We are fortunate to live in Wisconsin, as our state is committed to good and open government. Part of our law includes the Public Records Law, found at Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31 – 19.39. About a week ago, I contacted our city manager, in reference to the administration of the law. I have now submitted…
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Blogging: Once and Future American Tradition
by JOHN ADAMS •
Many years ago, Bernard Bailyn wrote a masterwork on the intellectual atmosphere of pre-revolutionary America entitled, Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. That book was the winner of both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes. In that work, and in other studies since, Bailyn shows the power and use of pamphlets — often anonymous or pseudonymous…
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Libertarians and Ron Paul
by JOHN ADAMS •
I have been a libertarian seemingly forever, as part of a family tradition of libertarian thinking (even before it was commonly called ‘libertarian’ thinking). Many contemporary libertarians would refer to it as being ‘in the movement.’ If you’ve been in the movement, even for a while, then you know that there’s a broad range of…
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Who Died and Make You King? (Part 2)
by JOHN ADAMS •
I posted previously about growing up in a libertarian household in “Who Died and Made You King?” I’ll add a few other remarks about that time, and our time. Libertarians are often criticized as libertines, but that was hardy the case with us. I never once saw anyone drunk, or stoned, or otherwise substance-addicted. We…
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“Who Died and Made You King?”
by JOHN ADAMS •
“Who died and made you king?” is a wonderful expression, and one that many people have heard over the years. I grew up in a libertarian family, and have heard the expression since I was a small boy. (Typically for many libertarians of that time, no one used the term, “libertarian.”) Growing up in a…