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April 30, 2004
November the 9th: A Day That Will Live in Infamy. And Other thoughts:
Since Europeans usually do their addresses day/month/year (which is more logical than the US system of month/day/year), I wonder if, eventually, they will start to think that our 9/11 occurred on November 9.
There are a not-insignficant number of nutjobs, wackos, conspiracy theorists, losers, racists, skinheads, etc., who associate with movements like libertarianism, conservatism, militias, etc. Why is this? My theory is that when a view is marginalized by mainstream American--e.g., libertarianism, militias, etc.--then successful people tend not to associate with it, since they have something to lose. Some of us have the fortitude and type of careers that allow us to swim against the tide anyway, yet still keep a foot in a successful career, but not everyone. So these movements tend to draw disproportionate numbers of those who have little to lose--i.e., losers, uneducated, those on the bottom rungs of society. This is why, for example, at libertarian-party or similar events I've spoken at or attended, where, e.g., the topic might be something academic like whether decentralized legal systems (judge-made law, courts, common law, Roman law) are superior to centralized, legislation-based systems, many of the people who show up are uneducated Harley riders who ask you over and over again about the nutball "common law court" stuff (this happened to me one time at a FEE-sponsored discussion group in Valley Forge), or ask you to show where in the tax code you are "required" to pay income tax, etc.
And this is why militia movements, for example, which in the older days would have upstanding citizens and "patriots" as its supporters, now are populated with gun nuts, racists, skinheads, anti-semites, etc. These are the type of people who have nothing to lose so have the luxury of joining a marginalized movement, thereby making it even more marginalized and crankish. 
April 29, 2004
The Enlightened Bar :
Post on the LRC blog about the Texas Bar Journal's increasing political correctness.
Other recent LRC posts:
Legitimizing the Corporation
Spammers face "mail fraud" charges and 20 years in the federal pen!
April 20, 2004
Constitutional rights?:
Recent blogpost at LewRockwell.com (re a recent review by William Peterson of Randy Barnett's new book, The Presumption of Liberty).
April 13, 2004
Defying Leviathan:
Defying Leviathan: recent blog post on LewRockwell.com.
Other recent LRC posts:
Hey, don't ask if you don't want an answer [telecom survey]
But who will win the war?
Intellectual Property Resources
The Golden Age
April 6, 2004
Statism In Libertarian Thinking:
"Statism In Libertarian Thinking," by the moronic Sarah Fitz-Claridge, attacks my anti-war/anti-state views.
Also, recent discussion of anarchy on the Reason blog, and related LewRockwell.com blog post about it. Comments by Robert Bidinotto, yours truly, et al.
Crticism/Discussion of Kinsella IP Articles:
This and more here: www.StephanKinsella.com/ip
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