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Don’t Fence Me In

Posted on Tuesday, July 31st, 2018 by Will Cox

Let me ride through the wide open country that I love Jeff Sharlet had some trouble coming back from a trip to Canada because he took a picture. Remember when A...

law/liberty/politics/security

The War on Terror

Posted on Monday, March 26th, 2018 by Will Cox

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. What are arms?...

family/learning/liberty

Patience, Grasshopper

Posted on Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 by Will Cox

A little attention goes a long way. I’ve come to believe that a great deal of unnecessary coercion, what one might call excessive use of force, is directl...

family/learning/liberty

Observations on Compulsory Schooling

Posted on Sunday, January 28th, 2018 by Will Cox

Walking back from the bus stop, No. 2 Son, who is only just 10, looked thoughtful. A few steps later, he remarked, “School is slavery.” “It is...

liberty/rant/Work

Who Forged These Chains?

Posted on Friday, June 30th, 2017 by Will Cox

For someone who works with computers, I have very little respect for them. Perhaps that’s left over from a programming class where the teacher reminded us...

liberty/rhetoric/sadness

Speaking of Hate

Posted on Monday, April 20th, 2009 by Will Cox

I really hate that the rhetoric of liberty is perverted in the service of illiberal causes. And I hate this not just because of the hypocrisy of it. I hate this...

liberty/politics

What, Me Worry? I’ve Done Nothing Wrong.

Posted on Sunday, April 19th, 2009 by Will Cox

One thing I’ve never quite understood is how advocates for expansive government power never quite seem able to imagine themselves as being on the unpleasa...

liberty

Somebody Watching Over Me

Posted on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 by Will Cox

In Sleeper (1973), there is discussion between Miles and Luna over belief in God. Luna starts, asking Miles. Miles responds in a typically Allen fashion. After ...

liberty

Preparing Our Children for Obedience

Posted on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 by Will Cox

The elementary school requires the children to enter a personal identification number before they purchase lunch — even if they are paying cash. I feel a ...

law/liberty/politics

Angling for Satisfaction

Posted on Friday, September 19th, 2008 by Will Cox

The excerpts from, and an interview with the author of, Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency are disturbing, and reinforce what we already suspected. In what I ho...

law/liberty/politics

Go Wake Up the Judge

Posted on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 by Will Cox

You know how in the movies, when the cops want to bust in on the mob doing their dirty deeds, first they go wake up the judge in the middle of the night, or dra...

liberty/politics

Dear Senator Obama

Posted on Thursday, June 26th, 2008 by Will Cox

Are you trying to lose our votes, or just revealing your interest in unrestrained Executive power now that you feel it is within your grasp?

liberty/politics

Remember, They Are Your Representatives

Posted on Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 by Will Cox

Dear Congressman Hall: Thank you for your thoughtful and considered response to the concerns expressed in my mail of February 15th this year. Unfortunately, I r...

liberty/politics

Every Now and Again a Writer Takes a Plane

Posted on Saturday, April 26th, 2008 by Will Cox

Peggy Noonan is tired of the security theater at the airport. Why do we do this when you know I am not a terrorist, and you know I know you know I am not a terr...

learning/liberty

Compulsory Education

Posted on Sunday, April 13th, 2008 by Will Cox

via Arnold Kling, we learn that the State of California does not like home-schooling by parents who are not also teachers, on the assumption that certification ...

economics/liberty/rant

You Made Your Bed, Now Lie in It

Posted on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 by Will Cox

I read Joel Spolsky’s “Martian Headsets” post a while back, in which he discusses Microsoft’s about-face with regards to Internet Explor...

liberty/politics

Low Opinion of the Press?

Posted on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 by Will Cox

Would you like your opinion of the Fourth Estate lowered further? Thought it couldn’t get any worse? Suspect that journalists on deadline have less scrupl...

liberty

Yoo Hoo! Cato! Over Here!

Posted on Friday, April 4th, 2008 by Will Cox

I’m surprised that Cato hasn’t mentioned the stink around the latest memorandum from John Yoo [part 1, part 2]. Perhaps they are as shocked, shocked...

liberty/politics

Bible Verse of the Day: Acts 16:37

Posted on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 by Will Cox

“They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come...

liberty/politics

The Castle

Posted on Monday, March 31st, 2008 by Will Cox

At the age of 19, Murat Kurnaz vanished into America’s shadow prison system in the war on terror. He was from Germany, traveling in Pakistan, and was pick...

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