Image via Toban Black “River, we’re not telling people what to think. We’re just trying to show them how.” – Serenity It was the Greek monarch and adventurer Pyrrhus who once famously observed that even an unquestionable victory can sow the seeds of later defeat. A study of the history of modern American conservatism would reveal …
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Last Friday, Anna shared her new liberal wisdom gleaned from the Matt Damon/Neill Blomkamp film Elysium here on Pocket Full of Liberty. I echo her brilliant analysis of what liberals think, as evinced by this movie. It is only in the final couple of paragraphs that I depart from her views on this film. When …
This week is shaping up to be a big one for the financial markets and perhaps the economy in general. Starting Tuesday, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee will begin its meeting to decide whether to slow its bond buying program — affectionately known as “tapering” or “the taper.” My prediction: The Fed will begin …
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Watch the video below. I think you’ll be surprised by what you see: Now one might think this was a big production and that it took a lot of money. But Salomon Ligthelm who made this, shot it with a Canon 7D and a 30mm 1.4 Sigma lens and edited it on a Macbook Pro. …
I confess, I had actually wanted to see Elysium when I first saw the trailer, because I really liked District 9 – another sci-fi film by director Neill Blomkamp. Now, I almost feel bad mentioning District 9 in the same post as Elysium. If über-liberal Matt Damon hadn’t been the star of the film, I would have …
Wow, thanks for the introduction, Jerry! When Jay asked me to do the Pocket Full of Liberty Awards, I couldn’t imagine knowing enough references to relate to the week’s events; and then I remembered I’ve seen every episode of Seinfeld more than once per year I’ve been on this planet If I can make a …
On Wednesday, Cathy Reisenwitz stirred up the libertarian world with a post entitled, “Shaming Others is Unjustifiable Coercion.” She argues that ostracism (and criticism, ridicule, and shame) are equivalent to state coercion. Private coercion, she attests, and public coercion are one and the same. I don’t buy her argument, at all. Here are five reasons …
New video Ben Howe and the Heritage Foundation about Obamacare: Those are real doctors talking. That’s how much of a mess this thing is.
The debate over the proper policy on Syria is creating strange and fascinating bedfellows. The Obama administration is in virtual lockstep with Senators McCain and Graham, while some anti-war liberals oppose the planned attack alongside the Cruz, Paul and Rubio wing of the GOP. On the whole, Congress, like the American people, oppose the president’s …
Christopher Stevens. Glen Doherty. Tyrone Woods. Sean Smith. All four were killed in Libya on September 11, 2012 during a terrorist attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi. One year ago today. That’s 12 months. That’s 52 weeks. That’s 365 days. And yet the terrorists who attacked the consulate in Benghazi on that day roam …