I am not a great fan of the Dalai Lama but when he gets it right, he gets it right. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2010/05/21/14031291.html Alternatively, just read it here. Dalai Lama condemns capitalism By Verena Dobnik, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK – The Dalai Lama on Thursday declared that he is still a Marxist in spirit who condemns [...]

Charlie Wilson helped Afghanistan beat up the Russians by getting Congress to send tons of supplies and money to the whackos who fought the Russians. The movie, starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, makes Charlie out to be a hero. As for his devotion to sexual antics, who cares? Charlie is so sweet. Now, Charlie [...]

The two fundamental principles of law are as follows: 1. Morality dictates law; law does not dictate morality. 2. The scope of law is unrestricted. These principles supersede such principles as: 3. The presumption of innocence 4. The right to a trial before one’s peers. 5. The right to see and dispute the alleged evidence [...]

According to this weekend’s edition of the Washington Post, good deals are available for those who know how to shop for financial aid. It seems you don’t have to be a genius or poor to get solid low cost loans. I’ve got a much better idea. DON’T GO! There is not a damn college on [...]

Ever wonder why Hungary does not dominate the Nobel Peace Prizes or any other prizes, for that matter? Wonder, no more. Hungary still works in a 19th century conception of democracy – you count up who is on side X and who who is on side Y, and declare majority rules. In this way, if [...]

I thank Dr. Ted Drange for calling my attention to this article published in truthdig.com and written by Chris Hedges. This is only an excerpt. For the full article, please CLICK HERE. “There are over 42 million American adults, 20 percent of whom hold high school diplomas, who cannot read, as well as the 50 [...]

Spying is much in the news lately. Two American journalists were arrested in N. Korea, tried for spying and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. The U.S. administration is working at figuring out a way to obtain their release. The journalists are said to have unintentionally wandered into N. Korea territory but this seems [...]

I don’t seek permission to reprint. I disdain such capitalist garbage. If you want to read a great book or see a very good movie, Constantine’s Sword is for you. Movie Review: Constantine’s Sword When Love of Religion Leads to Hatred of Others By STEPHEN HOLDEN April 18, 2008 “CONSTANTINE’S SWORD,” a 2007 documentary film [...]

Plain people like to distinguish what the law is from what the law should be. In some circumstances, that is a real distinction but more often there is not. Great moral leaders like Henry Thoreau, Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi almost got it right. They believed that when they were “violating” man-made law they [...]

So you want to win $20 million in the lottery, do you? You want to leave the scum behind and set off on your new life as Playboy to the Western World? You would like to donate your “discretionary” funds to worthwhile charities. That is, the money you have left after you have spent 25 [...]

The Christian Science Monitor carries a story this week about the Advantage Program offered by Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) at its Salem campus. The cost for the program is a mere $10,000 per year and that is one-third of what the main campus in Manchester costs. In return for this bargain basement price, you [...]

Obama, like all his predecessors at least as far back as Lincoln, takes his principal job to be to secure and protect the Union. This is the result of the standard misreading of Section I of Article II of the Constitution. The final paragraph of that Section reads: Before he enters on the Execution of [...]

Nuclear physicists long ago figured out how to split the atom and make atomic bombs but no one has found out how to differentiate a Republican from a Democrat. While Republicans and Democrats engage in shouting matches over policy, they are in 100% agreement over the fundamentals of their political philosophies. Sitting on the sidelines, [...]

We are supposedly addicted to sensational stories of killing, so we read avidly the headlines that appear even in the most sober newspapers. I began the day with these grim reports and conclude this post with another possibility. 1. Two shot dead in German courthouse. 2. Three officers killed in Pittsburgh shooting. 3. Four shot [...]

In a hopelessly ridiculous article, the International Herald Tribune ponders the fate of the American university. It begs all the obvious questions by assuming that once upon a time American colleges had ambitions and purposes. Of course, colleges have never been anything but storage bins for people who refuse to find honest work. It also [...]

The Obama administration continues its drive to hell and it hasn’t taken very long. If nothing else, Bush had the excuse that our country had been attacked before he introduced all the measures he did introduce in his campaign to be the worst president we have ever hand. After a series of appointments that were [...]

If these won’t make you laugh, nothing will. 1. Rescuers wearing headlamps and oxygen backpacks carried dozens of miners to safety after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China killed at least 74. 2. A founding member of a left-wing terror group was convicted of incitement for posting Internet videos denying the [...]

Soon, Barry Bonds may be convicted of perjury and perhaps end up in jail. There is absolutely no case against him. This article explains why. I – It is never right to obey the law. Law is coercive, and obedience is surrendering one’s autonomy. Autonomy is sovereignty of reason; it is the right to self-determination. [...]

We published a more extended version of article exactly two years ago and we stand behind its principles. In fact, we go further than those who signed the original statement of principles. Quite simply, we are no friends to copyright law and we reject all demands to respect it. We hereby reprint the major portions [...]

Publius is happy to have Sidney Gendin back, if only for the purpose of this one set of articles. ************************************ In the United States, socialism has a very bad name and most politicians are eager to decline the label for fear that it will end their careers. Obama shuns it as it were plague and [...]

Under classical socialism, inherited from Karl Marx, the means of production are owned by the workers rather than by a rich minority of capitalists. By the means of production, socialists refer to everything that is used in production, namely, factories, plant, equipment, offices, shops, raw materials, fuel and components. Allegedly, this ensures that production is [...]

Whether or not socialists regard the late John Rawls as their champion and whether or not political philosophers regard him as a socialist at all, I regard him as the person who has laid down the most basic principles for socialists to adhere to. In his now classic work, A Theory of Justice, written in [...]

October 8, 2008 Today I turn over the blog to its founder, Sidney Gendin, who speaks from his heart as well as from his mind. ********************************************* Dear Friends, I have known a certain man for many years who is well versed in campaign politics and who holds a Ph.D. in political science. Now, at age [...]

August 5, 2008 When you are in charge you decide what laws can be broken and which among them are just jokes. It has been that way since the beginning of time. Having this perk is one of the delights of being in charge. Those in power call their crimes “lesser offenses” and they are [...]