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Longing for fathers
Source: National Center for Public Policy Research/Project 21
Author: Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson
Country: United States

This cultural commentary advises black men to resolve to be better fathers in order to ameliorate the disastrous effects of statism upon the black community. From Project 21's New Visions Commentary series. (6/99)

Living the outlaw life: freeing your innner outlaw
Source: Backwoods Home Magazine
Author: Claire Wolfe
Country: United States
E-mail: webmaster@backwoodshome.com

Wolfe discusses being an Outlaw, which means that "your heart and your mind are your own." Most of us already are outlaws by virtue of an overactive federal government, Wolfe writes. The only way to escape this tyranny is by living a self-reliant lifestyle. (2001)

A message to Garcia
Source: Phil Kent
Author: Elbert Hubbard
Country: United States

There is "much maudlin sympathy expressed for the 'downtrodden denizens of the sweat-shop' and the 'homeless wanderer searching for honest employment' ... Nothing is said about the employer who grows old before his time in a vain attempt to get frowsy ne'er-do-wells to do intelligent work; and his long, patient striving after 'help' that does nothing but loaf when his back is turned." (1899)

The folly of trusting government
Source: Strike the Root
Author: Rick Gee
Country: United States

Whether it's terrorist attacks or the anthrax scare, "Trusting the government to protect you is like trusting the fox to guard the henhouse. The more we give them the power to do so, the worse job they will do." (11/16/01)

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