The Internet may well disempower the nation state, but at the same time, it also strengthens certain specific state functions - like surveillance. As a political entity, it doesn't empower the nation sate. It creates the availability of much more dat...
Pita: Where are you from, Creasy? Creasy: The United States. Pita: I know, but which state? Creasy: No state in particular. Pita: My mom and me are from Houston, Texas. Have you been there? Creasy: No.
In spite of its alluring name, the welfare state stands or falls by compulsion. It is compulsion imposed upon us with the state’s power to punish noncompliance. Once this is clear, it is equally clear that the welfare state is an evil the same as e...
Libertarian opponents of anarchy are attacking a straw man. Their arguments are usually utilitarian in nature and amount to "but anarchy won’t work" or "we need the (things provided by the) state." But these attacks are confused at best, if not dis...
War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings.
Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
Gauchos are like cowboys in the United States.
The state of our state needs serious attention.
Bill, The United States is not a company. It is a country.
When it comes to providing aid, developing innovations, and making bold steps that change the course of history, the United States is usually on the front lines.
The United States will not be in Afghanistan forever.
No, the United States does not target civilians.
There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States.
The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.
Literature is a state of culture, poetry is a state of grace, before and after culture.
People love steak all over the United States.
I like politics. I like traveling in the United States.
The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.
Washington Hogwallop: Mrs. Hogwallop up and R-U-N-N-O-F-T. Ulysses Everett McGill: She musta been lookin' for answers. Washington Hogwallop: Possibly. Good riddance as far as I'm concerned. I do miss her cookin' though. Delmar O'Donnell: This stew's ...
The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it w...
