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Martha Stewart, Guilty of Proclaiming Her Innocence of a Charge that Wasn’t Made and Couldn’t Be Proved

She should never have been sent to prison. And she should be freed from house arrest now. As Alan Reynolds pointed out, Despite the assertions of both jurors and journalists,…

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Viennese Decorations

Just another little bit of weirdness. (Hat tip to Marian Tupy.)

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New Web Site on Environmentalism

I highly recommend a great new web site that offers rational analysis of environmental problems: ABetterEarth.org. It’s a project of the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University and…

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Time to Support Personally Owned Retirement Accounts

Letters to members of Congress do make a difference, especially when they’re personally written and not merely duplicates of mass mailed letters. Now that Alan Greenspan has tried to nudge…

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Self Defense

I’m negotiating to sign up for private Krav Maga instruction in D.C., which I have been reliably informed is one of the most effective forms of personal self-defense. It’s another…

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Update on Second Amendment Lawsuit

Poster for a Gay Second Amendment Group The District of Columbia has moved to dismiss the lawsuit against the District government in which I’m a plaintiff (sadly, just a plain…

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From Lew Rockwell to Racist Collectivism

Lew Rockwell & Racist Commentary My comments on the late Sam Francis have generated an interesting collection of strange and sickening email. I wrote, On the other hand, the people…

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ThereSnow Way to Predict the Weather

Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov is angry. So angry that he wants to fine the weather service when its forecasts are inaccurate. At least now it’s just a fine, and not…

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Democracy: The Play

Richard Thomas (left) as Günter Guillaume and James Naughton as Willy Brandt in Democracy I managed to take in one excellent play while in New York for a short visit:…

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Der Untergang (Downfall) — the Last Days of Hitler and His Regime

I just got back from seeing a really brilliant new film, Der Untergang (Downfall; German with English subtitles). It was an outstanding portrayal of the last days of the Third…

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