SERF CITY NEWS

The Free Agent Attends a Block Party

The Free Agent’s neighborhood is at the high-water mark of gentrification, so many of its houses were purchased during the new century’s home buying frenzy.  Nevertheless, we are a happy and collegial group who enjoys the occasional neighborhood watch cocktail hour, or during last week’s splendid weather, a block party.  It was at this outing, […]

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Constitution Day: How many more?

 On this 223rd anniversary of the creation of the fundamental law of our land, we find ourselves heading for a constitutional crisis. If you think I’m exaggerating, consider the following: Voters are increasingly angry, resentful and have little confidence in government and elected officials The federal government is increasingly heavy-handed with its authority and is enacting and

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Light ‘Em if You Got ‘Em

The Free Agent is saddened, but not surprised, that Mister Obama, oath of office not withstanding, has sided with terrorists against the First Amendment.  In the President’s calculus, it is one of 350 million Americans exercising his right to burn a handful of dried wood pulp and ink that puts “our men and women in

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Obama and the Art of Class Warfare

When it first becomes obvious that you bet the farm and lost you had better find someone to blame.  The best target is someone everybody already hates. First they went after those greedy bankers. It was the Wall Street greed that caused the meltdown despite all the good work the government could do. Never mind

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“Ouch!” Cries Public Teat

The Free Agent would like to take a break from her usual contemplation of how people may live together in peace and prosperity to ask: If a small number of people wished to enslave the majority, how best to go about it? Through most of history, would-be despots have favored brutality, but The Free Agent

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Insuratitlement

As The Free Agent’s atomic clock ticks down the months (yes, it ticks, as we who own them know) until the purchase of health insurance becomes required by law, she has been contemplating possible parallels between Obamacare and another compulsory insurance scheme, the conglomeration of state and federal programs known as unemployment insurance, or UI.

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The Brew that is True

As you would imagine, the Tea Party movement would love to get The Free Agent’s endorsement, what with her unblemished reputation and mastery of English diction.  But she requires a little more information. The Tea Party Patriots’ mission statement comprises three points: fiscal responsibility, respect for limited government as defined by the Constitution, and free

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The Other Mrs. Indiana Pageant

When The Free Agent isn’t busy advising world leaders, she occasionally checks out what’s showing on the TV machine.  A recent marathon of MTV’s documentary series, “Teen Mom” hooked her like crack. The show follows four veterans of a previous series, “16 and Pregnant”.  One couple placed their baby with adoptive parents, two couples broke

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