Property is neither a natural right, as John Locke claimed, nor a fence to liberty, as claimed by James Madison. The natural right claim is easily dismissed. If you live in Connecticut you do not own property in California unless there is some type of government to back up your claim. “Squatter’s rights” or “use [...]
Continue reading about Liberty and Tyranny – Private Property
Cindy and I are back from our anniversary “vacation,” which involved me doing book signings at the Big E. Last week I did some prep work for deconstructing the misinformation in Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny by providing an overview of misinformation principles and declaring what “ideology” guides my analysis. The remaining prep work is to [...]
Continue reading about Liberty and Tyranny – A Free Market Model
I’m “setting the table” for the series to come on deconstructing the misinformation embedded in Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny. In the last entry I provided a recap on misinformation that will provide the foundation of the deconstruction. In this entry I provide my political perspective that will use Levin’s “Conservative Manifesto” as a foil.
I am [...]
Continue reading about Liberty and Tyranny … and Grassroots Empiricism
I’ve just returned from a three-day vacation, during which I spent some time working out a new direction for the web site. The last two entries reveal two things that will continue for awhile. I will be posting Nature photos for awhile. We all need sources of beauty in our lives and photos from my [...]
Continue reading about Liberty and Tyranny Deconstruction – Intro
In the last entry I mentioned that ideological branding is the practical expression of dogma. Subtitling a book on Liberty and Tyranny with A Conservative Manifesto is an example of positive branding. Liberty and conservative, truth and justice, spring and flowers, one term is branded in each pair to be positively associated with the other.
When [...]
We are warned not to judge books by their covers. This is one old saying that is more applicable figurative than literally. For the covers of books include author names, titles and subtitles, and there is much to be learned from just this bit of information.
For example, I will not read The Conscience of a [...]
