My original blog was Liberty Corner (March 2004 – July 2009). It began in 1997 as a pre-Blogspot home page, which linked to topical pages. Here’s how it looked on December 12, 1998 (courtesy of Wayback Machine), though the links don’t work:
On the light side
Short Stuff offers quips and comments about national affairs (and affaires).
“A Sideways Glance” exposes the silly side of business, politics, and society in the late Twentieth Century. In A Sideways Glance, vol. 1 you’ll find:
- Busy-ness As Usual (the socially-conscious CEO)
- Who’s in Charge Here? (secrets of the Pentagon)
- Biz-Buzz (late-Twentieth Century business-speak)
- Whoppers (lies our wannabe Presidents tell us)
- Cutting the Price of Pork (there’s never a free lunch)
A Sideways Glance, vol. 2 brings you:
- The Cocoon Age (litigating womb-to-grave security)
- Justice in TV-land (crime and punishment in prime time)
- Righting Wrongs by Wronging Rights (zealots vs. the Bill of Rights)
- Ten Commandments of Bad Management (how to emulate the pointy-haired boss)
- To Pay or Not to Pay (Shakespeare on taxes)
Now appearing in A Sideways Glance, vol. 3:
- Through a Crystal Ball, Murkily (political life, after Clinton)
- Flunking Out of Electoral College (the “disastrous” consequences of the College)
- Bill and Al’s Egregious Adventure (a moral lesson about running for dog-catcher)
- Don’t Blame Me (the criminal as victim, from Brutus to Bill Clinton)
Serious business
Let Reason Reign: Conversations With Myself tackles science and truth, the nature of humankind, and other big questions:
- Truth, Science, and Religion
- The Nature of Human-ness: Consciousness, Purpose, and Morality
- The Constitution and the Role of the Federal Government
- Law and Society
- Gender, Race, and Envy
- Crime and Punishment
- Ethics and Everyday Leadership
In Brief consists of epigrams and observations on life, liberty, and the Constitution.
Restoring the Constitutional Contract explains the central purpose of the Constitution; its meaning for the respective powers and rights of the federal government, States, and citizens; and the ways in which we have drifted from that purpose and from the intended distribution of powers and rights.
A Restored Constitutional Contract offers a proposed Constitution that is faithful to the purpose of the original Constitution, and which restores the powers and rights of the federal government, States, and citizens to their proper balance.
A later incarnation went by the name Uncommon Sense, though I switched back to Liberty Corner when I began using Blogspot in March 2004. This is the latest archived version of Uncommon Sense, from July 21, 2001; the links work:
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Politics and Government With a Light Touch Political Parlance a jaunty glossary that exposes the sham of political jargon and the shame of political icons Short Stuff quips and comments about national affairs — and affaires Who’s in Charge Here? secrets of the Pentagon Whoppers lies our wannabe Presidents tell us Cutting the Price of Pork there’s never a free lunch Through a Crystal Ball Murkily political life after Clinton Flunking Out of Electoral College the “disastrous” consequences of the College Bill and Al’s Egregious Adventure a moral lesson about running for dog-catcher The Trials of William Jefferson Whatsit a farce in three acts A Serious Look at Government and the Constitution Why Do We Have Government? where government fails, and where it is necessary In Brief epigrams and observations on life, liberty, and the Constitution Restoring the Constitutional Contract the purpose of the Constitution; its meaning for the respective powers and rights of the federal government, States, and citizens; and the ways in which we have drifted from that purpose and from the intended distribution of powers and rights The Constitution and the Role of the Federal Government misperceptions about the federal government’s proper role in our affairs Combatting Constitutional Cancer the cancer within the Constitution itself — namely, those Amendments that have caused great harm to the Republic — and the need for a constitutional convention to remove the cancer A Restored Constitutional Contract a revised Constitution that is faithful to the purpose of the original, and which restores the powers and rights of the federal government, States, and citizens to their proper balance |
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Economics and Business Speaking Seriously Ethics and Everyday Leadership Tongue in Cheek Busy-ness As Usual a satire on the socially conscious CEO Biz-Buzz new-millennium business-speak Ten Commandments of Bad Management how to emulate the point-haired boss To Pay or Not to Pay Shakespeare on the Ides of April The Economy Works, in Spite of Zany Economists the title says it all |
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More Serious Matters The Nature of Human-ness: Consciousness, Purpose, and Morality And a Few Laughs, to Boot The Cocoon Age litigating womb-to-grave security Justice in TV-land crime and punishment in prime time Righting Wrongs by Wronging Rights zealots vs. the Bill of Rights Don’t Blame Me the criminal as victim, from Brutus to Bill Clinton Out with the Old, In with the Older a report card for America’s Twentieth Century |
Politics and Prosperity 
Very interesting I remember quite a few people started blogging well before widespread blogging software, simply building out their journals in old fashioned static html pages. Although blog platforms were was available in limited quantities in mid-90s, they didn’t really take off until the early 2000s. I started with Blogger in about 2004-2005 then switched to WordPress, where I’ve been ever since. More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
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