Jeff Baxter's Columns
"God told Israel they did not need a king. That might seem to be theological trivia not worth a moment's thought to most, but it hit me like a bunker-buster in the brain. All the other threads that had been forming in my thoughts suddenly weaved together, and I immediately began to review life in light of two opposites . . . government, and the lack thereof." Column by Jeff Baxter.
"Politicians glorify themselves at such expense, spend incredible, uncountable amounts of our money to do so, exculpate themselves from every responsibility except to inflict more of the same upon us and those unfortunate inhabitants in those foreign entanglements...." Column by Jeff Baxter.
The Real Nation--Free of the Curse
"If only the American electorate, busy performing slave labor this very day pulling levers and finger-tipping/tapping computer screens to vote for their candidate of choice to rule their lives, would take a hint from the pile of Red Sox players squirming with delight several nights ago in Busch Stadium." Column by Jeff Baxter.
Holy Day of Obligation--Revisited
"...when MTV and FOX and all network-initialed-groups in-between are encouraging everyone to 'get out and vote' so we can have someone--anyone--tell us what to do, how to live, and what portion of our personal wealth and belongings we may keep for ourselves, then what else can we be, but...slaves." Column by Jeff Baxter.
Out of the Cornfield--Thoreau Was a Red Sox Fan
"That is what freedom is all about--to discover from whence one cometh, and to revel in the relative few opportunities life presents to one to do so." Column by Jeff Baxter.
"And law has a snowball effect--once folks get the idea that they can force their neighbors into doing things their way by use of government, well, it is pretty clear why our legal system is in a shambles, while every individual (especially the 'law-abiders') is forced (by LAW--how about that?), to financially feed the insatiable beast that government at all levels has become." Column by Jeff Baxter.
"Perhaps those of us called Americans will finally get past this two-party nonsense we call politics--past this silly notion that voting for one of two peas in the same pod means something or anything--and take matters into our own hands." Column by Jeff Baxter.
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"But worship can only, at its very worst, include government, which is nothing more than a group of people who think they have a right to instruct the rest of us how to live, and what to worship." Column by Jeff Baxter.
"Cuts to the quick, and makes every human relationship incumbent upon individual responsibility, and a total respect for the life, liberty and property of every neighbor, in love and marriage to friends to contractual business deals and anything beyond." Column by Jeff Baxter.
Column by Jeff Baxter.
Column by Jeff Baxter.
"But folks of every persuasion, from mine to convicted atheist, understand the existence of evil, and that whomever the ultimate source might be, evil, like charity, begins at home. In me. Within the individual." Column by Jeff Baxter.
"Gays now have 'permission' from the government, just as we hetero's have 'permission.' Big whoops! All of which means we have to beg the government to give us what is ours by birthright. Just what everyone needs--permission to be free." Column by Jeff Baxter.
"Once upon a time, she was the handmaiden of all. She was worshipped by all, and men far and wide lavished their affection upon this woman. She never wavered, and she freely loved back with an intensity that only grew with each new day. Being in her presence was like breathing fresh air, like having all the hopes and dreams of life placed at your doorstep--yours for the taking. Men spoke of her as if she were an ancient Goddess of ultimate beauty, and in truth, she was." Column by Jeff Baxter.
"We have returned to the mud and vomit, or at the very least, are being legally manipulated, as Debs pointed out, into becoming serfs yet again." Column by Jeff Baxter.
"The Iraqi people, not Saddam, are answering the American invasion of their property. We are choosing not to listen, and no matter the eventual political outcome...We have already lost." Column by Jeff Baxter.
"...even if you disagree with Christ's major premise on a soteriological basis...He would be one heck of a good neighbor anyway. He was into freedom, after all, with no apologies." Column by Jeff Baxter.
"Then I stumbled upon Strike The Root. Dang it--some kid half my age had more than a clue, and he was making things happen online....I read everything he put up online. Questions flowed like water over a dam in my mind. Finally, the realization hit. I was neither liberal nor conservative. I am free by nature. Hence--I cannot be anything but an anarchist--a man without a ruler." Column by Jeff Baxter.
"I used to love it--there was a heady rush in following my candidates, and cheering for our side, and just knowing that God in Heaven agreed with us and only if the voters on the other side could just see the truth! Then election night! I always took election day and the day after as personal days, because I would stay up and watch results till the networks and CNN began interviewing members of their janitorial staff. Then, friends and fellow addicts and I would discuss it all till the wee hours of the morning, at which time we would grab breakfast and tune back in to get results from the races too close to call earlier." Column by Jeff Baxter.
"We of this country do ascribe to ourselves a special significance--be it in life or death. The rest of the world's peoples know we do this, and they rightly resent us for it. Those closest to us resent us for it, and we are so myopic we cannot see it." Column by Jeff Baxter.
"Driving is a privilege." Column by Jeff Baxter.