All Posts Tagged With: "Randolph Bourne"
Ten Years After
After 9/11 the U.S. Congress created the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). America went to war, overtly and covertly, in several countries. Nearly $8 trillion was spent on what is called “security,” Chris Hellman of the National Priorities Project estimates. Was it worth it? Yes, in many ways, says author [...]
30Nov2011 | John Stossel | 4 comments | ContinuedThe Bourne Pronouncement
War is indeed the health of the State, all States, and ipso facto the enemy of individual freedom.
30Nov2010 | Sandy Ikeda | 10 comments | ContinuedWildfires and State-Worship
Whenever wars or other tragedies rage, so too rage those who worship at the altar of government. In his World War I-era essay, “War Is the Health of the State,” writer Randolph Bourne argued that during peaceful times people concern themselves mostly with their own business, but that during war everything changes. “To most Americans [...]
1Jan2008 | Steven Greenhut | 1 comment | ContinuedWar’s Other Casualty
“War is the health of the State.” Those famous words are contained in Randolph Bourne’s essay “The State,” written in response to America’s participation in World War I, but left unfinished because of his death from influenza in 1918. In the introduction to War and the Intellectuals: Collected Essays 1915–1919—an anthology of Bourne’s writings—editor Carl [...]
1Jul1999 | Wendy McElroy | 0 comments | Continued-
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