Scribblings
Resistance Center
Below are the most recent columns and articles that I've written.
Tuccille.com Ongoing: Disloyal Opposition Blog
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March 5, 2008: There oughta be a law
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December 12, 2007: Prohibition: Same as it ever was
Paradigm
August 2007: High-Desert Barbecue
Small Business Review
April 6, 2007: The Tax Gap: The Feds Target Small Businesses
Budget & Tax News
January 1, 2007: State spending caps rejected
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November 1, 2006: Keep Arizonans secure in their homes and businesses
Budget & Tax News
November 1, 2006: Movement for state spending caps picks up momentum
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September 6, 2005: Get politicians out of the disaster relief business
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July 22, 2005: Time to escape from New York
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June 23, 2005: Property decision may put politicians at risk
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June 9, 2005: Dopeheads
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June 2, 2005: Letter to the FEC
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April 27, 2005: Swashbuckling for Freedom
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February 22, 2005: Hunter S. Thompson (July 18, 1937 - February 20, 2005)
Musings on the nanny state, stupid government tricks and related topics. Updated several times per day.
Before we start adopting the higher-taxed, more heavily regulated ways of other countries, it's worth investigating whether people overseas actually pay those taxes or obey those regulations.
In the name of the long-running war on drugs, we now have to ask permission to purchase allergy medication. Not only is this annoying and intrusive, but, as my bootlegging ancestors demonstrated, it's doomed to fail.
Here's a 5,000-word excerpt from my (as-yet unpublished) novel, High Desert Barbecue. It's a tale of arson, adventure, the great outdoors and perverse sex. Enjoy!
The federal government says there's a $290 billion gap between what it's owed in taxes and what Americans actually pay every year. Critics and small-business groups charge that the proposals will be costly--for business and the Internal Revenue Service--and will produce meager returns. Some questions whether the "tax gap" is indeed a growing problem.
Voters in Maine, Nebraska, and Oregon unequivocally rejected proposals on their November 7 ballots to restrict growth in state government spending.
Opponents of Proposition 207 claim that Arizonans don't need improved defenses against unjust government takings of private property. They insist the threat posed to our homes and businesses by avaricious politicians and their developer buddies is negligible. But as people who have actually lost the use of their property can tell you, the threat is very real.
Also published November 1, 2006 by Verde Valley Newspapers: Keep Arizonans secure in their homes and businesses
Millions of Americans across the country this November will have an opportunity to decide the course of their states' financial future, opting for controlled government growth and financial responsibility ... or business as usual.
Let the politicians have fun bashing each other on TV; it's one of the few tasks at which they excel. Serious people should get about the business of preparing for the next disaster -- without any "assistance" from the government.
Also published September 13, 2005 by Las Vegas Review-Journal: Disaster relief too important to leave to government
New York's new mass transit searches are an exercise in public relations policing which is unlikely to make New Yorkers an iota safer.
Denied any hope of legal protection for their property, Americans are likely to turn again, as they have in the past, to extra-legal tactics for punishing errant officials.
In the wake of the Raich decision, its clear that America's dominant political factions care about little more than the ability to wield absolute power -- and they see the Constitution as an inconvenient obstacle to be bypassed at all costs.
Also published June 15, 2005 by Verde Valley Newspapers: Medical marijuana falls victim to administration's zeal for power
The Federal Election Commission wants to impose "campaign finance" restrictions on the Internet, potentially muzzling independent voices from across the political spectrum. I tell 'em why that's a bad idea.
The Black Arrow is a swashbuckler that demands attention once you've turned the first page. Given the book's futuristic setting, it would be appropriate to clone Errol Flynn to play the lead in a movie version.
It seems inappropriate to wish a wild spirit like Thompson to "rest in piece," so let's just hope that the afterlife, if there is one, is well stocked with ibogaine and ammunition, and that Thompson is able to spend eternity tormenting the ghost of Richard Nixon.
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