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The ACLU has made the name of the organization Orwellian

The New Neo Posted on June 8, 2021 by neoJune 8, 2021

The acronym “ACLU” stands for “American Civil Liberties Union.” Once a proud defender of free speech and other liberties, it stood by the principle of defending the right to speak even for those whose speech is offensive. But that’s so … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, Liberty | 32 Replies

Glenn Greenwald on the suppression of liberties in the name of fighting terror

The New Neo Posted on June 4, 2021 by neoJune 4, 2021

Glenn Greenwald isn’t on the right, nor is he a Trump supporter. What he is is intelligent, thorough, and devoted to the cause of liberty and the criticism of its suppression through the mechanism of fear. He’s been writing excellent … Continue reading →

Posted in Biden, Law, Liberty, Terrorism and terrorists | 20 Replies

China continues to try to centrally control its birthrate

The New Neo Posted on June 1, 2021 by neoJune 1, 2021

In 1979, China instituted its one-child policy for population control, and enforced it with draconian measures. It’s an example of the impulse to centralized control by leftist states, and also the cruelty, unforeseen consequences, and ultimate failure of such control. … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberty, Men and women; marriage and divorce and sex | 33 Replies

Remember when Sixties hippies on the left wanted to “Question Authority”?

The New Neo Posted on May 26, 2021 by neoMay 26, 2021

If you’re of a certain age, like I am, you probably remember those bumper stickers that exhorted us all to Question Authority. It was the mark of a thinking person not to take everything at face value, in particular the … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Liberty, Me, myself, and I | 47 Replies

For Memorial Day: on nationalism and patriotism

The New Neo Posted on May 24, 2021 by neoMay 24, 2021

[NOTE: Both are more threatened in this country now than ever before in my lifetime, due to a frontal assault from the left which controls the media and educational system as well as the federal government. The following is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberty, Literature and writing | 65 Replies

What’s going on these days in Pennsylvania voting?

The New Neo Posted on May 19, 2021 by neoMay 19, 2021

Commenter “Steph” writes: There were two ballot questions in yesterday’s election [in] PA that would limit the emergency powers of the Governor. Very much a slam dunk to vote YES on both of these, especially in a state where Wolf … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Liberty, Politics | 14 Replies

More from Sebastian Haffner on the Nazi transition

The New Neo Posted on May 8, 2021 by neoMay 8, 2021

Here’s another excerpt (you can find an earlier one here) from Sebastian Haffner’s Defying Hitler, his 1930s description of what it was like to watch the Nazi takeover of Germany: Many journals and newspapers disappeared from the kiosks – but … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe, History, Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Liberty, Press | 38 Replies

The legislature has become obsolete

The New Neo Posted on May 5, 2021 by neoMay 5, 2021

Hitler got the Reichstag to effectively dissolve itself and turn its powers over to him when it passed the Enabling Act. Nowadays in the US that’s not even necessary – just go around Congress through executive orders, and if no … Continue reading →

Posted in Biden, History, Liberty | 19 Replies

Roger L. Simon says get off Twitter. Now.

The New Neo Posted on May 3, 2021 by neoMay 3, 2021

This is why (it’s premium content, so you probably won’t be able to read the whole thing, but a big chunk of it can be found here): Twitter’s stock fell 15 percent last week apparently because they’re not getting sufficient … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance and economics, Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Liberty, Me, myself, and I | 67 Replies

Sebastian Haffner on how it felt when the Nazis first came to power

The New Neo Posted on May 3, 2021 by neoMay 3, 2021

This post is about a book called Defying Hitler that I’ve recommended before. Even though it was written in the late 1930s, it wasn’t published in the author’s lifetime and he died in 1999. But it’s a unique document of … Continue reading →

Posted in Evil, History, Liberty | 96 Replies

COVID in India

The New Neo Posted on May 3, 2021 by neoMay 3, 2021

COVID is on the rise in India, and our MSM is in full court press to drive panic about it. But what is really going on in that country? I happened to have been at someone else’s house yesterday and … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Liberty | Tagged COVID-19 | 35 Replies

The FBI’s war on the right

The New Neo Posted on May 1, 2021 by neoMay 1, 2021

As Ace writes: The US government has finally found an enemy it can defeat in war: American citizens. Starting quite a few years ago, federal agencies and the left were intent on downplaying terrorism on the left as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, Liberty, Trump | 49 Replies

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