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Proudly delegitimizing the state since 2005

"Aye, free! Free as a tethered ass!" —W.S. Gilbert

"All the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and . . . the State should be abolished." —Benjamin Tucker

"You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." —James Madison

"Fat chance." —Sheldon Richman

Friday, January 16, 2026

TGIF: The Trumpian ICE Age: The Frigidity of Collectivism

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Welcome to the Trumpian ICE Age, a vivid lesson in the frigidity of collectivism. Take note, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Compared to...
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Friday, January 09, 2026

TGIF: "We're" All Neocons Now

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Apart from a few details, I never saw much difference between Trump's America First shtick and MAGA's chief foe, the neconservatives...
Friday, January 02, 2026

TGIF: Warm Individualism or Cold Collectivism?

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Newly inaugurated New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani promises to "replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of coll...
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Friday, December 26, 2025

TGIF: "Due Process" under Anarcho-Capitalism

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Libertarian advocates of minimal government, such as the late Robert Nozick (Anarchy, State, and Utopia , 1974), have feared that individual...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Back on The Rational Egoist

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 Michael Liebowitz invited me back to talk about whether we should have a government.
Saturday, December 20, 2025

Latest Interview

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 I sat down recently with LiquidZulu to talk about anarcho-capitalism, Objectivism, and other things.
Friday, December 19, 2025

TGIF: Notes on Anarcho-Capitalism

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I'm pretty sure I won't be around long enough to see anarcho-capitalism—or what I call market-ordered anarchism —prevail in the Unit...
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Father, grandfather, writer, editor, pipe smoker, free thinker, libertarian market anarchist, grouser, flosser. Author of six books, including "America's Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Reconsidered"; "Coming to Palestine"; and "What Social Animals Owe to Each Other."
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