About Brian Wright

Hello, I'm Brian Wright, the proprietor and chief content provider to this Web opinion and review site. The Coffee Coaster (thecoffeecoaster.com) has been around since late 2006, and in early 2012 I finally decided to give the site a major makeover with this Wordpress implementation. My views are 'wholistic libertarian,' meaning focused on the spiritual--I like to use the word: essentual--evolution we will need, individually, in order to reach the New Paradigm of peace, freedom, and abundance. Let's help one another in the process.

Guest Column: “The Biggest Elephant in the Room”

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Brian Wright

Geoengineering (Global Weather Warfare) Threatens All Life on Earth… Soon
By Dane Wigington, GeoengineeringWatch.org

Editor’s Note: Just when you think people are waking up to deal with the routine ravages of imperial government, along come respected researchers to show that the intentions of “The 4%” (statistically the percentage of psychopaths in society, 95% of whom wind up as leaders in coercive government, corporate, or other criminal gangs) are even more genocidal. Literally. The photo shows the author with a slide revealing normal commercial air traffic contrails in remote California skies. 🙂 wink, wink. Continue reading →

Brian’s Column: The Morality of Microbrew

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Brian Wright

Imagining, reasoning, flourishing (first posted in 2007)

Beer Stock Photos - 10604123 Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy.
— Ben Franklin

Morality is a code of values to guide man’s choices and actions. — Ayn Rand

Okay, so basically what happens is my favorite brew pub[1] back here in the SE Michigan region of the VAW (Vast Authoritarian Wasteland) goes corporate. Bonfire Bistro, winner of awards and sporting a generous happy hour from 4-6 p.m. where a pint of premium fresh brew costs you a measly $2(!), is selling to an outfit named Groucho’s. Continue reading →

Book Review: Ladies of Liberty (2008)

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Brian Wright

The women who shaped our nation
by Cokie Roberts

2008, Harper Collins, 402 pages

“I recall commenting in my review of John Adams that everyone had it tough back then, but the women had it grindingly tough. Our ancestors were truly the rugged individualists of note, and Cokie Roberts has provided a starter book for further readings about the contributions to life and liberty of the fair sex in these rugged times at the EOC (Establishment of Country).” Continue reading →

Movie Review: The Green Zone (2009)

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Brian Wright

First class war story, war for the truth __ 9/10

The Green Zone is an Iraq movie that gets right to the point. Director Paul Greengrass is a veteran of the Bourne movies, specifically numbers 3 and 4: The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. So right from the gitgo—immediately following the American invasion of Iraq in 2003—we see Army boots on the ground as Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) and his men are tasked with quickly finding weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)… the existence of which was the Bush administration’s main pretext for the invasion. Continue reading →

Guest Column: Open Letter to the Governor of Michigan

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Brian Wright

… and its legislators… regarding saving the environment
by David Lonier

If our governor is serious about cleaning up the environment perhaps he should take a good look at what government could be doing to stop the pollution our air, food and water. http://michigan.gov/snyder/0,4668,7-277-57577_57657-326217–,00.html

Air: Place a statewide ban on the spraying of toxic chemicals into the atmosphere. Chemtrails: Not a conspiracy theory, but a fact: http://rense.com/general4/fre.htm

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Brian’s Column: RINOs and DINOs and Trolls, Oh My! (Part 1)

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Brian Wright

Noteworthy barnacles on the butt of the modern liberty movement
Part 1: RINOs and DINOs

Left, Right, Prospects for Liberty In my long career as a libertarian activist—and I use the term libertarian (rather than turning the noun liberty into an adjective) for a reason[1]—I’ve encountered virtually every dilatory and unconstructive ‘methodology’ or political practice that’s come around. Indeed, I’ve been a vocal proponent of more than one… in my testosterone-alcohol-and-ego-fueled youth, mostly. Now I feel I’ve reached a stage of consciousness that enables me to see through three key particularly unhelpful ideologies afflicting our cause today, the better, I hope, to let go of them. Continue reading →

Book Review: Golf, Life, and Fun in the Philippines (2014)

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Brian Wright

A lifestyle upgrade definitely worth looking into…

Especially for Yanks or Englishmen and Europeans stuck in northern climes in the winter months. No, Golf in the Philippines is not a book… yet. But I’m posting a review today of a special Website of a friend of mine, Peter Shanks, that features all the attractions of the country for the male golfer in particular. I’ll more or less just condense and excerpt the Website in my review, but let me make a few comments at the outset. Continue reading →