"David Corn, left, of Mother Jones and James Pinkerton of Fox. Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2010-11-06). "David Corn, left, of Mother Jones and James Pinkerton of Fox News challenge Obama to cure Alzheimer's." a nice formulation! i would think the skills he picked up in law school would help a lot here. i challenge obama to save my immortal soul, or to predict the weather in… (Linked Saturday 2010-11-06.)

No Happy Meals, Only Happy Pills. cherylcline, der Blaustrumpf (2010-11-05). I don't mean to romanticize my own childhood, and I suffered plenty in the K-12 public school system, but it seems kids really do have it even worse today. Though I spent a lot of time outdoors, I've never been a very outwardly energetic person.  I vividly recall a childhood… (Linked Sunday 2010-11-07.)

Emma Goldman: Don't Vote. Lew Rockwell, LewRockwell.com Blog (2010-10-20). Writes Liz Roberts: Recently a friend of a friend on Facebook professed his love for the "opportunity to express our greatest blessing as a free society."  That blessing, of course, being the ability to vote.  He fervently insisted: "It is the time that "we the people" have the greatest power… (Linked Wednesday 2010-10-20.)

"What's it to you?": Canada Admits its Crime, Again. Larry Gambone, Anarchoblogs in English (2010-10-06). by Kevin D. Annett Thousands of children died in the (residential) schools and their families were not informed of the deaths or the burial sites. – Murray Sinclair, chair, "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" (TRC), to Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, September 29, 2010 The lingering remnant of my home-bred naivety… (Linked Wednesday 2010-10-20.)

Putting a new spin on "bank robbery" Phil Dickens, Anarchoblogs in English (2010-10-11). Via Ann Arky, who tips her own hat to Politics in the Zeros, I today came across this truly astounding story from the States;In yet another sign that the foreclosure crisis in the US may be getting out of hand, a Florida woman has gone to the press about having… (Linked Wednesday 2010-10-20.)

i guess i am in heavy blog mode! on evolutionary ethics. i. Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2010-10-20). i guess i am in heavy blog mode! on evolutionary ethics. i assume that pretty soon these folks are going to start invoking evolution in detail as a set of moral principles. so if i was a 17-year-old trying to think about whether to go to the party, they'd tell… (Linked Wednesday 2010-10-20.)

Emergency Arts gives LVZL a chance to expand! LVZL, LVZINELIBRARY (2010-10-19). It’s been a hectic few weeks! Zinebriated was a great end to the month of September! The open mic I’ve been co-hosting with my good friend Dj miss Joy at the Beat Coffeehouse(Human Experience Mondays 7pm) has been blooming this month with talent and support. The Vegas Valley Book Festival… (Linked Thursday 2010-10-21.)

New PCWC downloadable pamphlet thanks to Rise Like Lions! Phoenix Insurgent, Anarchoblogs in English (2010-10-20). Thanks to the new (at least to us) publishing operation Rise Like Lions for putting together a PDF pamphlet version of my recent essay “Union of Arsonists” faster than I could get one done myself. And it looks damn good, too! Cheers to them for a job well done.I also… (Linked Thursday 2010-10-21.)

Proudhon's "New Theory" (1 of 3) Shawn P. Wilbur, Out of the Libertarian Labyrinth (2010-10-18). Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, The Theory of Property, Chapter VI: “The New Theory” (1865)New theory: that the motives, and thus the legitimacy of property, must be sought, not in its principle or origin, but in its aims. Presentation of these motives. Philosophy has had, for three centuries, many institutions and many beliefs:… (Linked Thursday 2010-10-21.)

Proudhon's "New Theory" (2 of 3) Shawn P. Wilbur, Out of the Libertarian Labyrinth (2010-10-19).  Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, The Theory of Property, Chapter VI: “The New Theory” (1865)[continued from section 1]§ 1. —”Necessity, after having organized the State, of creating a counter-weight to the State in the liberty of each citizen. Federalist and republican character of property. Observations on the electoral census and confiscation.” Considered in… (Linked Thursday 2010-10-21.)

December 17th- International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. SWOP-LV's MySpace Blog (2007-11-29). LAS VEGAS, NV This year, SWOP-LV will hold a memorial march down Fremont Street, with a candlelight vigil at the end. We will meet at the Fremont Street Experience Parking Plaza on the top floor. (Se… (Linked Thursday 2010-10-21.)

Virginia school AP History class bans curiousity, independent study, Internet. Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom (2010-10-22). Government School AP History Vs. Independent Thought and Research (Linked Friday 2010-10-22.)

Save & Restore. Chris Clark, Release Candidate One (2010-10-20). I let out the biggest "finally!" today during the Lion preview event, when Steve Jobs said one of the things Apple has learned from iOS apps that they are intent on bringing to Mac OS X apps is stateful pause and resume. In the Mac environment, with a more specific… (Linked Friday 2010-10-22.)

here's a brief illustration of what i mean on environment: Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2010-10-22). here's a brief illustration of what i mean on environment: biosphere 2 (earth was supposed to be biosphere 1). the idea was to create a completely enclosed ecosystem, a sort of model for the way they thought about the earth, or perhaps the way they thought about various local ecosystems: as essentially… (Linked Friday 2010-10-22.)

Forced to Be Free. Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-10-08). Across Europe, high-minded debates about terrorism, assimilation, and the social effects of Islam have been devolving into disputes over the clothes the government will let people wear, as countries from Switzerland to the U.K. ponder bans on burqas and head scarves. Curiously, legislators and pundits on both sides of the… (Linked Saturday 2010-10-09.)

09.23.10: Don't Forget the Motor City. David Byrne, David Byrne's Journal (2010-09-23). I'm here in Detroit to participate in a film directed by Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo). The other day we performed the song "This Must Be The Place" with band and string section while the camera made a complicated move and a living room set rose up and traveled over our… (Linked Saturday 2010-10-09.)

The Drug War Metaphor: Increasingly Literal. Radley Balko, Radley Balko: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-10-06). A New Mexico narcotics task force sent a SWAT team and helicopter to raid a school where students "participate in farming as a context for learning mathematics and science." The raid was apparently part of a larger operation involving the task force, the state police, and the National Guard, in… (Linked Saturday 2010-10-09.)

Nazi Nudges. Will Wilkinson, Will Wilkinson (2010-10-06). Most of you have probably seen this on Marginal Revolution (from Dan Ariely), but the lesson is too good to pass up. When it suits them, Nazis use nudges, too... Nudge-style "choice architecture" techniques are ideologically neutral. We can't count on the guys in charge to have benevolent motives. That's… (Linked Sunday 2010-10-10.)

Military Keynesians Are the Worst Keynesians of All. Sheldon Richman, Free Association (2010-10-07). From the National Journal this week: Two wars are not enough. America’s economic outlook is so grim, and political solutions are so utterly absent, that only another large-scale war might be enough to lift the nation out of chronic high unemployment and slow growth, two prominent economists, a conservative and… (Linked Sunday 2010-10-10.)

Feminism. Marja Erwin (2010-08-24). When men consider how they should treat other men, it is moral philosophy. When womyn consider how we should treat other womyn, it is feminism. It has taken feminism to separate the were-centered moral philosophies from the human-centered ones. It will take feminism-in-practice to discover the full potential of feminism-in-theory.What… (Linked Monday 2010-10-11.)

American schools are killing children. Marja Erwin (2010-10-10). Through bullying, through high workloads, and through indifference to the needs of different children. Classrooms may be a good teaching environment for some kids, mediocre for other, and downright destructive for some. Bullying was an epidemic when I was in school, and I understand it has grown worse yet. Calling… (Linked Monday 2010-10-11.)

How Inequality Shapes Our Lives, Part 3. Roderick, Austro-Athenian Empire (2010-09-30). Bryan Caplan has replied to my reply to his reply to my inequality post. Others have weighed in as well; see David Heinrich, Jason Sorens, and Libérale et libertaire. I plan to address those too; but let me focus on Bryan's latest reply for now. In his first reply, Bryan… (Linked Thursday 2010-09-30.)

so msnbc is doing their little educational summit so that. Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2010-09-28). so msnbc is doing their little educational summit so that everyone can come and express their agreement with arne duncan, showing our commitment to america's future by uttering the same cliches in unison. colin and alma powell were on, and expressed the basic insight that the key to education in a… (Linked Thursday 2010-09-30.)

if i were going to see waiting for superman, i think i would. Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2010-09-30). if i were going to see waiting for superman, i think i would need to see it alone. my reaction is likely to be severe, and no one i know even vaguely agrees with any of my positions on these things. everyone operates from within the same set of assumptions. barack and bush's positions… (Linked Thursday 2010-09-30.)

Is this "Libertarian?" (Hint: NO.) drunkenatheist, Drunkenatheist (2010-09-27). Related links- Jaysays.com: Stupid Things People Say About Gays: Libertarian Party Board Member Says DADT Should Remain Update (with Norm Olsen's weaksauce "apology")- Norm Olsen: Still an idiot. Source: The private "LNC discussion" email list. No, I do not have access to the list; this email was publicized by a… (Linked Monday 2010-09-27.)

Some Replies on Markets, Languages, and Law. James C. Scott, Cato Unbound (2010-09-27). I have been struck by both the quality and breadth of the responses to my essay and, it's clear, to the argument in Seeing Like a State that lies behind it. In some cases, I am somewhat at a loss to reply inasmuch as I am not an economist, not… (Linked Monday 2010-09-27.)

like you, i love the culture of standardized testing. like you, Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2010-09-07). like you, i love the culture of standardized testing. like you, i believe in accountability, and i believe simultaneously that accountability is itself the only goal, so that there is nothing one should be accountable for other than accountability itself, in an endless loop in which all is assessment and… (Linked Monday 2010-09-27.)

The Obama Age of No Federal DEA Raids on State Medical Marijuana Clinics Leads to More Federal Raids on Medical Marijuana Clinics in Las Vegas. Brian Doherty, Brian Doherty: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-09-09). And why? The records are sealed, so, who knows, though the Feds have given themselves the loophole of being able to step in when medical marijuana distributors are also violating state law (though why the Feds should be so goddamn concerned with such state law violations in this age of… (Linked Monday 2010-09-27.)

FBI Raiding Antiwar Activists in Terror Investigation. Brian Doherty, Brian Doherty: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-09-24). Details from the Minneapolis St. Paul Pioneer Press: The FBI raided the homes of six political activists in Minneapolis this morning in connection to a terrorism investigation. The warrants were "seeking evidence related to an ongoing Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation into activities concerning the material support of terrorism," said… (Linked Monday 2010-09-27.)

Unarmed Pregnant Woman Shot During Drug Raid. Radley Balko, Radley Balko: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-09-27). In Spokane, Washington: A pregnant, unarmed woman was shot during a drug raid in Spokane on Friday morning and she remained hospitalized late last night as investigators pieced together what happened in the county's third officer-involved shooting in four weeks. A Washington State Patrol detective sergeant shot the woman, who… (Linked Monday 2010-09-27.)

Maryland Judge Tosses the Felony Wiretapping Charges Against Anthony Graber. Radley Balko, Radley Balko: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2010-09-27). Graber is the Maryland motorcyclist who had his home raided, was arrested, jailed, and charged with two felonies for recording his traffic stop and posting it to the Internet. Here's Harford County, Maryland Circuit Court Judge Emory A Pitt Jr.: "Those of us who are public officials and are entrusted… (Linked Monday 2010-09-27.)

The Desktop Revolution in Worker Protection. Kevin Carson, Center for a Stateless Society (2010-06-25). Sometimes anarchists are asked, without a government, who will stop employers from treating their workers badly? The answer is, we will. Conventional unions have been in decline for years, and labor laws — such as they are — are generally notable for their lack of enforcement. But if employers laugh… (Linked Wednesday 2010-09-29.)