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My Thoughts on Elysium

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 …

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The Importance Of A Story

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. …

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It’s The PFoL Seinfeld Awards!

 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 …

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5 Reasons Why Shaming Is Not Coercion

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 …

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Strange Bedfellows on Syria

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 …

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