By Nathan Barton
This week is the 150th anniversary of the first military burial at what today is Arlington National Cemetery outside the District of Criminals in Virginia. The site was, in 1863, known as Lee House, the Custis-Lee Plantation, or Arlington House. It was the home and the plantation (“big farm,” in Southron) of a man well known for his service to his state and nation and opposed to slavery. Continue reading
By MamaLiberty
I read quite a few shooting and personal defense type blogs, and occasionally participate in such forums as well. Most, of course, reflect the interests of men, and young men seem to be fairly dominant. Even the blogs that showcase shooting and self defense for women seem geared toward the young and physically active. The training usually encouraged, then, is most often the vigorous and intensive sort, usually in a formal shooting school such as “Front Sight” – or at least fashioned after that level of experience. I can always tell that when the first sentence starts with: “I trained with three Navy Seals” over the weekend…” Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Every day, we see government and businesses – particularly big business – and academia (usually a branch of government) lie more and more. Much of this lying relates directly to ignoring or hiding or denying truths that people want to pretend aren’t true. Stories today illustrate that sad fact. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning, and what all do we have today? More wind, more winter, and more government stupidity. Oh, and more taxes (theft).
Thanks to the Tax Foundation, we can compare states as far as how much they steal in income taxes from an average resident (or “employee”) of their state. It is surprising just how much gets stolen each year. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning, and welcome back to winter, for many of us. Cold, clammy, foggy and snow sticking to roads, vehicles, decks and trees, makes me grateful that I can still afford heat for my house, provided I don’t keep it too warm.
Of course, much of the country is experiencing tornadoes and other really nasty weather: higher than average winds and a bit of snow and rain don’t add up to much compared to that. Haven’t checked solar activity recently, but I could argue (tongue in cheek, at least) that this is global cooling, just like predicted back in the 1970s – just 14 or 20 years late. (By the way, the Rockies and now the Central Plains got hit yesterday and today with a nasty late-spring storm; I’m watching the high winds blow past right now, here in the Hills). Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning, starting the week early as it may be a short one due to travel and work. Just a few stories of interest from last week, dealing at first with free speech. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
The following was found in an article, addressed to a mostly “Libertarian” readership, about Christ Jesus and government and bankers.
Preface: If you are an atheist and believe that religion is crazy, please remember that some 85% of the American population identifies itself as Christian and millions more identify themselves as Jewish. Very few Americans are atheists … and the majority don’t trust atheists. Therefore, knowing a few bible verses might be helpful for atheists speaking to people of faith. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning: some good news to those of us who have to travel a lot on the highways and byways of America: supposedly fuel prices may be dropping a bit as we go into late spring and summer. And for many people the school year is drawing to an end, which is the background of several stories today. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
The Third World War, by some measures, is already under way. Depending on how you review the history, the Great War (World War One) was the first phase of a war that in essence lasted until about 1995, and included the four (or six) different wars that we lump together as World War Two. That Eight-Years-War ended with the tragic wars in the former Yugoslavia. Continue reading
The Price of Liberty 
Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-19E: Lies and stupidity in the news
By Nathan Barton
Good morning; the week seems to be progressing well.
After yesterday’s articles, I have one last example of lies and ignoring the truth. It seems that people are in a panic about earthquakes. In many places, politicians and environists have blamed a whole rash of quakes in the past couple of years on lateral drilling and fracking for oil and gas production. Others have, bizarrely enough, blamed it on “global climate disruption,” and of course, we know famously that one amazingly brilliant member of Congress thought that too many troops and equipment stationed on Guam would cause the earth to tilt (a quake, definitely.) Continue reading →