The Libertarian

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sun, 20 Feb 2005 09:00:51 GMT  <== Politics ==> 
Vin Suprynowicz mug For quite a while I've enjoyed reading The Libertarian, a series of columns by Vin Suprynowicz. I receive them via email, usually 2 or 3 a week. I often want to point to his stories, but they aren't all available in a timely manner anywhere I know of on the web, so starting today, I'm going to post them here. Before doing this, I asked for and got Permission to post Vin's articles.

Vin at LVRJ is an archive of Vin's regular Sunday column at the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Some other archives of Vin's work are thelibertarian.net, Vin at Liberty Anonymous, The Vinyard, and The Vindex. I also highly recommend his book "Send in the Waco Killers".

The asterisks ("*") to the right of some of the stories point at the page where I give commentary on that story and the ones below it down to the next asterisk.

Enjoy!

February, 2002

2/13 - The new Five-Year Plan *
2/11 - $116,000 here, $116,000 there ... it's only tax money *
2/10 - Airline security and my 'attack on free enterprise' *
2/7 - 'Fish protection' debunked as motive for bankrupting Oregon farmers
2/6 - Henderson Thirteenth Grade
2/4 - Hey Mustafa, try this

January, 2002

1/29 - Nevada needs tort reform *
1/27 - An old man with a curious little metal cross
1/25 - The right way to fight a war
1/21 - It is finally Edward Kennedy's moment *
1/20 - Please get in line ... it's Conga time
1/15 - Nevada leaders afraid to put federal government in its place
1/11 - New crime-stopping plan would fine the victims
1/9 - 'Wiping out the surplus' *
1/7 - California devalues 'dollar' coupons by another 8 percent *
1/6 - His noblest fantasy had little to do with elves and wizards *
1/4 - Ending the anachronism of racial labels *
1/2 - Rooting up the plum trees *

December, 2001

12/31 - The Guild of Wistful and Outdated Uncles
12/25 - 'I'll be home for Christmas, you can plan on me' *
12/23 - Metro the 'moving force' behind killer cops
12/16 - Should Nevada borrow tax structures of the states everyone is fleeing?
12/14 - Showing the colors *
12/6 - Round Two: Yasser Arafat *
12/4 - The high schools fail *
12/2 - Making up the law as they go along *
12/1 - The art of dodging objective reality

November, 2001

11/30 - If nuclear power can't stand on its own after 44 years, when will it?
11/28 - A feast of lard: Last thing economy needs is a platter of congressional cholesterol
11/25 - Will banks hand over your money without a warrant? *
11/22 - Why do we prosper, while others fail? It's not the topsoil *
11/21 - Will Internet critic soon 'sleep with the fishes'?
11/20 - 'Strapping us in our cars'
11/19 - Nevada Supreme Court OKs corrupt property grab
11/18 - 'Only God can judge that'
11/15 - Government interventions mask fault, forestall reform
11/13 - And now, the federals won't even let us die
11/8 - Congressmen in Wonderland *
11/7 - House blocks vast new airport bureaucracy
11/4 - Meet the new boss ... same as the old boss *
11/2 - 'Students' of death *

October, 2001

10/31 - Thoughts on the occasion of the October moon *
10/30 - A fresh look at jury sevice
10/25 - Common sense prevails
10/23 - A half-hearted kind of war
10/21 - So-called 'police' still seizing medical records
10/20 - Time to lead by example *
10/19 - High court ducks roadblock issue
10/16 - All applications approved! *
10/14 - Yes, we're at war ... against sick Americans *
10/13 - No time for panic spending
10/12 - They could hardly wait
10/12 - Security is important, but so is oversight
10/10 - Islamic Silence
10/8 - Half-measures in the Klamath Valley
10/7 - A reluctance to embrace real solutions *
10/5 - We have a volunteer *
10/1 - Big spenders spot their chance: Statists race to dance on convenient pile of corpses

September, 2001

9/30 - 'Stop complying now ... Don't give the government-regulated airlines your business' *
9/28 - To slip one through while no one's looking
9/23 - Tear down the Taliban ... not the Bill of Rights
9/22 - Your permanent record
9/19 - A nation of primping Fauntleroys readies for war
9/18 - America's back in business
9/14 - The passengers were all disarmed
9/11 - Lonely threesome back work-card freedom
9/9 - 'If it's not in writing, they're screwed'
9/8 - Fingerprinting the sick
9/4 - Repealing the law of supply and demand
9/2 - Boy, do they ever want the Trails End Ranch

August, 2001

8/26 - Catching up with a few old friends
8/19 - 'Forced to choose ... between being a fugitive or certain death'
8/14 - The natives are restless *
8/13 - From killings to cover-ups, rogue agency has no place in free nation
8/8 - Will Nevada's lawmakers fall for the oldest trick in the book? *
8/6 - 'Pay up and don't ask' *
8/5 - They can never meet the 'demand' for free sandwiches
8/3 - She could show you a high time

July, 2001

7/30 - War: our proudest export *
7/29 - His white scarf streaming out behind ... *
7/27 - Disloyal to the United States? *
7/23 - Punishing graffiti victims *
7/22 - I must be paranoid; I still believe in communists *
7/20 - Military base closings
7/18 - Get out the sandbags
7/17 - And he's taxing the stairway to heaven ...
7/15 - And now, may I have the envelope please ...
7/12 - The transparent sham of the 'public meeting' *
7/11 - The hidden war on academic achievement
7/10 - 'Flag desecration amendment' does not improve with age *
7/6 - Barring the people from the land *
7/4 - Most Americans should be ashamed to celebrate the Fourth *
7/2 - Maybe Councilman Mack isn't a crook. Maybe he's a moron. *

June, 2001

6/27 - Watch out for politicians promising us new 'rights' *
6/26 - Who needs the 'Megabucks'? *
6/24 - What are they going to do, 'take their business ELSEWHERE?' har har
6/22 - Where all the presidents are above average *
6/19 - Fourth issue of "P.A." is in the mail *
6/19 - Budget-cutting as political drama *
6/17 - The saga of The Moose's Tooth *
6/15 - High court OKs after-hours religious club
6/11 - Pay more for better work? Sounds suspicious *
6/7 - State to squeak by on 'less money than we started with.' Heh, heh
6/4 - Competition, low prices make the wheels fall off *
6/1 - Senate decides law need not apply to judges

May, 2001

5/28 - Liberty, as Sen. Calhoun said, is easier to get than to keep *
5/24 - Court limits handbilling, but splits on property rights *
5/23 - 'Let's make a deal'
5/22 - Define 'paraphernalia'
5/21 - Las Vegas needs books
5/20 - Another nadir in homicidal hair-splitting *
5/18 - Let the Pork Wars begin

April, 2001

4/22 - 'For handing out constitutional propaganda' *
4/16 - Restore released felons' rights -- all their rights *
4/15 - Dump the income tax *
4/11 - School crisis measures need to stress local input *
4/8 - Don't just free John Thoburn, vindicate him *
4/4 - Close the Department of Education
4/1 - Surprise complete in theme park opening

March, 2001

3/27 - America's five-foot giant: James Madison *
3/25 - Are you shirking your duty to help keep America free? *
3/20 - Sen. Reid fears we'd only 'squander' proposed Bush tax cut *
3/18 - Lone property rights case before the court this year
3/14 - Bill would leave petition-passers babbling like lunatics *
3/11 - Educrats declare war on remaining parental rights
3/7 - Repeal Depression-era libel law ... for starters *

February, 2001

2/25 - In two Nevada courtrooms, the good guys get their say *
2/22 - A victory in Elko *
2/21 - Teachers unions won't say where tax loot would go
2/19 - Busting the protection racket *
2/18 - For once, bureaucratic nightmare has a happy ending *
2/14 - What did those 'B averages' really mean? *
2/3 - Drug war very effective *

January, 2001

1/29 - The Last Food Fight *
1/28 - Driving them off the land
1/23 - The hypocrisy of the morally anointed *
1/22 - New medical privacy rules are vague and dangerous
1/21 - Now they've made it all wilderness and there's no deer left
1/16 - Forces of bureaucratic tyranny seek to purge Bush nominees *
1/15 - Did Dr. King make the movement, or did the movement make him
1/14 - The state-established religion of Environmentalism
1/10 - The triumphs of Big Government *
1/8 - The questions that are never asked, Part II
1/5 - Who makes 'the best' Americans? *
1/3 - The questions that are never asked, Part I

December, 2000

12/31 - The Guild of Regulators is alarmed *
12/29 - Watch out for fine print in shooting range plan
12/27 - Corporate toadies to the last
12/25 - 'I'll be home for Christmas, you can plan on me' *
12/21 - Thousands for overhead... hardly a cent for textbooks *
12/15 - The milkers and the milked *
12/10 - The failed drug war and the real significance of 'Dune' *
12/8 - And now ... armed guards at the DMV *
12/6 - Time to draw the line *
12/3 - Sparing us The Emperor Al *

November, 2000

11/30 - Mr. Gore wants 10,000 invalid ballots counted ... for him *
11/29 - GOP congressman upset over election night 'early calls' *
11/28 - Justice Dept. determined to prove there is a Jabberwock
11/27 - Mining rules exceed congressional intent (surprise)
11/24 - 'Ridicule and emotionalism ... serve no useful purpose' *
11/23 - French court sets a bad -- and ridiculous -- precedent
11/19 - Like introducing 'just a little sewage' in the water supply
11/17 - A purely cosmetic measure *
11/15 - Truck seizure goes too far
11/12 - The Parade of Collectivism marches on *
11/11 - A chance to really clear the air
11/5 - 'Where we'd have the Haves and the Have-nots' *

October, 2000

10/30 - Beware the pennies on your eyes
10/27 - The 'secrecy' noose tightens
10/25 - Getting by with a little help from his friends
10/25 - An Important Invitation from Vin Suprynowicz
10/23 - The king's men are doing fine
10/22 - Autumn, 1942: It came down to one Marine, and one ship
10/12 - Thoughts on the occasion of the October moon *
10/8 - He said, 'If you come on my land, I'll kill you' *
10/4 - High court hears arguments on Indianapolis drug checkpoints *

September, 2000

9/24 - Deaths in Merced *
9/17 - Will rewrite nation's history to suit new tenant *
9/15 - Goofy 9th Circuit finds new reason to reverse convictions *
9/10 - Were the founders a pack of thieves? *
9/7 - Voters fail to fall for vindictive union campaign *
9/3 - Nevadans may get to vote on state income tax *
9/1 - Is USDA an 'out-of-control muenster'? *

August, 2000

8/20 - Sanctifying the expansion of federal power *
8/18 - Pharmaceutical blackmail *
8/13 - 'Resolved from each and every legal consideration' *
8/9 - Of abstinence and the Roman Catholic church
8/8 - What Bill of Rights?
8/6 - Another brilliant idea *
8/4 - Could they really have done it on purpose?
8/3 - Hanging on the telephone

July, 2000

7/25 - They're reading our mail
7/23 - That someone could have a gun in the store!
7/18 - Has your bookshelf been approved by the BATF? *
7/16 - Gun-grabbers: masters of the New Plantation *
7/14 - Drug Czar aims to infiltrate Hollywood *
7/12 - Assemblyman shows us where bad laws come from
7/10 - Commissioner would jail car dealers for Sunday sales
7/7 - Are most state speed limits bogus? *
7/5 - What's wrong with patriotism? *
7/4 - Most Americans should be ashamed to celebrate the Fourth
7/3 - Trouble on the left
7/2 - IRS fine at asking questions, but not answering them

June, 2000

6/30 - National study shows 'class-size reduction' does no good *
6/28 - Jews, come out
6/26 - Learning to nod in unison
6/25 - Drug war hypocrites kill a troublesome author *
6/23 - Honoring the Las Vegas Strip
6/21 - Some kids should be locked up *
6/19 - Educrats give fat cat relatives a 'bye'
6/18 - Quite a mess for the grown-ups to clean up
6/16 - Hose out the ant farm
6/15 - OSHA would ban cookie-lifting
6/14 - 'There Oughtta Be A Law,' Chapter 417
6/11 - Oh, did we cite you under the health regulations?
6/9 - Fines for political speech
6/5 - Do we really have to show a 'government-issued ID'? *
6/4 - A quick dip in the columnist's mail bag
6/3 - Time for a 'fat tax' on Wendy's, McDonald's?
6/1 - Mortgage discounts for the new aristocracy?

May, 2000

5/29 - Schoolyard Petitioning *
5/28 - Binion murder verdict
5/26 - Deadly Jobs *
5/25 - No place to cut? Not even the firewalking?
5/20 - Social Security reform *
5/17 - Mostly Rocks and Gravel
5/14 - Teachers Tax, Part Two *
5/12 - Teachers Tax, Part One
5/10 - Public Employees as Legislators
5/9 - More 'Wilderness'
5/7 - Ghigliotti
5/3 - Tobacco Bonds
5/2 - Class Action Suits

April, 2000

4/30 - Miami raid
4/28 - Gay Scoutmaster
4/25 - Paying Our Debts
4/23 - Debating Our Make-Believe Immigration Laws
4/21 - Pat-Down Search
4/17 - Lying to the Court *
4/16 - TV Bride Gets Her Annulment *
4/14 - The Troublesome Case of Thomas Gaule
4/12 - Widdle Stephanie, Part 3 *
4/9 - Widdle Stephanie, Part 2 *
4/7 - Property Rights: Property protections continue to erode
4/6 - Secret Medical Database *
4/5 - Land Use Planning: High court lets an injustice stand
4/3 - Urban Redevelopment: Throw out the clowns
4/2 - The Census: To count all the people we need to feed *
4/1 - The Polecats Ball

March, 2000

3/31 - Mass Transit: Hear the lonesome trolley bell *
3/29 - Prevailing Wage *
3/28 - Flag Burning
3/24 - Eisenhower *
3/22 - Greatest President
3/20 - Felon in Massachusetts
3/19 - War on Drugs
3/17 - Vaccination Parade *
3/15 - Tourism
3/12 - Gun Rights *
3/5 - Blame Schools, Not Guns *
3/2 - Cocaine Screenings *
3/1 - Hairdressers as Snitches

February, 2000

2/28 - Juice Job
2/27 - Lincoln *
2/25 - Education IRAs
2/22 - Preferred Treatment
2/17 - Racial Quotas
2/15 - Eminent Domain Property Seizure
2/24 - Police roadblocks out of control * (offsite)
2/20 - Forget Manson, it's the dreaded Cybernerd * (offsite)
2/13 - And it's 1, 2, 3, what are we fighting for? * (offsite)
2/14 - Bonus 2nd Amendment Dialog, part 2 *
2/11 - Bonus 2nd Amendment Dialog, part 1 *
2/10 - Clinton Budget
2/9 - Banning Gay Marriage *
2/6 - North Irish 'Peace Plan'
2/5 - Urban Renewal *
2/4 - Minimum Wage Hike
2/3 - Primaries

January, 2000

1/30 - Ignoring Iowa *
1/29 - State of the Union


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