A Libertarian Presidential Candidate Isn't Going To

There's Nothing Noble Or Selfless About Politicians And There Never Has Been. Putting It Charitably, Profiles In Courage Is A Compendium Of Democratic Mythology, Ghostwritten For An Ambitious Young Massachusetts Senator Who Never Did A Thing For Himself If He Could Pay To Have It Done By Others.

Despite The Internet 's Origin In The Late 1960s As A Government Sponsored Means Of Communication Between The Department Of Defense, Private Industry, And Academia, It Has Been At Its Best And Generated The Greatest Economic, Social, And Technological Benefits Since It Was 'liberated' By The Hordes Of 'geeks' Who Were Originally Hired To Run It By Employers Who Were Not Themselves Conversant With Computers, And Couldn't Tell When Their Employees Were Exchanging Official Traffic Or Trading Dirty Jokes And Recipes For Marijuana Brownies.

Socialism Is, Among Other Things, The Political Habitat Of Low Self-esteem, Incompetence, Self-loathing, And A Willingness To Steal - Or Have Stolen For You What You Are Unable Or Unwilling To Work For. Socialism Is A Philosophy Fit Only For Slugs, Leaches, And Mosquitoes.

My Current Novel, Pallas, Is All About That Culture War - In Fact It's Been Called The Uncle Tom's Cabin Of The Sagebrush Rebellion - And Yet What I Hear All Too Often From Libertarians Is That They Don't Read Fiction.

We're Most Likely To Lose Our Rights When We Allow Ourselves To Be Persuaded To Deprive Others Of Theirs.