By Nathan Barton
The quote below from the Bible is, of course, religious. But even for nonreligious lovers of liberty, it carries a good and important message.
This is worth pondering as we celebrate the 243rd anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence.
By Nathan Barton
Liberty has lost a good – excellent! – friend and advocate. Or at least anything more from him. His existing, huge body of work for liberty and freedom, and against the state and war will be long with us. I hope it will continue to inspire more and more people. And of course, his friends and associates over at www.antiwar.com will continue to publish and promote the cause of freedom here in the Fifty States and around the world.
I learned yesterday of Justin’s passing, after a year-and-a-half battle with Stage 4 lung cancer. His writing had slowed but not stopped during that time, but so much of what he wrote in the past still is as important and useful now as it was when he wrote it ten or fifteen years ago.
Our prayers are with his colleagues and family.
By Nathan Barton
The headline is a question I’ve asked often in writing this commentary over the past decade.
It is a question that all of us should be asking almost continuously. As we read and hear the news – political or social or business. As we talk to (and listen) to others. As we provide our own ideas and comments to others.
By Nathan Barton
In 2019, we see more and more ways that either Progressives (Regressives, especially Tranzis) or Conservatives can come unglued at what we say or do. Here are a few I came up with from recent news and events.
By Nathan Barton
Many readers may have heard of Ring, or one of its competitors, like Kuna or Viias. They are all in the home security surveillance business, offering (among other things) video doorbells as well as baby room monitors.
It is simple: your doorbell (wireless, now) is also a video camera, and connected to your internet, so that where ever you are (as long as you have a signal) when someone comes up to your door and rings it, you can see who it is. Or it is the light by your door, instead, and you don’t NEED a doorbell, because you are automatically alerted by your phone when someone gets in range. You can even activate the camera, and (usually for a subscription fee) call up your camera to see what’s going on – grass and weeds, snowfall, etc.
But you are NOT the only one watching!
By Nathan Barton
An interesting (if biased) question was asked on a forum recently.
The question refers to the effort by a crowd-funded group to build a portion of a border wall in the town of Sunland Park, New Mexico, which has been in the news recently.
By Nathan Barton
Anti-War.com (an excellent website, if sometimes incredibly biased and bigoted) recently featured an article from Mondoweiss.com entitled “Palestinian cities are ghost towns between settlements, on Google Maps.”
Hmmm. Interesting, indeed.
By Nathan Barton
It is easy to brand all police officers – and their cousins, government-employed security guards – as evil and total losers, who love to flaunt their power and ride roughshod over anyone and everyone.
Sadly, this stereotype is often true. But once in a while, there are cops who do NOT ruin the reputation of the other 95% of the force. How? By doing good. Going above and beyond the call of “law enforcement” duty to help people, to stand up for a principle, or to fight against other evil. Especially government evil.
By Nathan Barton
Colorado’s “AOC” is now on the Denver City Council, having defeated a veteran (and socialist) Democrat councilman in a runoff election last week.
As reported by Westword, an “activist” community paper, this woman (Candi CdeBaca) has a platform that is purely Communist: strongly anti-capitalist and in favor of public ownership of resources, production, and – get this – labor.
Liberty for all – even those who don’t want us to have it
By Nathan Barton
Happy Liberty Day: on the 2nd of July, 1776, the Continental Congress approved the secession of its Thirteen member States from the British Empire. Remembering that, consider this recent conviction in the United Kingdom, where a young man has been sentenced to 4 years in jail for calling Prince Harry Windsor of being a “race traitor” and implying that Harry should be killed, as discussed in the Washington Times.
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