for "detainees?"

A Utah camp for New Orleans refugees seems to be more like a POW camp

UPDATED TO ADD: Much of the information in the original piece was either a misunderstanding or an exaggeration. This is from before I routinely fact checked. - NW

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“Welcome to Krakow”

A blog with a first hand look at one of the Katrina refugee camps

UPDATED TO ADD: Much of the information in the original piece was either a misunderstanding or an exaggeration. This is from before I routinely fact checked. - NW

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Another from the global warming front

The EPA says that cap-and-trade helped make it possible

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Alternatives to statism

A pet peeve

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Should we waste money from your pocket or mine?

Because of the G8 summit, here are a few of my thoughts on global warming

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Ozone levels are falling

A pet peeve

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The Nannystate rides again!

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It's for your own good!

A friend pointed this site out to me.

My question, why don't people who are lactose intolerant just avoid milk products?

The answer is that according to these people, folks can't be trusted to make up their own minds. And it is a chance for lawyers to make money and certain people to get a lot of media attention. Even if the money is awarded, the chances of those who suffered actually getting more than a token payment is very small.

Why is it that people who want to do something for your own good won't trust you to make the choice?

Posted: Mon - August 15, 2005 at 07:50 PM

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Modern liberals are not the same as classic liberals

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A pet peeve

Classic liberalism rests on the defense of individual liberty and private property, usually with a limited government. In America today, that is called libertarianism.

Modern liberalism depends on an ever increasing government intervention to control economic activity an channel it towards worthy ends.

The two have nothing to do with one another, even though modern liberalism claims descent from classic liberalism by way of social democracy.

From my viewpoint, modern liberalism is trying to cash in on the reputation of classic liberalism in order to justify their actions, even though those same actions violate both the spirit and letter of classic liberalism

Posted: Tue - August 9, 2005 at 07:18 AM

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Law for the little guy

The real problem with "progressive" laws

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FAQ-Does NeoWayland have any relationship to the word neoconservative?

Just the FAQs about my Vigil

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Global Warming

Because of the G8 summit, here are a few of my thoughts on global warming

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That's Show Biz

A few thoughts on the big summer films and declining box office revenues

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Christian America Redux
The Ten Commandments Controversy

Does religion really define public morality? Should government control religion?

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And justice for all?

What does the call for a "progressive judge" on the United States Supreme Court really mean?

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Who decides?

"Lessons" I don't agree with from a progressive list

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Why I MARGINALLY prefer
conservatives over liberals

Despite the "push for impeachment," it is not one individual or party we should be worried about

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Some things I have learned

The only worthy faiths and beliefs are those freely chosen

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Dwight D. Eisenhower on human rights abuses

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This is awfully familiar. The U.S. has been accused of human rights abuses before


As usual, individuals with no responsibility in the matter, their humanitarian impulses outraged by conditions that were frequently beyond help, began carrying to America tales of indifference, negligence, and callousness on the part of the troops.  Generally these stories were lies.  The thousands of men assigned to the job of rescuing the DPs and organizing relief for them were Americans.  They were given every facility and assistance the Army could provide, and they were genuinely concerned in doing their utmost for these unfortunate of the earth.  But because perfection could not be achieved some so-called investigators saw a golden chance for personal publicity.  They did so at the expense of great numbers of Americans who labored night and day to alleviate the average lot of people who had suffered so much that they seemed at times beyond suffering.
     — General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Crusade in Europe

Hat tip to William Katz at FrontPageMagazine.com

Posted: Mon - June 13, 2005 at 05:48 AM

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Microsoft agrees, "democracy" is forbidden in China

Computer security expert switches his company from Windows to Macintosh

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FAQ-KYFHO: Keep Your Freakin' Hands OFF!

Guess which word the popular version uses. It is not Freakin'

A work in progress. Comments and suggestions are welcome.

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Presumed guilty until proven innocent

Does the secret Downing Street memo really tell us anything new?

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The many headed hydra of the government

Complaints show that public schools are insulated from the forces that would force improvement

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John Kerry on Iraq

Douglas Adams Passing Day

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Fresh meat or dry bone shards?

Does the secret Downing Street memo really tell us anything new?

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Public School Monopoly

Competition breeds progress and encourages honesty

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The devil is in the details

The delayed examination of why Real ID threatens freedom

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Competition Redux

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Computer security expert switches his company from Windows to Macintosh

The Security Awareness Company has switched from Windows based computers to Macintoshes. You can find some of the details here. Microsoft is either unwilling or unable to deal with some of the security issues in it's products, leaving room for third party suppliers to pick up the slack.

Just as you shouldn't have to be a high-end audiophile to turn on the radio or a certified mechanic to drive a car, you shouldn't have to be an expert in the operating system to use a computer.

Apple, for all of it's weaknesses (and it does have some major ones), is much closer to delivering an "appliance" computer that just works without having to worry if your computer is infected or if it will crash today.

But in a market controlled exclusively by one company, the average person wouldn't have that choice. And Microsoft would have very little incentive to get better.

Posted: Mon - May 30, 2005 at 07:32 AM

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Edward Kennedy on filibusters

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Did you hear what you thought you heard?

Again and again in recent years, the filibuster has been the shame of the Senate and the last resort of special interest groups. Too often, it has enabled a small minority of the Senate to prevent a strong majority from working its will and serving the public interest.
     — Senator Edward Kennedy, 1975

Just remember what he said then and what he says now. Then ask yourself what the difference is.

Posted: Fri - May 27, 2005 at 08:33 AM



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Faith worthy of freedom

The only worthy faiths and beliefs are those freely chosen

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Ferris Bueller on beliefs

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'Isms' are not good

It's not that I condone fascism....or any 'ism' for that matter.  'Isms' in my opinion are not good.  A person should not believe in an 'ism', they should believe in themselves.  I quote John Lennon, 'I don't believe in Beatles...I just believe in me.'  A good point there.  After all, he was the walrus.  I could be the walrus, I'd still have to bum rides off of people!
      Ferris Bueller's Day Off

One of the great all time arguments against isms of any kind.

Posted: Sat - May 21, 2005 at 02:45 PM

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Competition

Competition breeds progress and encourages honesty

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A Pagan looks at “Christian America”

My take on true believers of all stripes.

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Question Authority

My long delayed but necessary explanation.

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Pagan•Vigil FAQ

Just the FAQs about my Vigil

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Happy Towel Day!

Douglas Adams Passing Day

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Free Markets vs Corporations

Radley Balko makes a better case for free markets

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Rulers and Masters

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Daniel Webster on those who want to rule

In every generation there are those who want to rule well - but they mean to rule. They promise to be good masters - but they mean to be masters.
     — Daniel Webster

And of course, they only promise to do it for "your own good."

Posted: Mon - May 9, 2005 at 09:15 PM

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True Believer Rant

My take on true believers of all stripes.

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