Recent ballot initiatives in a couple of states appear to signal an end in sight on the costly war on drugs. More a war on liberty, this four-decade old effort has sent thousands of non-violent individuals to jail, stolen reams of money from citizens, and served as a colossal waste of time and resources. Yet, as realists will argue, entrenched values in the federal community (DEA, Dept of Justice, etc) this war is by no means over.
Author: Anders Monsen (Page 44 of 90)
A long review over at The American Spectator of Thomas Monteleone’s short story collection, Rough Beasts and Other Mutations. I’ve never thought of Monteleone in terms of a “conservo-libertarian”, but the article includes a detailed background of his world view, along with a nod to Ayn Rand.
Received a review copy of Jacob Foxx’s novel, The Fifth World. Adding it to my list of books I need to read.
Brenda Cooper’s Creative Fire.
Although the Runner’s World writer mixes Norwegian and Dutch soccer players as I’d they are one and the same, the study found that elite Norwegian soccer players have the same VO2 max as 2:36 marathoners. The key is probably youth and health, and lots of conditioning.
Consider reading some of the articles over at The Voluntaryist on this election day.
It’s one of those cases where you think you have a book, only to discover you don’t. Then when trying to order from the publisher discover that the 1,500 print run is sold out. Luckily, I was able to order James P. Blaylock’s 2011 novel, The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs, from another source. I have most of Blaylock’s books, with an exception here or there made for chapbooks and single stories.
On the eve of another general election, it is difficult for a principled non-voter to summon the will to care. It’s not an issue of “your vote doesn’t count” or general apathy. For 25 years I’ve ignored elections from the belief that if government has no moral legitimacy, participating in any political election is akin to violence. Those who view democracy as the ultimate goal, thinking it superior to non-democratic models, still fail to see its just a different mask hiding the same coercive statist model.
The choice between one or the other candidate will not eliminate wars, taxation, burdensome and crazy regulations. Free speech will remain threatened, the courts and bureaucrats will continue to insinuate the state into our daily lives.
The long parade of so-called libertarians who cast their votes for Republicans, who campaign ceaselessly for a statist candidate under the mistaken belief that he won’t be as bad as the other guy, I find disheartening. Elections are the only time when principles suddenly become a liability.
If you decide to vote, cast it for a smaller party, either one, rather than one of the status juggernauts.
Perhaps Mr. Adelson should look up the libertarian position?
Available now to order, Bruce Boston and Gary Crawford’s dystopian poetry collection about the Shadow City. I blurbed this book, which I found dark and grim, with some brilliant imagery.
