| | I met Jim Stumm about 1972 through The Libertarian Connection, a "fanzine" created and edited by Natale Hall and Sky d'Aureous (who later became Sandy Shaw and Durk Pearson, of life extension fame). Writing for The LC then were Tibor Machan, Robert Poole, Jr., Murray N. Rothbard, and many others. Like most of us, Jim Stumm came to libertarianism (so-called) through Objectivism. When President Nixon froze wages and prices on August 15, 1971, Jim Stumm walked out of the bank where he had been employed as an accountant.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, writing the majority decision for Grutter v. Bollinger, on "Affirmative Action."
Classroom discussions are "livlier, more spirited, and more enlightening" when students come from the "greatest possible variety of backgrounds." This variety of backgrounds is particularly important among students who are preparing to become lawyers, since "individuals with law degrees occupy nearly half of the state governorships, more than half of the seats in the US Senate, and more than a third of the seats in the US House of Representatives."
'Zine editor Jim Stumm notes that "This argument applies with greater force to Congress itself than it does to law schools. Wouldn't discussions in Congress be 'livlier, more spirited, and more enlightening' if more of the members came from a varity of backgrounds, rather than so many of them being lawyers?
"Non-lawyers bring a different perspective to discussions in Congress, especially those from fields where the laws being considered are an expensive burden & not a lucrative employment opportunity. ....There's an unavoidable conflict of interest when lawyers pass laws that make more work for other lawyers (or themselves, if they return to private practice).
"Perhaps, the courts should rule that no more lawyers should be allowed to take seats in the House or the Senate until the percentage of lawyers in those bodies has been reduced to the percentage that lawyers make up in the general population.
—quoted from Jim Stumm's "Living Free," January 2004, p.2; Stumm cites Sara J. McCarthy in "Liberty," November 2003, p. 40.
Published since 1979, Living Free, a zine devoted to self-sufficiency and privacy, has covered topics ranging from cabin design and electricity generation to counterterrorism legislation. The January 2006 issue contains material on arboriculture, free state projects, and how to learn about uninhabited islands (if not move to one of them). $12/yr. (6 issues) from Jim Stumm, Box 29-UT, Hiler Branch, Buffalo, NY 14223.
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LIVING FREE #125 ? This issue of the eight-page newsletter is largely taken up by correspondence and response in a semi-debate type of forum, not unlike that presented in JDMZ/Galatea Lives. Topics covered inlcude global warming, conservation, satellite defense, and a handful of other briefly covered issues, along with a fantasy homesteading scenario for surviving the end of the world (elements of which are also refuted by editor Stumm). There are also short book reviews, a bit of zine news, and a few classified ads. A bit sparse for two bucks, but its longevity indicates it?s a valuable resource to some. * $2.00 from Jim Stumm - Box 29-PR, Hiler Branch, Buffalo, NY, 14223
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Living Free newsletter. "Forum for debate among freedom-seekers, homesteaders, survivalists, libertarians, anarchists, outlaws, since 1979." $9 for 6 issues. Checks payable to Jim Stumm, PO Box 29, Hiler Branch, Buffalo, NY 14223.
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