Back in the 1970s I was part of the Field Trade Craft course for new Case Officers at the Central Intelligence Agency’s principal training facility, located at Camp Peary, near Williamsburg, Virginia. Peary was and still is referred to by one and all as “the Farm,” though it engaged in animal husbandry only in the most basic sense. One of the instructors had part of a poem by Rudyard Kipling displayed on his office door. It read: The toad beneath the harrow knows Exactly where each tooth-point...
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Danger: US Census Forms Are Being Mailed This Week
Potentially dangerous letters are being mailed to millions of homes across America starting this week. The letters are not rigged to explode. Still, they may be quite dangerous...
Making the Best of Running a ‘Sure to Lose’ Libertarian Presidential Campaign
Even most libertarians would probably agree that it is just about a sure bet that none of the current candidates or commonly discussed potential candidates for the Libertarian...
The Return of Mayor Kucinich?
It has been 40 years since Dennis Kucinich completed his term as mayor of Cleveland, Ohio in 1979. Kucinich, who had been tagged as the “boy mayor” given his age and youthful...
Bye-Bye, Libertarian Party Chairman
United States Libertarian Party Chairman Nicholas Sarwark announced at Facebook last night that he will not seek reelection as party chairman at the Libertarian Party national...
Jacob Hornberger, Libertarian Presidential Race Frontrunner?
Matt Welch concluded his Wednesday Reason article regarding Super Tuesday results for the Libertarian Party presidential race with this statement: “Much can and will change...
SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT: Koch/Soros Think Tank Isn’t Promoting World Peace After All
The Koch/Soros funded Quincy Institute held its first foreign policy conference last week in Washington, DC. Some heralded it as a breakthrough for peace and a...
Thomas Massie, ‘One of the Most Unusual Members of the US House’
A Thursday profile of Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) at the Cincinnati Enquirer declares that “neighbors, colleagues and friends all agree: Massie, who is running this year for a...
Marijuana Legalization at State Legislatures and on Voters’ Ballots this Year
There was much reason for hope that marijuana legalization would be approved in several state legislatures in 2019. In January of 2019, I suggested that such action could be...
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