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Category Archives: quotes
QOTD: Justice Alito, dissenting
I watched C-SPAN’s coverage of the oral arguments back in October 2010, and as much I (and almost everyone else I know) dislikes the Westboro Baptist Church antics, I find nothing to disagree in John Roberts’ opinion to disagree with: … Continue reading
QOTD: Julian Sanchez on “Koch Habits”
I have to say, I’m both surprised and encouraged to see someone of Sanchez’ stature make this statement unequivocally: …one reason libertarians ought to ally themselves with the progressive coalition in the United States is that unregulated carbon dioxide emissions … Continue reading
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QOTD: Revkin on what it means to be a journalist
This is something I never understood about being a journalist, but it’s going in my file of important thoughts on journalism: In the process I learned to put away my old notions of self, of ego and attitudes. Journalism is … Continue reading
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QOTD: Milton on mining
In light of a new gold mine under development in Alaska, here’s a quote from Paradise Lost (1.663-692): He spake: and to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim; the sudden … Continue reading
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QOTD: Carl Malamud on law as an open source endeavor
Carl Malamud, in a presentation titled 10 Rules for Radicals, via Boing Boing: You’ll remember that with government video, at the federal level, there is no copyright in works of government. This principle that there is no copyright is even … Continue reading
QOTD: Weigel on Koch’s response to the New Yorker piece
Hey, your dream came true! You’re Tony Montana looking at the neon lights after Frank Lopez has been “taken care of.” Just admit it.
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QOTD: Enclosure with a letter in the FBI file on Howard Zinn
[Note: Ordinarily I do not preface QOTD material with any kind of a remark, but rather leave it to the reader to interpret the material and to consider why I might have posted it. Because this material is quite incendiary, … Continue reading
QOTD: MLK beyond the Vietnam Era
Over the past two years, as I have moved to break the betrayal of my own silences and to speak from the burnings of my own heart, as I have called for radical departures from the destruction of Vietnam, many … Continue reading
QOTD: What to the slave is the Fourth of July?
Frederick Douglass, 1852: On the second of July, 1776, the old Continental Congress, to the dismay of the lovers of ease, and the worshipers of property, clothed that dreadful idea with all the authority of national sanction. They did so … Continue reading
QOTD: Revkin on energy at Moving By Degrees
“We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Natures inexhaustible sources of energy — sun, wind and tide. … I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. … Continue reading