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The Easter Rising
by Jack Galway (libertarian)
About The Author
I am an Irish-American with a wee speck of Acadian (also a Libertarian people). Furthermore I am a scientist (software engineer) who thirsts for the observable. I have believed in the principles of libertarianism for most of my adult life (I am 65) and I actually discoved them, in a literal sense, 4 years ago. The most amazing revelation to me since I have become a scholar is the revelation that most of the "greats" who became powerful in government have been traitors to human freedom. About The Column
An Irish-American talks about the history that underlies Libertarianism -- history ranging from yesterday to the Battle of Kinsale. Frequent references will be made to Burke, Collins, Tone, Paine, Thoreau, Jefferson, Lincoln, Twain, Mencken, Eisenhower, Mises, Rothbard, Reagan, Weigel, O'Roarke, and Balko.
Lessons Learned I
Published: November 6, 2008
Will libertarians and paleo-conservatives take the GOP back?
Missed Opportunity
Published: November 4, 2008
A Moment of Silence for missed opportunities.
It's tragedy we don't have Ron Paul on the ballot today.
Cutting Spending? II
Published: October 30, 2008
Are either of the candidates likely to do so? History says no. Their relative fragility says no.
Cutting Spending?
Published: October 30, 2008
In the age of groupthink, what does this phrase mean? More to the point, how might it happen?
Freedom of the Press -- Part II
Published: July 2, 2008
State Secrets? Do they have absolute priority over all else.
Freedom of the Press
Published: July 1, 2008
A likelihood analysis of the concept of national secrets. How does Seymour Hersh get this stuff?
Who are we kidding?
Published: June 12, 2008
What if either party won the upcoming election? So what? We are the change that we seek.
Parsing the Libertarian Party Platform (I)
Published: June 5, 2008
The 2008 Platform is a beautiful piece of work! Why won't the left and right adopt more of it?
The Second Coming
Published: June 4, 2008
If the gop and the punditry do not convert mccain into the second coming of ron paul -- quickly -- they will be watching the next 4 years on tv!
A party going on?
Published: May 13, 2008
To what extent is the Libertarian cause aided by partisanship, by emulating the big parties?
Federal Election Financing
Published: April 15, 2008
Less than 10% of Americans will be using the Federal Election Financing check-off on their tax return. Why hasn't this illusion evaporated?
The Elitist Complaint
Published: April 15, 2008
Obama Clinton McCain -- elitists all. Who will make the claim stick to the others first.
For they're hanging men and women there for the Wearin' o' the Green
Published: March 18, 2008
This song was written deliberately with a jaunty tune and meter so that when sung in Gaelic, the Brit oppressors would not know it as the protest that it was.
Zeitgeist
Published: March 10, 2008
It is the ghost of time who sets agenda, not kingmakers. The libertarian revolution will be a response to disorder, not a product of order.
The 3am Scary Red Phone Blues
Published: March 7, 2008
Why would anybody call Hillrod at 3am?
More unlikely reasons why Hillary won
Published: March 6, 2008
The MSM has totally slipped its moorings in coming up with reasons why stuff happens. Who made this rule?
Where is the "Front Burner" Now?
Published: March 3, 2008
Putin takes an iron grip on the Russias. So our war on communism is now biting us on the derriere (courtesy of dubya's soul buddy, putin).
Even Ron Paul is an Authoritarian
Published: February 26, 2008
The current candidates (real and imagined) ranked by degree of authoritarianism, admittedly subjectively, but the point is offered.
The Best of Kilgore Forelle
Published: February 22, 2008
My good friend and libertarian, Kilgore Forelle, debates on various topics.
On the fearmongering against Islam -- part II
Published: February 15, 2008
Responses to reader comments.
A new definition for trailer trash
Published: February 15, 2008
FEMA strikes again!
Libertarian wisdom
Published: February 14, 2008
This is my collection of quotations that are a good fit with libertarian principles -- with links to the sources.
On the fearmongering against Islam
Published: February 14, 2008
Hawks frequently paint a picture of sharia rule in America. It is an insult to the largest libertarian nation in the world.
Metaphorically Writing: an Art
Published: February 14, 2008
I love metaphors, mixed or otherwise. I will share them with you when I find particularly good ones.
Where do we go from here?
Published: February 14, 2008
Thoughts on the developing McCain bid, the next logical move for libertarians, where are the neo-cons, and why do we care?
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