Normally I would append this personal observation as a coda. My post on the Imperial Presidency below is too clean, too intellectual; a register I hide in when I need to process something that has not yet resolved itself emotionally. For all the veneer of historical distance, the current public discourse feels shallow to me,Continue reading “July 4, 2026”
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No Kings
Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. But virtue must be vigilant lest it become tyranny. -John Adams, Discourses on Davila This Saturday (10/18/25), Portland filled with 40,000 protesters. The “No Kings March” is meant to remind those in power that sovereignty belongs toContinue reading “No Kings”
Murray Rothbard
Liberty In Our Time – YouTube channel on libertarian authors A History of Money and Banking in The United States The American Economy and the End of Laissez-Faire (1870 to WW2), lectures delivered by Murray Rothbard