Archive | July, 2011

The Atrocity of Hope, Part 18: Please Kill Fewer People

I’m one of the signers of this open letter to Obama.

It’s heartening to see so many prominent leftist and libertarian names mixed together on the list of signatories. (What’s the difference between signers and signatories?) And to see Molinari/C4SS represented.

Some libertarians lately have been saying that left-wingers oppose war only when Republicans are in charge. That’s true of some, but clearly, and thankfully, not of all.


Don’t Diss the Sonic

A lot of people have noted that the musical theme for Sarah Jane Adventures sounds (unsurprisingly) a bit like the Doctor Who theme. But to me what it really sounds like is a cross between Doctor Who and Harry Potter (while not being as good as either, alas):


What To the Anarchist Is the Fourth of July? Or, How Is the State Like Soylent Green?

What kind of professor has such empty bookshelves?  It's very suspicious.

What kind of professor has such empty bookshelves? It's very suspicious.

Check out this interview with my co-conspirator Gary Chartier, mainly about his book Conscience of an Anarchist, on Bathabile Mthombeni’s radio show.

The interview starts at around 5:25 in. (And if you just want Gary and not music, and so prefer to skip the midshow musical interlude, that runs from 25:36 to 28:40.)


Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Having lived for several years in San Diego, I thought I was used to seeing incoming planes flying a bit low over traffic.

But this footage from near the airport at Toncontin, Honduras, definitely has San Diego beat:


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