The American Liberty movement is no longer nascent. Its mainstreaming is under way, as evidenced by this article in the New York Times -- the paper that (almost) defines the American mainstream -- about the impact of liberty-focused activists on the … [Read more...]
Your Problem With Guns or Gays Is Not Political
Last month I did something I'd done only once before: I went to a range and shot some guns. Lots of guns. All shapes, ages and sizes. This is a very strange thing to do for a guy born British. Guns feature nowhere in British culture. Accordingly, I … [Read more...]
The Spirit of Independence: How Culture Drives Politics
To a first approximation, American political history before the 18th century is British political history. As most American schoolchildren know, in the 17th century, John Locke crystallized the idea that human law should reflect Natural Law, but the … [Read more...]
Speaking German Loudly: Commemorating D-Day
I am one of those who think we should not forget. Not many people know about Churchill’s German Army. There were a number of Germans and Austrians, many refugees from Hitler, who fought for the British in the Second World War. Some of them were … [Read more...]
In Times of Tyranny, Democracy is Liberty’s Friend
At many times in the history of the Anglo people, the abuses of liberty by Power (capitalized to indicate the official power of the centralized State and those close to it) have produced such resistance by enough normal men and women who felt their … [Read more...]