Graffiti on a wall near the Monastiraki metro stop on Athinas Street, Athens, Greece, May 2013
Writing on the Wall
Our Birthday Present, Preciousss
Talking Türkiye
There is now a menace which is called Twitter.
The best examples of lies can be found there.
To me, social media is the worst menace to society.
The best examples of lies can be found there.
To me, social media is the worst menace to society.
– Turkish prime minster Erdoğan
The C4SS statement of solidarity with the Turkish protestors has been posted.
I wrote most of it (as is only appropriate, since I caused the revolt), though borrowing some language from our earlier letter on Egypt (which was mainly Brad Spangler’s work), a phrase from Gary Chartier, and a suggestion from Kevin Carson.
The hyperlinks were all supplied by James Tuttle.
I would also like to thank prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, without whom this statement would not have been possible.
The Center for a Stateless Society Cannot Hold; Mere Anarchy Is Loosed Upon Auburn
My C4SS piece on 19th-century laissez-faire was printed as an op-ed in the Opelika-Auburn News today (in the print edition, not so far the online edition).
This wasn’t a pickup from the C4SS feed or submission list; I was going to write a letter to the editor, but I asked if they’d be willing to take the op-ed instead, and they said yes.
The Lonely God
From the original Star Trek episode “Who Mourns for Adonais”:
Dr. MCCOY: In spite of Apollo’s bag of tricks, he comes up essentially normal with just a few variations. However, there’s an extra organ in his chest that I can’t even make a guess about.
Ahem. I think now we all know what species Apollo is ….
Hey, Free Month
The deadline for submissions to the Alabama Philosophical Society’s undergraduate essay contest has been extended to September 1st, to make it easier for faculty to get the word out to promising candidates. The deadline for the regular program remains unchanged: August 2nd. The meeting is October 11-12, in Pensacola. Details here.