Archive for Stephen Browne
They Learned from the Workers
I have a confession to make: there has always been something attractive to me about the Maoist idea of sending the intellectuals out into the countryside and into the factories to “learn from the peasants and proletarians.” When I listen to the endless stream of leftist pronouncements that comes from academia these days I really [...]
1Oct2002 | Stephen Browne | 0 comments | ContinuedLiving with Mass Transit
The foes of the automobile have long sung the praises of mass transit as the savior of Mother Earth. The automobile pollutes and enables human beings to spread out over the surface of the earth, paving over an alarming amount of green land. Automobiles regularly kill more people than all of our wars. It’s utter [...]
1Sep2002 | Stephen Browne | 0 comments | ContinuedFond Memories of Communism
“You! You bastard, you destroyed the greatest system in the world!” I was taking my English class to our room at the Institute for Physical Chemistry in Warsaw when I heard this slightly mad Russian voice bellowing at me. “No, I didn’t. You did that all by yourself and you can’t have Alaska back,” I [...]
1Aug2002 | Stephen Browne | 1 comment | Continued-
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The Snow Plowers’ Petition
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Creating Jobs versus Creating Value
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