Spooner and NOTA

My wife and I were discussing the possibility of purchasing used copies of Lysander Spooner works, (such as the Reader) and I was expressing lament over the prohibitive costs of some of the ones in better condition. This (somewhat) inevitably led to a discussion of the the significance and substance of his writings, so as to explain to her what their value is to me, in order to make a better judgment on whether or not to purchase.

This conversation turned to the concept of non-voting (of which I am ever more convinced, with she being slightly less far along that path). She came up with the idea of a "None of the Above" t-shirt, and later, bumper sticker. I was going to make a plea for the blogosphere to design one, but it appears Cafe Press already has a large selection.

I have ordered one. My only complaint is that all the visually best designs limited the shirt by restricting color or by mentioning year, party, office, etc. Nevertheless, I chose an excellent 2008 design, and hope it will arrive soon.

As far as the Lysander decision goes, I found this bibliography on lysanderspooner.org, which has many of the texts for free.