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  • Fighting for the Right to Repair Our Stuff

    Fighting for the Right to Repair Our Stuff0

    It’s hard to overemphasize how new repair restrictions are historically. For most of human history, tools were both produced and maintained locally. Blacksmiths, for instance, furnished items but also maintained them.  Moreover, fashions changed slowly, and people made things to be durable, often repairing and preserving them for a lifetime and even longer. As the

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  • Fighting for Liberty in the Age of COVID-19

    Fighting for Liberty in the Age of COVID-190

    It’s about 11 o’clock in the morning on April 19, 1775. Imagine yourself standing in a motley band of 400 people at the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. You and your neighbors are armed with a variety of firearms, many of you are apprehensive or frightened, and all of you firmly believe that a tyrant

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  • Fighting for Freedom in a Pandemic

    Fighting for Freedom in a Pandemic0

    “Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” ~H.L. Mencken My friend John and I spend a great deal of time discussing politics, calling each other’s attention to articles we’ve read online, and shaking our heads over various political shenanigans and a

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  • Fighting Fear in Uncertain Times

    Fighting Fear in Uncertain Times0

    Recently a friend asked me, “What’s it like over there?” “Pretty quiet,” I replied. “Rainy. Normal. Looking out the window, life seems fine.” It’s when one looks away from the peaceful window scene and begins looking at headlines that the sky seems to be falling. Whether it’s the threat of viruses, the implosion of the stock

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  • Fighting Back in Our Age of Deceit

    Fighting Back in Our Age of Deceit0

    Let’s face it – no one likes being caught in a lie. The husband who says he has to work late, is entangled with his secretary, and gets caught; the kid who tells his parents he’s going to study with a friend and winds up drunk and arrested: getting snared in a fabrication is never

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  • Fighting Back Against the Killjoys

    Fighting Back Against the Killjoys0

    In 1986, Ronald Reagan said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.” That was 35 years ago, and I’d like to suggest a nine-word update: “I’m woke, and I’m here to change the world.” The woke folks suck the fun out of everything, as

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