For this Monday morning, how ’bout a great, odd song? Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHgbOWj4o

Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and Nobel Laureate, passed away last week, aged ninety-five. Borlaug’s contributions to agriculture led to a Green Revolution, enabling countless millions to be fed, who otherwise would have starved. These efforts also refuted doomsday contentions that humanity could not feed itself; Borlaug’s dedication and genius trumped pessimism and anti-growth pronouncements. For…

The video has lyrics as captions, but I will add them as text, too. Quick note — I disagree with the Kinks about the police: Very few people in America are actually trigger happy. Far, far more common is the conformity that middling bureaucrats and meddlesome politicians expect. This is the age of machinery, A…

Let me tell you how it will be, There’s one for you, nineteen for me, ‘Cos I’m the Taxman, Yeah, I’m the Taxman. Should five per cent appear too small, Be thankful I don’t take it all. ‘Cos I’m the Taxman, Yeah yeah, I’m the Taxman. (If you drive a car car), I’ll tax the…

Really old song, but even then, they saw the burden of taxation…. The tax mans taken all my dough, And left me in my stately home, Lazing on a sunny afternoon. And I can’t sail my yacht, He’s taken everything I’ve got, All I’ve gots this sunny afternoon. Save me, save me, save me from…

Here’s a weekly feature, offering a post of a libertarian-themed song, each Monday. Here is Rush, with Something for Nothing. Lyrics appear below — enjoy! Waiting for the winds of change To sweep the clouds away Waiting for the rainbows end To cast its gold your way Countless ways You pass the days Waiting for…

I’ll begin a new feature, with posts of libertarian-themed songs, each Monday. Here are the BoDeans, with Closer to Free. Lyrics appear below — enjoy! Everybody wants to live How they wanna live And everybody wants to love Like they wanna love And everybody wants to be Closer to Free Everybody wants respect Just a…

Here’s an Oingo Boingo song for a Friday afternoon — Vultures. Enjoy.

Here’s a weekend gift for my government-loving friends — Oingo Boingo’s Perfect System, from their album, Only A Lad. (Lyrics appear below.) I’m in love with you, I know And I know that you love me too I’m in love with you, I know I’m in love with everyone too We’re all comrades now, you…

I thought I would post a YouTube Song from Oingo Boingo, a band that had a libertarian bent. (Danny Elfman of the group went on to become a major Hollywood composer.) Their music isn’t my typical fare, but I always have time for them. Here they are performing Capitalism, as posted by AraMiraBlack. (Lyrics appear…