Inalienable Rights

By Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Sunday, April 19, 2009 7:00 AM The writer of the piece below confronts the issue of standing up to defend our inalienable rights, but he does not explore the origin or limits of those rights.  The choice of the word, “inalienable” implies...

Prohibition And Legalization

Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 10/23/2009 Today on the Fox Business News, High Noon segment, the commentators considered the issue of legalizing medical marijuana.  They argued that legalization would lower the crime rate by reducing incentives for gang and organized crime,...

The Reluctant Anarchist

(Quotes from SOBRAN’S, December 2002, pages 3–6) by Tom Sobran: Entire essay found at: www.sobran.com/reluctant.html Commentary by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 10/1/2010 Thomas This argument assumes that the state will inevitably, unavoidably, necessarily, logically,...