Notes from the Underground

TNR’s a little late to the party, but David Thier’s piece on secessionism in Vermont is a pretty entertaining read. I liked this bit:
In Vermont, you can pick up a shotgun without a waiting period on your way to entering into a civil union with your gay lover. The capital, Montpelier, is the only state [...]

“The Most Libertarian Part of the Country”

The trouble with Confederate sympathizers is that they tarnish the substantive case for states’ rights. Today on National Review, John Miller interviews H. W. Crocker III, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War, who jauntily informs us that the antebellum South was “the most libertarian part of the country.” I have several [...]

Self-Promotion

The trouble with being linked to by the Daily Dish is that my three latest posts discuss Will Smith, Greek basketball, and Morrissey (not that there’s anything wrong with that). If you’re interested in something a bit more serious, I recommend these passable entries on secession, the future of the Republican Party, and the Iraq [...]

Convergence

Here’s an entertaining article on Joe Vogler, founder of the Alaska Independence Party, from Bill Kaufmann (via):
“Land to the people!” Vogler cried. “The government is not a good landlord.” Yet he was a tertium quid: neither a leftist anti-colonialist nor a lackey of the developers. Vogler demanded that all land in Alaska be privatized, even [...]

Notes on Secession

This excellent piece from the American Conservative reminded me of another take on secession from the other end of the ideological spectrum. In 2006, Rebecca Solnit penned a hopeful article envisioning the peaceful dissolution of United States:
. . . mainstream journalists spent the first decade of this century debating the meaning of the obvious binaries–the [...]

Baller Status

Is hereby bestowed upon the Republic of Vermont.