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Barbara Branden, Peter Cresswell ... & Stephen Hicks.
Posted by Lindsay Perigo on 9/08/2004, 3:21am

Barbara, responding to Peter reviewing Stephen, says (SOLOHQ, Sept 8): Peter, you beat me to it. I've almost finished reading Stephen Hicks' "Explaining Postmodernism" and I had already begun a review for Solo! It is indeed a mesmerizing and important book. Since you have so well reviewed it, I will not f...(Read more...)

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The Election as a Referendum on Theocracy
Posted by Adam Reed on 9/08/2004, 10:30pm

While I don't intend to spend time fighting a presidential election that Kerry has already thrown, the coming election will also decide - especially at the Senate level - whether Bush will be able to pack the Supreme Court with theocratic stooges, and eventually end constitutional government in the United States, as o...(Read more...)

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Remembering 9/11: Comfort Food
Posted by Jennifer Iannolo on 9/09/2004, 12:27pm

In the days following September 11, 2001, New Yorkers who couldn't work on the front lines supported those who did. A volunteer at the James Beard House shares her personal recollection for the first time. (Read more...)

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Islamo-fascist "Libertarian" Party
Posted by Lindsay Perigo on 9/10/2004, 12:09am

Here's something exposing the filthy Saddamite evil that is currently the U.S. Libertarian Party. As is said on this site: 'The Libertarian Party might once have had some appealing ideas about shrinking government--and for all we know, it still does. But in the middle of a war, the party is indulging in lurid fa...(Read more...)

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SOLO adds Games and Poetry sections
Posted by Joseph Rowlands on 9/10/2004, 5:31pm

Well, actually the poetry section is from the old SOLOHQ site, and never got properly ported. It's there now. The game section has our first SOLO game. Definitely check it out. Help Lindsay save his glass of wine! (Read more...)

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The Australian Mentality when under Attack
Posted by Cassandra on 9/10/2004, 5:49pm

Following from the bombing of the Sari night club in Bali some 2 years ago, yesterday saw Australia under a vicareous attack, when the Australian Embassy in Jakarta was bombed with loss of 11 lives (none of them Australians, although this was more by luck than anything). ...(Read more...)

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Kerry Way Ahead in New Poll
Posted by Barbara Branden on 9/11/2004, 11:41am

At last, some good news for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry! A new poll, using a huge sample of 34,330 people, shows Kerry is favored by 26 percentage points over the incumbent president, George W. Bush. The survey, which has Kerry leading, 46 percent to 20 percent, marks an...(Read more...)

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NYTimes Sunday Book Review about a new Renaissance in the Visual Arts
Posted by Newberry on 9/14/2004, 1:58am

"Steinhart wants us to know that a renaissance of drawing has arrived, not only here but around the world."(Read more...)

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Foreign policy and libertarianism
Posted by Barbara Branden on 9/14/2004, 2:21am

RANDY BARNETT, noted libertarian author, wrote: "It appears that there is an assumption on the part of many libertarian intellectuals that libertarian principles entail a very specific version of "noninterventionism" in foreign policy. "I believe that this is a category mistake, and that non...(Read more...)

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'Scary Weapons Ban' sunsets
Posted by Duncan Bayne on 9/14/2004, 2:00pm

The Assault Weapon Ban of 1994 is no more - it has died of natural causes, courtesy the sunset clause built into it. Details about the ban, which effectively banned weapons that look scary to hoplophobes, can be found on the site www.awbansunset.com: Specifically, a rifle is considered an "assault weapon" if it can...(Read more...)

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