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Thomas L. Knapp is director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism (thegarrisoncenter.org). He lives and works in north central Florida.
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Friday, May 19, 2023
About That "Border Crisis" It's hard to make Americans afraid of other Americans crossing city and town limits, county lines, and state borders, simply because hundreds of millions of us do that hundreds of billions of times per year. ... The only way to make Americans afraid of "border" crossing is to pick a smaller subset of immigrants ... and make them sound like a threatening "other."
Friday, May 19, 2023About That "Border Crisis" It's hard to make Americans afraid of other Americans crossing city and town limits, county lines, and state borders, simply because hundreds of millions of us do that hundreds of billions of times per year. ... The only way to make Americans afraid of "border" crossing is to pick a smaller subset of immigrants ... and make them sound like a threatening "other."
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Friday, July 29, 2016
Snowden and Media Friends: L'etat, C'est Nous On July 28, [Edward] Snowden took Wikileaks to task via Twitter: "Democratizing information has never been more vital, and @Wikileaks has helped," he wrote. "But their hostility to even modest curation is a mistake." ... Wikileaks is right and Snowden is wrong here.
Friday, July 29, 2016Snowden and Media Friends: L'etat, C'est Nous On July 28, [Edward] Snowden took Wikileaks to task via Twitter: "Democratizing information has never been more vital, and @Wikileaks has helped," he wrote. "But their hostility to even modest curation is a mistake." ... Wikileaks is right and Snowden is wrong here.
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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
"March-In" Isn't Enough: All Government-Funded Research Belongs In The Public Domain Government-funded research should be treated as "work for hire," and its results should always, in every case, go instantly into the public domain. The idea isn't far-out or fringe. It's how government-employee-generated writing and text are already handled where copyright is concerned.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023"March-In" Isn't Enough: All Government-Funded Research Belongs In The Public Domain Government-funded research should be treated as "work for hire," and its results should always, in every case, go instantly into the public domain. The idea isn't far-out or fringe. It's how government-employee-generated writing and text are already handled where copyright is concerned.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Election 2016: The Banality of Evil on Steroids [T]he GOP's presidential nomination race has become a rhetorical arms race to see who can position himself as most boisterously supportive of reprising all the crimes we've doggedly and piously pursued and hanged the Nazis for over the last 70 years.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016Election 2016: The Banality of Evil on Steroids [T]he GOP's presidential nomination race has become a rhetorical arms race to see who can position himself as most boisterously supportive of reprising all the crimes we've doggedly and piously pursued and hanged the Nazis for over the last 70 years.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Trump Sentences Accused War Criminals to Death If the military justice system doesn't charge, try, and punish people whose crimes endanger their comrades because the president panders for votes from "support the troops" types, the (unsupported) troops will deal with such matters on the spot.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019Trump Sentences Accused War Criminals to Death If the military justice system doesn't charge, try, and punish people whose crimes endanger their comrades because the president panders for votes from "support the troops" types, the (unsupported) troops will deal with such matters on the spot.
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Seth Rich, the DNC, and WikiLeaks: The Plot Thickens Who killed Seth Rich, and why? We may never know for sure. On the other hand, a significant piece of the puzzle may have just fallen into place.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017Seth Rich, the DNC, and WikiLeaks: The Plot Thickens Who killed Seth Rich, and why? We may never know for sure. On the other hand, a significant piece of the puzzle may have just fallen into place.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018
The Strangest Loyalty Oath You Probably Never Heard Of Agree with BDS or not, it's entirely proper for people who oppose a government's actions to adhere to their convictions peacefully, by refusing to trade with that government or with businesses operating in that government's jurisdiction.
Wednesday, December 19, 2018The Strangest Loyalty Oath You Probably Never Heard Of Agree with BDS or not, it's entirely proper for people who oppose a government's actions to adhere to their convictions peacefully, by refusing to trade with that government or with businesses operating in that government's jurisdiction.
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Sunday, October 14, 2018
Facebook Meddles in the 2018 Midterm Elections Who benefits from the meddling? It doesn't seem to fall along "left/right" lines in particular. The victims come from across the political spectrum .... The primary thread connecting victims of the purge seems to be that they are critics and/or opponents of the American political "mainstream" or "establishment."
Sunday, October 14, 2018Facebook Meddles in the 2018 Midterm Elections Who benefits from the meddling? It doesn't seem to fall along "left/right" lines in particular. The victims come from across the political spectrum .... The primary thread connecting victims of the purge seems to be that they are critics and/or opponents of the American political "mainstream" or "establishment."
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Saturday, April 23, 2016
Bernie Sanders Won't Drop Out. Here's Why. Bernie Sanders says he's taking the Democratic presidential nomination contest all the way to the party's national convention in Philadelphia at the end of July. Believe it.
Saturday, April 23, 2016Bernie Sanders Won't Drop Out. Here's Why. Bernie Sanders says he's taking the Democratic presidential nomination contest all the way to the party's national convention in Philadelphia at the end of July. Believe it.
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Friday, June 16, 2017
Contemplating a Jobless Society: I For One Welcome Our New Robot Overlords Will the current era of automation culminate in the opposite of historical results -- mass unemployment, a dramatic increase in the wealth and power gap separating rich and poor? Or are we at the doorway to a "post-scarcity" era, a product of what Ray Kurzweil calls the Law of Accelerating Returns, in which work as we know it becomes highly optional?
Friday, June 16, 2017Contemplating a Jobless Society: I For One Welcome Our New Robot Overlords Will the current era of automation culminate in the opposite of historical results -- mass unemployment, a dramatic increase in the wealth and power gap separating rich and poor? Or are we at the doorway to a "post-scarcity" era, a product of what Ray Kurzweil calls the Law of Accelerating Returns, in which work as we know it becomes highly optional?
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Two Numbers That Explain Why Trump Won't Sanction Saudi Arabia Two simple numbers clarify just how much importance successive administrations, including Trump's, have placed on the US-Saudi relationship. The first number is the number one. ... The second number is 2,977.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018Two Numbers That Explain Why Trump Won't Sanction Saudi Arabia Two simple numbers clarify just how much importance successive administrations, including Trump's, have placed on the US-Saudi relationship. The first number is the number one. ... The second number is 2,977.
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Monday, February 26, 2018
Who's on Third? Not John Kasich The only reason John Kasich suddenly thinks fondly of third parties is because he fell short of his own party's top slot. Back when he thought the sky was the limit for himself, he couldn't stand the idea. Sore loser much? He may be right that a third party is coming, but not for the reasons he wants one.
Monday, February 26, 2018Who's on Third? Not John Kasich The only reason John Kasich suddenly thinks fondly of third parties is because he fell short of his own party's top slot. Back when he thought the sky was the limit for himself, he couldn't stand the idea. Sore loser much? He may be right that a third party is coming, but not for the reasons he wants one.
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Saturday, February 13, 2016
Just Say No to Draft Registration for Women -- and Men Testifying before the US Senate's Armed Services Committee in early February, Generals Mark A. Milley (the US Army's chief of staff) and Robert B. Neller (commandant of the US Marine Corps) endorsed extending mandatory Selective Service registration to women. Because, you know, equality. I have a better idea. It's time to end draft registration for everyone. Because, you know, freedom.
Saturday, February 13, 2016Just Say No to Draft Registration for Women -- and Men Testifying before the US Senate's Armed Services Committee in early February, Generals Mark A. Milley (the US Army's chief of staff) and Robert B. Neller (commandant of the US Marine Corps) endorsed extending mandatory Selective Service registration to women. Because, you know, equality. I have a better idea. It's time to end draft registration for everyone. Because, you know, freedom.
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Monday, July 3, 2023
Religious Freedom Isn't About Employment "Accommodations" There was never any question that Gerald Groff was free to exercise his religion as he chose. Yes, he had to choose between his religious beliefs and any number of jobs that weren't consistent with those beliefs. But we all have to make such choices, don't we? ... Unlike Groff, most of us don't go to court to get our religions unconstitutionally established in law as trump cards that employers must "accommodate."
Monday, July 3, 2023Religious Freedom Isn't About Employment "Accommodations" There was never any question that Gerald Groff was free to exercise his religion as he chose. Yes, he had to choose between his religious beliefs and any number of jobs that weren't consistent with those beliefs. But we all have to make such choices, don't we? ... Unlike Groff, most of us don't go to court to get our religions unconstitutionally established in law as trump cards that employers must "accommodate."
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Friday, September 15, 2023
The War on Drugs is Why We Can't Have Nice Things -- Pseudoephedrine Edition For nearly two decades, you've probably been taking what amounts to a placebo for one of the most common cold and flu symptoms. Why? Because of the war on drugs.
Friday, September 15, 2023The War on Drugs is Why We Can't Have Nice Things -- Pseudoephedrine Edition For nearly two decades, you've probably been taking what amounts to a placebo for one of the most common cold and flu symptoms. Why? Because of the war on drugs.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Death Penalty for Drug Dealers? Be Careful What You Wish for, President Trump "If we don't get tough on the drug dealers," said Trump, "we're wasting our time. That toughness includes the death penalty." ... odd, coming as it does from a high-level drug dealer like Donald Trump.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018Death Penalty for Drug Dealers? Be Careful What You Wish for, President Trump "If we don't get tough on the drug dealers," said Trump, "we're wasting our time. That toughness includes the death penalty." ... odd, coming as it does from a high-level drug dealer like Donald Trump.
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Saturday, July 8, 2023
A US War on Mexico Wouldn't Win the US War on Drugs Any "war on the cartels" would be fought at least partly on US soil, and it would be fought by the kind of people who don't quail from things like leaving severed human legs hanging from bridges to send their messages. Do we really want more of that kind of thing here? I have to ask, because sending US troops barging into Mexico is how we get things like that here.
Saturday, July 8, 2023A US War on Mexico Wouldn't Win the US War on Drugs Any "war on the cartels" would be fought at least partly on US soil, and it would be fought by the kind of people who don't quail from things like leaving severed human legs hanging from bridges to send their messages. Do we really want more of that kind of thing here? I have to ask, because sending US troops barging into Mexico is how we get things like that here.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Coming Sooner or Later: Elizabeth Warren's Mondale Moment US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has spent the last few weeks running from her own Mondale Moment, refusing to answer the straight-up question from debate moderators and interviewers: "Would funding your Medicare For All proposal require a middle class tax increase?"
Wednesday, October 23, 2019Coming Sooner or Later: Elizabeth Warren's Mondale Moment US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has spent the last few weeks running from her own Mondale Moment, refusing to answer the straight-up question from debate moderators and interviewers: "Would funding your Medicare For All proposal require a middle class tax increase?"
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Thursday, October 19, 2017
Hillary Clinton: Cold Creepiness with a Side of Corruption Was Hillary Clinton's latest lunge at Julian Assange and WikiLeaks a preemptive strike? An attempt, perhaps, to get ahead of extreme ugliness in the coming news cycle?
Thursday, October 19, 2017Hillary Clinton: Cold Creepiness with a Side of Corruption Was Hillary Clinton's latest lunge at Julian Assange and WikiLeaks a preemptive strike? An attempt, perhaps, to get ahead of extreme ugliness in the coming news cycle?
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
War Party's New Line: Vladimir Putin is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Remember the good old days? The US and the Soviet Union constantly staring each other down? Mutual Assured Destruction? Perpetual brushfire and proxy wars punctuated by deadly and disastrous conflicts like Korea and Vietnam? They're baaaaaaack "
Wednesday, October 7, 2015War Party's New Line: Vladimir Putin is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Remember the good old days? The US and the Soviet Union constantly staring each other down? Mutual Assured Destruction? Perpetual brushfire and proxy wars punctuated by deadly and disastrous conflicts like Korea and Vietnam? They're baaaaaaack "
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