People concerned about the rights of others should boycott Barclays Bank due to its participation in the eminent domain abuse scheme in the borough of Brooklyn in the City of New York, USA. Barclays, a British bank with branches in America, agreed to pay the developer Forest City Ratner over $305 million for naming […]
Missing Q&A On Health & The 2008 USA Presidential Race
Missing Q&A On Health & The 2008 USA Presidential Race Why don’t the news media ask Ron Paul, the only physician running in the major party races for president, for his views on the problems of health care? Why does Ron Paul not explicitly address the questions of health insurance, affordability of health care […]
A Child’s Book of Eminent Domain
As a Libertarian activist on eminent domain and other property rights issues I was pleasantly suprised when I came across The Lost Village of Central Park by Hope Lourie Killcoyne with illustrations by Mary Lee Majno. This is a children’s book aimed at 8-12 year olds but it could certainly be read by […]
Bipartisan Hypocrisy Reigns In New York Troopergate and Choppergate Scandals
While Democrats in New York’s dysfunctional State Legislature rally behind Governor Eliot Spitzer, the Republicans in the same legislature scent weakness in the still developing Troopergate and Choppergate scandals. Both teams fault the other side without scrutinizing themselves. As in the Clinton scandals, the Democrats are basically saying "What’s the big deal?" or "This is […]
NY Conservatives Have Split Joint?
The Marijuana Policy Project (www.mpp.org) reports that 55% of polled enrolled members of New York State’s Conservative Party support medical marijuana with 35% opposed See New York Conservatives Favor Medical Marijuana Bill, Poll Shows http://www.mpp.org/site/c.glKZLeMQIsG/b.1493403/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id={7711BDC7-665F-4EA8-8674-4BABF29E098C}¬oc=1. However, the leadership of the Conservative Party is adamantly opposed to medical marijuana. My own party, […]
NY Governor Spitzer Now Playing Peter O’Toole In Choppergate
NY Governor Spitzer Now Playing Peter O’Toole In Choppergate by Richard Cooper "Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?" In the 1964 movie Becket, King Henry II of England as played by Peter O’Toole implores his henchmen with these words. Substitute Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno for Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas á Becket and […]