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“Less Government” and the Social Contract

Posted on July 18, 2015 by toritto

A re-post for the upcoming election season – not that it changes anything “In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets or steal a loaf of bread.” Anatole France … Continue reading →

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Life Before Social Security

Posted on January 14, 2015 by toritto

Originally posted some three years ago elsewhere. This year I will be 73 years old, assuming I make it and I have close family now into their eighties. I was born in the first year of WW II and my older relatives born … Continue reading →

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The Serial Killer Groupie and the GOP

Posted on May 12, 2014 by toritto

Once there was a serial killer. His name was William Hickman. He was rather famous back in the 1920s. The son of a paranoid schizophrenic mother and grandmother,  he would torture and kill cats as a kid. Anyone who knew … Continue reading →

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“Less Government” and the Social Contract

Posted on April 27, 2014 by toritto

“In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets or steal a loaf of bread.” Anatole France – 1894 I’ve actually seen the line translated as “piss in the streets” … Continue reading →

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