It so happens that I don’t own or drive a car, and indeed I never have. Among its other benefits, that’s a good way to see the limits on the alleged freedom of choice that the consumer economy provides its inmates. In today’s America, you can live without a car, but most other choices you make are going to be sharply curtailed by that decision. When my wife and I decided a few years back to leave the west coast and settle in the Rust Belt, scores of pleasant towns we might otherwise have chosen were ruled out in advance because the only way to go from there to anywhere else was to drive a car, and our options for buying a house were just as tightly constrained by the need to be within walking distance of groceries and other necessary services. All those choices the propagandists of the consumer economy prattle about? They exist, but only if you give up your right to make any of the decisions that matter.
Peter Hitchens, One Reason Why I hate Cars, and a brief note on Lifestyle Choices
Ron Paul only GOP candidate to publicly denounce SOPA; What is SOPA and Why Won't it Work?
Fabius Maximus: Is Killing Iranian Nuclear Scientists Terrorism?
Is Killing Iranian Nuclear Scientists Terrorism?
Ron Paul: Killing of Iranian nuke scientist "an act of terrorism"
Ron Paul may have gone to an extreme claiming Michele Bachmann "hates Muslims," but those who are leaving comments at JW (and the one who operates the website?) may be irrational in their fear of them. How much of a threat do they really pose to the West, when we are armed with nuclear weapons?
Patent Nonsense
Intellectual property enforces a monopoly over the mind.
Are Intellectual Property Rights Bad for Innovation?
By Jordan Bloom
BRIAN J. TRAUTMAN, Why the NDAA is Unconstitutional
Taking Action to Fix our Debt
The High Achievement of Christopher Dawson
Economics:
Heinrich Pesch on Solidarist Economics
What Happens When a City Girl Reads Wendell Berry
Farming:
Gene Logsdon, Can a godless farmer be a good steward of the soil? (EB)
Energy:
Basking in the sun by Tom Murphy (EB)
Why Biofuels Are Not a Good Idea (EB)
Technological Progress for Dummies Part II (EB)
Catholic:
Training Leaders in Christian Virtue
Franciscan University’s Center for Leadership Has Global Outlook but Focuses on the Local
According to the director, the center’s program will promote authentic Catholic social teaching as well as an understanding of the principles of America’s founding: “The goal is toward a healthy patriotism with gratitude for all the gifts we enjoy in this country, but also with the idea to build upon what’s good in our nation and work to improve where we need to improve.”Emm... I'd need more information to attempt an evaluation...
From last year: Center for Leadership Launched
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