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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, March 28, 2025

TGIF: "Liberalism and Capitalism"

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Ludwig von Mises's 1927 path-breaking work in political theory speaks to the current generations. In section 5 of his introduction to Li...

Friday, March 21, 2025

TGIF: The Income Stagnation Myth

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Many people, including some free-market advocates, think Americans are materially worse off today than they were in the 1970s. Some subscrib...

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Sunday, March 16, 2025

The Abduction of Mahmoud Khalil

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The Trump administration's abduction and threatened deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a 30-year-old green-card holder and permanent legal r...

Friday, March 14, 2025

TGIF: Say No to a Sovereign Wealth Fund

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Donald Trump wants to create a sovereign wealth fund (SWF). It's a bad idea if your standard is freedom, free enterprise, and free mark...

Friday, March 07, 2025

TGIF: A New Washington Post?

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If Jeff Bezos is as good as his word, the advocates of full liberty will owe him a standing ovation. As everyone knows by now, Amazon.com fo...

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Thursday, March 06, 2025

Abolish Draft Registration, Mr. Trump

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During Friday's famous White House meeting, VP Vance criticized Ukrainian President Zelensky for his government's abduction of men f...

Monday, March 03, 2025

Let's Not "Run after a Share in the Trouble"

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Of course “principles,” phrases, and catch-words are always invented to bolster up any policy which anybody wants to recommend. So in this c...

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Sheldon Richman: 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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