Letters To The Editor
Letters from Mike Oesterman, Robert Hutchinson,
Stephen Carville, Edifice Wrecks, Terry Lyon-McCarthy, Bill Westmiller,
Khalil Ahmad, and Roy J. Tellason:
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If I Ran The Zoo
by L. Neil Smith
(With apologies—again—to Dr. Seuss)
Whether or not a third party candidate for President (or any other
office, for that matter) expects to win, he has an obligation to his
supporters -- as well as to his opponents and their supporters -- to let
them know exactly what he would do during his very first day, his first
week, his first month, his first hundred days, and so forth, in office.
The whole point, if you'll recall, is freedom.
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The Fall of the Republic
by William Stone, III
I admit it: I'm a big Star Wars fan. I've become an even bigger fan over
the years, and there's a reason for this:
On the surface, the Star Wars universe is a very libertarian place to
live. It's not an anarcho-capitalist's dream by any means, and in
Episodes IV - VI, it's clearly a very harsh place in which to live. But
look at the upside:
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Nullification Returns Power to Juries—Where it Belongs
by Alexander Daube
We Americans, sadly, live in a day of ever increasing government control
over our lives. Many people are frustrated and fed-up with their ever
shrinking sphere of freedom and are looking for ways to protect
themselves from government abuse. Look no further. The answer lies in a relatively obscure subject known
as 'jury nullification' or 'jury veto-power'.
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The Right to Golf
by Wendy McElroy
Martha Burk is lashing out
once more against the males-only policy of the privately-owned
Augusta National Golf Club (ANGC), which hosts the Masters tournament.
Burk claims out that playing golf with "the boys" is a moral right,
thereby cheapening every complaint of real discrimination. The "right to
golf" makes a mockery of centuries of true struggle by women and
minorities.
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