Corneille on Corporatism
Aug 06The great, ensuring power by purchased votes, richly their so-called masters subsidise, who, willingly enchained in gilded bonds, are ruled by those they think that they control. — Pierre Corneille, Cinna
Perils of Minarchist Advocacy
Aug 06Some advice on strategy from Darian Worden: Advocating anarchy is more practical than advocating minimal government. To say that government should only be involved in matters of force gives off the perception that you want to use government only as a club, and never as a crutch – to hurt people, not to help them. [...]
Equal Protection, Part 2
Aug 06In related news, Butler Shaffer is puzzled as to why gay-marriage advocates “want to have the state certify [their] relationships with others” as opposed to just “perform[ing their] own ceremony of marriage without getting the state’s approval.” The answer, obviously, is that the state imposes special burdens on couples who don’t marry in the approved [...]
Equal Protection
Aug 06Lew Rockwell argues that since marriage and immigration are “mentioned nowhere in the constitution,” it follows that each is “no business of the federal congress.” Hence “no federal judge has authority” to strike down either California’s ban on same-sex marriage or Arizona’s harassment of immigrants. I disagree. The 14th Amendment states: “nor shall any State [...]
Atlas Shrunk 2.0
Aug 06Here’s some news about the Atlas Shrugged movie, plus a cast list. The news looks slightly better than I originally feared – i.e. the budget is more than the initially reported $5 million, they plan to make more than one movie, Francisco is in the script after all, etc. Still not especially optimistic.
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