by Runaway Slave | Jul 29, 2010 | Essays & Articles, Freedom, Government, History, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Liberty, War, War On Terror (WOT)
The difference between a drafted soldier and a slave doesn’t amount to a frosty mug o’ spit. Congress, apparently longing for the good old days of Viet Nam, Korea, and WWII, is proposing to enslave not just healthy young men, but pretty much all of us. Most of the...
by Runaway Slave | Jul 22, 2009 | Freedom, Government, History, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Liberty
Here's the first reasonable explanation I've see why the U.S. government would care about the Hondurans enforcing their own constitution. Check out the second item down on this list. Check out the others while you're at it. Short films by Molitov...
by Runaway Slave | Jul 15, 2008 | Essays & Articles, Guns & Gun Control, History, Libertarian Curmudgeon
"A good shot must necessarily be a good man since the essence of good marksmanship is self-control and self-control is the essential quality of a good man." – Colonel Jeff Cooper A faded plywood sign announces the home of the Revolutionary War Veterans...
by Runaway Slave | Mar 13, 2006 | Essays & Articles, Guns & Gun Control, History, Human Interest, Libertarian Curmudgeon
Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. — Jeff Cooper “Where’s Winchester?” she asked. The woman is an expat American living here in Costa Rica. She was referring to the word embroidered on my...
by Runaway Slave | Feb 20, 2006 | Essays & Articles, History, Human Interest, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Liberty
Falling afoul of the enforcers in Key West’s fatuous and elaborate game of “Mother May I” put me in mind of a simpler time when we were not so eager to saddle ourselves with the attentions of the ethically challenged. I pine for the good old days when only the Mob ran...
by Runaway Slave | Oct 12, 2005 | Essays & Articles, History, Human Interest, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics
Chris Columbus doesn’t get the respect he used to. America celebrates Columbus Day without enthusiasm. Celebration these days consists less of revelry than rest. Our local schools didn’t even bother to rest. They used the holiday to make up time lost to hurricanes....
by Runaway Slave | Aug 24, 2005 | Essays & Articles, History, Human Interest, I.R.S., Libertarian Curmudgeon
I was in Philadelphia. I had just watched the Federal Government crush a citizen who dared oppose it. A half-dozen grey-suited federal lawyers and another in robes, federal employees all, convinced a jury that the defendant, a naïve, amateur legal scholar who quoted...
by Runaway Slave | Jul 5, 2005 | Education, Essays & Articles, History, Iraq, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics, War
“It is impossible to give the soldier a good education without making him a deserter. His natural foe is the government that drills him.” — Henry David Thoreau The leader of the Free World, Emperor George II, recently referred to our excellent adventure in Iraq as a...