by Runaway Slave | Mar 26, 2006 | Draft, Economics, Freedom, Libertarian Curmudgeon, War
This article in Slate, with appropriate liberal hand wringing suggested it. The difference between a drafted soldier and a slave doesn't amount to a frosty mug o' mud. Reinstituting slavery or the draft will do nothing to enhance democratic fairness in...
by Runaway Slave | Jul 26, 2005 | Draft, Essays & Articles, Iraq, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics, War On Terror (WOT)
The editorial page of the New York Times last Monday was full of war babble, and a peculiar nostalgic longing for past global conflict. Mr. David Douglas Duncan, a veteran and war photographer pines for the days of WWII and Korea when the U.S. fielded vast armies of...