Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:56:10 -0700
From: Joshua Houk <jlhouk-AT-mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Pro-Life Anarchists?




Scott Spaeth wrote: [hey, I said the right person this time!]

> ps- speaking of political magazines, I saw a magazine yesterday
> called "Liberty" with a quote from Alexander Berkman on the
> cover, so I thumbed through it - not only have the wrong-libs
> appropriated 'libertarian', but they're moving in on anarchism
> too, the bastards.  I find it funny that a magazine that has ads
> for Ayn Rand related publications and a full page ad for a book
> endorsed by Milton Friedman would use a quote by the author of
> "What Is Communist Anarchism?" on the cover.  A little of the old
> memory hole says Winston Smith.

Not that I like "Liberty" (I don't) but they do have Bob Black as an
occasional contributor. This is, of course, either a good thing or a
bad thing, according to your particular disposition.

I wouldn't worry too much about them expropriating a Berkman quote.
I sometimes think libertarians make sense (after all, they're
precisely half correct). It only follows that they'd sometimes think
that anarchists make sense.

joshua h