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Earth Day happy hour kicked statist a$$!

Thirty Chicago-area libertarians and free-market conservatives gathered at Sidebar Grille in downtown Chicago on April 22nd to celebrate Earth Day in style. The event–-co-sponsored by the Chicago chapter of America’s Future Foundation–drew new faces
who enjoyed chatting liberty as they enjoyed drinks made of the Earth’s many bounties. Happy hour attendees had better watch out, however, [...]

Liberty in the Books: Round 2 with The Forgotten Man

The liberty bookworms have converged again at Illegal Grounds Coffeehouse this past April 14 to discuss Amity Shlaes’ The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. Each time we assemble for Liberty in the Books, at least one coffeehouse patron engages us afterwards and is interested in our discussion. If that’s, you, please [...]

Looking for trouble

The Post:
It was either a frightening confrontation or a misunderstanding, depending on who’s talking.
State GOP aide Matt Milner dialed 911 because he said union organizers blocked his exit and demanded he erase a video recording of Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet on Saturday afternoon following a townhall meeting sponsored by the AFL-CIO.
Mike Cerbo, executive director of [...]

Swine flu!

Scare you? It’s scared the D-a-W, who’s wearing a surgical mask right now. Oh yeah, she says it’s because of my bad breath, and, come to think of it, she’s been wearing one for years, but she can’t fool [...]

Automated Prayer

I’m not sure whether this is supposed to be a joke (via For Truth).
The idea is that, for only $3.95 per month, you can set up a “subscription service utilizing a computer with text-to-speech capability to incant your prayers each day. It gives you the satisfaction of knowing that your prayers will always be said [...]

Faith-Based Education

As the Denver Post reported earlier in the month, Peter Groff has moved from Colorado’s State Senate to the Department of Education’s “Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Center.”
Wait a minute — we have not only faith-based welfare but faith-based education? Pray tell, what use does the Department of Education have for a faith-based program? The Post [...]

Who?

The Pan-African News Wire (Dan Rather is their latest hire) reports that Lynne Stewart and Ward Churchill were in San Francisco last week to show solidarity with the San Francisco 8.
Pardon my revolutionary backwardness, but I’d never even heard of them. Here’s some background from totally objective sources. Since Mumia went down, I guess Lynne [...]

Not breaking

Former Rocky Mountain News editor and publisher John Temple has a blog. Sad. This reporter hears he’s also moved back into his mom’s basement (”turn down that music!”) and drinks all day long (Aqua-Velveeta).
Poor guy. From the top(ish) to the dreggiest of dregs (it’s a Blogspot blog!) in a month and a half.
I’ve been waiting [...]

Monday Happy Hour Meet Ups!

Look for us at Old Chicago, 145 Union Blvd, Lakewood, CO for happy hours (5:00 pm to 7:00 pm) on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the [...]

The Meaning of Secularism

Secularism, like atheism, is not a positive set of ideas. The most straightforward definition of “secular” from Dictionary.com is “not pertaining to or connected with religion.” The term describes only one thing something is not — religious — not what it is.
Secularlism is not a philosophy. The mere fact that a person is (or claims [...]