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The Green Fairy

I just got back from a trip during which I had very limited access to the internet (hence no blogging), but during some periods of travel I did manage to…

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Imperial Address

The Imperial Attitude* I found the imperial address, with all of its Big Government Conservatism, hard to bear. The phony and cheap theatricality of it is … boring. So I…

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Going Postal

Human Relations Training at the United States Postal Service It may be a perception bias, but…why do postal workers seem more likely than other kinds of employees to go, um,…

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Not Only Is There Nonviolence as an Alternative to Conflict — There’s Nonviolent Conflict as an Alternative to Violent Conflict

I’ve long been an admirer of Peter Ackerman, since I first read the book he co-authored on Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: The Dynamics of People Power in the Twentieth Century. He’s…

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Not Only Is There Nonviolence as an Alternative to Conflict — There’s Nonviolent Conflict as an Alternative to Violent Conflict

I’ve long been an admirer of Peter Ackerman, since I first read the book he co-authored on Strategic Nonviolent Conflict: The Dynamics of People Power in the Twentieth Century. He’s…

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The Road’s Clear for Our Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms Lawsuit

The Supreme Court today (oops! it’s after midnight, so make that yesterday) denied certiorari in the NRA-sponsored lawsuit that was competing with the second-amendment suit in which I’m a plaintiff….

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The Road’s Clear for Our Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms Lawsuit

The Supreme Court today (oops! it’s after midnight, so make that yesterday) denied certiorari in the NRA-sponsored lawsuit that was competing with the second-amendment suit in which I’m a plaintiff….

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Should the Supreme Court Be “Balanced”?

My colleague David Boaz intelligently addresses the much debated issue of “balance” on the Supreme Court.

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Should the Supreme Court Be “Balanced”?

My colleague David Boaz intelligently addresses the much debated issue of “balance” on the Supreme Court.

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Frederick Douglass, Classical Liberal

Frederick Douglass as a young man My long time friend David Beito has unearthed an insightful statement about the relationship of economics and civil rights from Frederick Douglass, a heroic…

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