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The State—Crown Jewel of Human Social Organization
Since the earliest stage of human history (say, the time of Cain and Abel), human beings have been homicidal maniacs. Yet, for untold ages, something was missing, something with the capacity to raise their murderous mania to truly magnificent heights. Only very late in human history—perhaps 10,000 years ago or thereabouts—did the long-awaited breakthrough take ...
Washington’s Brazen Hypocrisy
Over at the Lew Rockwell blog, Michael Rozeff makes a fine point on Washington’s skyrocketing hypocrisy: Obama supports a UN treaty on what a US official terms “illicit arms trafficking and proliferation“. At the same time, the US and ally Saudi Arabia are sending heavier arms into Syria. How could the government be so brazenly hypocritical? ...
Hollywood Confers Sainthood on Warmonger Lincoln (Again)
The Lincoln movie is on the verge of picking up a heap of Oscars at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. That movie did not quite capture Honest Abe’s full record. I was raised in a county that was devastated (and lost much of its population) as a result of Lincoln-approved Scorched Earth tactics in ...
TSA Holds Up Oscar Nominated Palestinian at LAX
Oscar-nominated Palestinian director Emad Burnat was stopped at LAX on Wednesday for…uh, being Palestinian, it seems? The TSA took temporary custody of him and his family in an isolated room and refused to let him use his cellphone. They wouldn&#...
That Pinker Quote
A new pro-state canard that has been trotted out lately has been to contrast levels of violence in pre-state versus state societies. It is pointed out that even the bloodiest of “state society” centuries (the twentieth) was an improvement on tribal society. Steven Pinker is often enlisted in this cause, particularly this passage from his ...
That Pinker Quote
A new pro-state canard that has been trotted out lately has been to contrast levels of violence in pre-state versus state societies. It is pointed out that even the bloodiest of “state society” centuries (the twentieth) was an improvement on tribal society. Steven Pinker is often enlisted in this cause, particularly this passage from his ...
Cato on Mexico’s Drug Violence and the US’s Culpability
See here, here and here for a sample of my previous writing on Mexico and the drug war.
Banished Issues – 5 Things You Won’t Hear About at Tonight’s Debate
As far as tonight’s presidential debate is concerned, the proceedings are largely predictable, especially since the topic is exclusively foreign policy. In the first two debates, the candidates barely spoke about foreign policy – mindful, probably, that only about 4% of likely voters consider it an important topic. One reason it is predictable is because ...
Blue and Green Honey Makes French Beekeepers See Red
Bees at a cluster of apiaries in northeastern France have been producing honey in mysterious shades of blue and green, alarming their keepers who now believe residue from containers of M&M’s candy processed at a ...
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