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My Political Plans
By L. Neil Smith

I'll say it up front: I will no longer be available to anybody as a candidate for any political office. If you're interested in my reasons, by all means, read on -- I may hand you a surprise or two along the way. If not, you can stop here, and go do something you'd rather do.

I apologize to those who've waited so long to hear from me on this subject. It was a hard decision to make, and even harder to stick with, especially since I still believe this country in particular and Western Civilization in general is in a horrible mess, and that I'm better suited than anyone to get them out of it. I simply have no confidence that the American electorate or the Libertarian Party is capable of making an intelligent choice in the matter. After all, respectively, they elected Bill Clinton, and gave Harry Browne the nomination.

Twice. (Read the rest here)

Rush, by the Numbers
The face of "social concern"?
By John R. Lott Jr. National Review Online

Is it possible to even discuss race in sports, let alone anywhere else? This past week provides little hope. Whether Rush Limbaugh's comments on Donovan McNabb were "racist," there is a general agreement that he was factually wrong, that Limbaugh did not know what he is talking about. Yet, what is the evidence?

Limbaugh readily admits that it was just his opinion that "the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well." But his critics allowed no possibility for uncertainty, calling his comments "ignorant" or worse. As National Public Radio put it: "Rush was able to turn a complete lack of understanding of football into a cross burning." Even the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial disagreeing with his statements on news coverage. (Read the rest here)

Letter From The Editor
For Her Safety
Susan Callaway, Editor

I went to a funeral today. That's not unusual for a hospice nurse, but I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one.

Almost ten years ago, I was working in home health and began seeing a patient every day for wound care. She lived nearby, so after the official daily visits were no longer needed, we remained friends and I visited often.

She was 90 years old when we met, living alone and taking care of most of her affairs herself. She needed someone to drive her to appointments and shopping, since she had voluntarily given up driving a few years before due to poor vision. The loss of that independence and freedom was difficult for her to accept sometimes, but she was honest enough to know she had no real choice. (Read the rest here)

Six Thousand
Years of Failed Governments
By Dorothy Anne Seese

Human history records approximately six thousand years of failed governments.  Humans have tried everything imaginable to find a system that "works" to the satisfaction of the people.  The leaders are never satisfied with ever-increasing power and the people are never satisfied if they have to be participative (a relatively new concept) and work at maintaining what liberties they have. 

Then, when all is lost, people finally wake up to the fact that change happens, and it isn't always good. 

The Bible records the post-flood "age of conscience" as some call it, with no formal laws, but just four generations down from Noah, one Nimrod appears (who is known by various other names in the Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations he founded as city-states).  Humans are building government, not by the desire of the people but under the influence of rulers or those who seize power and dare anyone to take it from them. (Read the rest here)

Fighting Words
By Carl F. Worden

Thanks largely to Bob Schulz of the We The People Foundation and the Internet, Americans in every walk of life nationwide are becoming increasingly aware of the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice’s outright refusal to cite federal law that specifically requires American citizens to pay an income tax, or for employers to withhold income taxes from their employees. I know this may sound utterly incredible to those of you just now learning of this, but to date, and after many attempts to get federal authorities to publicly address this question, federal authorities have steadfastly refused to answer this very reasonable request.

To put the matter to rest, it would be such a simple thing to cite the law, if such a law exists, and it logically follows that the deliberate refusal of U.S. authorities to respond accordingly means they cannot. It’s as simple as that. (Read the rest here)

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War And Consequences
By Michael Gaddy

The war in Iraq is a popular subject of debate in almost all venues today. The shills for government, otherwise known as the media, perpetuate the myth of the necessity of war. Over the next few weeks we here at Price Of Liberty would like to examine several treatises on the subject. Is it necessary and who exactly benefits when war is conducted by the State?

This week our article for discussion in our Forum will be the work of Randolph Bourne, written in 1917, titled, War is the Health of the State.

Think not only of the time this work was written but also how it pertains to the circumstances of today.

Join the discussion in the forum by clicking here!

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