Bretigne Shaffer's Blog, page 36

This is actually my post from yesterday. I didn't get to finish it because children demanded attention, and... I wasn't able to get back to my computer. The lesson here is that I need to do these things earlier in...

It occurred to me a while ago that the reason the world is in such terrible shape right now, and so many awful things are happening all over the globe, is that I haven't been tending very well to my...

So yesterday was "the best day of my life!" for my son (one of many, in fact, to hear him tell it). But this one was pretty special. The studio where we both do kung fu had a "spring boutique"...

Astrid Lindgren, the author of Pippi Longstocking, kept a journal of her life, and the events around her, as World War II came to Sweden. I have decided to do something similar. I am going to endeavor to make one...

During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, it was very important to denounce the right people. You had to know who the "Unhealthy Elements" were, the "Counter-revolutionaries", the intellectuals, the landlords, and those with "Bourgeuois Tendencies." It wasn't easy, because who these...

Image: Public Domain. I have an article up on LewRockwell.com today, in response to a cry for more authoritarian means to be used against parents who don't vaccinate, in the Washington Post: "It’s hard to believe that anyone writing about...

I'm always telling people not to support politicians or the political system. And they're always asking me what they should do instead. I finally told them: Even more important, though, than simply avoiding the political process, is reclaiming what it...

Image: Public domain. Tomorrow afternoon, the California Senate Health Committee will hold hearings on SB 276 - a bill that, if passed, will eliminate the role of doctors in granting medical exemptions for vaccines required for school attendance, and give...

Image: Public Domain, courtesy of the British Library. In states across the country (and in other countries too), there is a concerted effort to strip away our rights to make our own medical decisions, and decisions for our children. Earlier...

This is stunning. I realize that not many of my friends have had direct experience with actual totalitarian regimes that actually do control information from the top down. So maybe my comments won't ring true to many of you. But...