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Fragmented Obsessions

http://fragmentedobsessions.wordpress.com

A site about politics, economics, civil liberties, culture, and our post-civilizational world in general.

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  • Christmas on my iPod

    Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 01:06

    This year, I broke my decades-long tradition of running as far as I can from the stores and malls on Black Friday.  While visiting family, I braved the crowds and went looking to see how much money I could spend.  There was no particular agenda; id...

  • Do we live in a police State?

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 14:59

    A few weeks ago, the Young Fogey made a passing comment that we live in a police State.  One of his frequent visitors took abrasive exception to this, and I was quite glad to have managed to stay out of the debate.  But it got me to thinking.  Her...

  • Can There Be an “After Socialism”?

    Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 15:39

    Professor Alan Kors of the University of Pennsylvania has written a fantastic essay entitled, “Can There Be an “After Socialism”? I am indebted to a friend who is a former student of the professor’s for having called this arti...

  • What is a Rogue State?

    Posted on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 at 17:36 in politics, education, Civil Liberties, foreign policy, political philosophy, right to life, brutality, natural rights

    A few days ago, I was flipping through the TV channels looking for something interesting to watch between football games.  Golf just doesn’t do it for me.  I zoomed past C-SPAN, which can be interesting at times, even if it’s also annoy...

  • America: Not good enough to get upset

    Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 23:45

    When I was in college, I had a classmate who loved to unleash melodious, profanity-laced tirades whenever he didn’t play up to his own standards.  He was famous for this.  One day, while playing for one of the conservatory’s more notori...

  • Money, the root of all virtue

    Posted on Monday September 7th, 2009 at 00:11

    A few days ago, I was having lunch in my usual place when another customer walked in.  He was a bit strange, kind of hard to understand, and maybe a bit rude and demanding to the workers.  Nevertheless, his needs were met, and everything worked its...

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This blog is currently rated a 4.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

PETEPROUDHON

4 stars Pete

I like this blog. Kind of a libertarian-anarchist vibe with some sound economics thrown in for good measure.

Posted: June 12th, 2009 | More Reviews From PETEPROUDHON | Report This Comment

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