In the debut episode of their Free Thoughts podcast, Aaron Ross Powell and Trevor Burrus from the Cato Institute do a really great job discussing (and debunking) the myth that libertarians are somehow anti-community. One thing I learned about: “thin” vs “thick” libertarianism. I’m apparently a “thick libertarian”—meaning I try to apply the principles of […]
Politics and Government
Appearance #2 on Dylan Brody’s Neighbor’s Couch
I am so fired up to get talking about politics again–and it shows through in my latest appearance on the podcast Dylan Brody’s Neighbor’s Couch. We talk about my web business for a while–I happen to be the web guy behind that site–and then we turn to why I call myself a “green libertarian“, and […]
Lance In the Media, Podcast Appearances Across the Blogosphere, Activism, Politics and Government, Web Design and Blogging, Working at home
Gary Johnson: "Be Libertarian With Me" Campaign Ad
I wasn’t crazy about the first two Gary Johnson campaign ads that came out after he was nominated as the Libertarian Party candidate, but this one’s fun. Not birthday party fun…more, shaking-things-up-a-bit fun. And his “be libertarian with me for this one election” line is really good, IMO. I’m interested in seeing more borderline-revolutionary-type ads […]
This is how much Dianne Feinstein cares about her constituents
I’m pissed off. Recently I sent a letter (via DownsizeDC‘s action center) to Senator Dianne Feinstein and my other congresspeople asking her to support Rep. Barbara Lee’s bill HR 2859, which would repeal the Authorization to Use Military Force–the law from 2001 which effectively kicked off the War on Terror, and which was used as […]
Atlas Shrugged Movie Trailer
Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Atlas Shrugged Part 1 movie: I’m pretty excited about this. I have a long history with Atlas Shrugged, as do many people, and a lot of us have been nervous about how a movie would come out when it finally did. This looks promising, which is nice considering that […]
New scene released from Atlas Shrugged Part 1
The Atlas Shrugged movie people have released a short uncut scene: I’m still impressed by the overall quality so far, considering the tiny budget and super-rushed production schedule. What do you think? (By the way, you can request that Atlas be screened in your town here.) Here’s the full trailer for the movie in case […]
Lance Uncategorized Filmmaking, Politics and Government, Social Media
Revisiting "The USA-PATRIOT Axe"
Today on Twitter I posted a link to an old blog entry of mine, originally from my presidential campaign site, called “The USA-PATRIOT Axe”. Since Congress is currently in the process of slithering through another renewal of some the lamest parts of that law, it seems like a great time to visit that old post […]
Lance Uncategorized Politics and Government, Web Design and Blogging
New job title: Reince Priebus joke curator (?!?)
In an extremely unexpected turn of events, I have launched a site dedicated to jokes about the new Republican National Committee chairman with the funny name, Reince Priebus. The site is called (surprise!) ReincePriebusJokes.com. It’s mostly based off of tweets that I have skimmed off of the Internet – some 250+ jokes have been re-tweeted […]
Lance Creative endeavors, Twitter, Twitter projects Humor, Politics and Government, Web Design and Blogging
The Little Things – "Patriot Re-Action"
Here is a “lost” edition of my comic strip The Little Things, from 3-10-10, titled “Patriot Re-Action”. The finished comic didn’t quite make it out of the gate when the issue was in the news nearly a year ago, but since the law’s renewal is coming around again soon, it’s as good a time as […]
Paul Rosenberg on How Libertarians Fail
Paul Rosenberg posted on Fr33Agents about how libertarians (and any other group with a like viewpoint) make some basic group dynamic errors that serve to hold them back–the biggest being that they tend to communicate mostly within their own thought-circles. I grew bored with the endless flow of philosophical and political cross-talk that seems to […]
Lance Uncategorized Politics and Government
(Lance comments on) Roger Ebert on Universal Health Care
I’m safe on board. Pull up the life rope – Roger Ebert’s Journal Film critic Roger Ebert’s second blog post on health care reform has received almost 1000 comments; my comment is probably near the 600 zone. Here’s a direct link to my comment, but it’s copied below anyway. The more important place to start […]
Lance Uncategorized Across the Blogosphere, Politics and Government
State to mom: Stop baby-sitting neighbors' kids
Once again, state licensing laws interfere with people trying to be a community. Thank God the state is there to step in and make sure we aren’t helping to watch each others’ kids, or run soup kitchens, or style people’s hair, without complying with myriad regulations and state and federal standards, and paying licensing and […]