Mises on ‘Christian Socialism’
“Christian Socialism, as it has taken root in the last few decades among countless followers of all Christian churches, is merely a variety of State Socialism. … Agriculture and handicraft, with perhaps small shopkeeping, are the only admissible occupations. Trade and speculation are superfluous, injurious, and evil. … It is the duty of legislation to […]
The Wisconsin Restraining Order as a Harbinger of 2012?
by Smitty Walsh at The Corner is sounding just a teeny bit alarmist about what’s going on in cheeseland: Yes, a mighty jurist in Dane County with the Dickensian name of Maryann Sumi has halted publication of the new law restricting collective-bargaining privileges for the state’s public-sector unions until she can rule on its merits. […]
In E-Mail to Dan Riehl, Shankman Claims ‘Very Mainstream Catholic Theology’
This is a very significant message from Wisconsin pro-union cyberstalker James L. Shankman: With regards to distributivism, it is very mainstream catholic theology. You could ask James O’Keefe, who says he is personally inspired by G.K. Chesterton. Chesterton is the main political philosopher of distributivism. The last couple pages of What’s Wrong With the World are […]
Dan Riehl Always Gets His Man: Madison Althouse Stalker James L. Shankman UPDATE: Social F–ing Justice Theory? Shankman Quotes … Pope Leo XIII!
Hey, did I call this one or what? I’d expect online research maestro Dan Riehl is going to have much, much more to tell us about Mr. Shankman. As soon as Shankman was ID’d as author of the anti-Althouse rant, Dan’s name crossed my mind and within a couple hours he was on the phone […]
New Motherf–g Tone Update: ‘A Sense of Entitlement That Leads to Criminality’ UPDATE: Althouse Cyberstalker Says ‘Forced to Commit Identity Suicide’
UPDATE 10:55 p.m.: The terroristic screed against University of Wisconsin law professor Ann Althouse was posted on a Web account of Madison resident Jim Shankman. In a Facebook status update about 9 p.m. this evening, Shankman wrote: Because of a right-blogosphere campaign to silence me, I have been forced to commit Identity Suicide. I have never supported or […]
Not The Time To Go Wobbly In Wisconsin
by Smitty Lefty poll blog Swing State Project says that three Republican State Senators are in trouble against a generic Democrat. It would be great to have confidence that the blogging prowess of Ann Althouse, as well as the bloviations of the TrogloPundit and Grandpa John could be counted upon to avert disaster. But the […]
Governor Walker Reeling From Rhetorical Blow Dealt By. . .Susan Sarandon?
by Smitty (via Lucianne) Politico captures the less-than-stunning verbal impact: Sarandon spoke to The Nation’s John Nichols about why she travelled to the Midwest. “I wanted to say thank you for everyone who’s kept this fight going, who have awakened all the union members. I’m a union member. I’m also a mom whose kids have […]
When Moe’s On, He’s On
“Let me see if I can guess the contents of the article, based on just the title (‘Governor Walker’s Coup D’Etat’): Robert Reich is going to use the Rubber Bands of Mendacity, Hyperbole, and Bad Polling to create a Frankenstein’s Monster of an assertion that somehow Governor Walker — with his voting majorities in the state […]
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