Free Association

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

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Political Stimulus

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Not understanding basic economics is dangerous because you’re vulnerable to political con games foisted by unscrupulous politicians. Econom...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Catching Up

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I've been on the road and Free Association is one of the things I've neglected. Here's an attempt to catch up: "It's l...
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Monday, January 21, 2008

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day

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We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did i...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Recent Writings

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The writer Michael Kinsley is very intelligent. He is also very glib, and his glibness often gets in the way of his intelligence...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Ron Paul: The Lost Opportunity?

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Ron Paul has done an immense amount of good in promoting the pro-freedom, anti-war, and anti-empire message. To be sure, it is not pure lib...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

What Next for Ron Paul?

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The New Republic article about Ron Paul that has the libertarian blogosphere abuzz is here . The campaign's response is here . This is a...
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Sunday, January 06, 2008

Nice Job, Ron!

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Ron Paul did admirably well in the ABC presidential forum last night. He got some sure shots in against the empire, sharp enough that Rudy G...
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Saturday, January 05, 2008

Hands Off Pakistan

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"The assassination of Benazir Bhutto was not an attack on this brave woman alone; it was an attack upon democracy, freedom and the Unit...

Go, Obama!

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Since the presidential campaign began, I have felt myself favoring Obama over Clinton. I wasn't exactly sure why. Yes, Obama has opposed...
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Friday, January 04, 2008

Paul Krugman, Doctor of (Bad) Economics

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Paul Krugman, the New York Times op-ed writer, has a Ph.D. in economics. Those three magic letters give him an air of authority, as if they...
Wednesday, January 02, 2008

The Illegal-Immigration Issue in a Nutshell

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Respect for the law is due only to laws that warrant respect -- namely, those that reflect the natural law of justice. Cross-posted at Liber...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

The Slippery Slope of Intellectual "Property" Law

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"[T]he [recording] industry maintains that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his co...
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Happy New Year!

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Let us hope, against the odds, that 2008 is a year of peace, happiness, good health, and prosperity.
Sunday, December 30, 2007

On Amnesty

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Ron Paul says he's against amnesty for migrants without government papers. I am too. Amnesty is a pardon for wrong-doing. Why would mig...
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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Ron Paul and Immigration

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I still think there is value in Ron Paul's campaign, but this commercial sure doesn't make it easy. Note that he takes the Tancredo...
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Friday, December 28, 2007

Ron Paul and David Schuster

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Ron Paul's MSNBC appearance with David Schuster, in which Lincoln and the Civil War were discussed for seven minutes, was a disaster. W...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

More on Ron Paul and "Meet the Press"

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Interesting that Tim Russert didn't ask Ron Paul about the Iraq war, but did ask him about the Civil War. Didn't that end about 140 ...
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Monday, December 24, 2007

Ron Paul and Me

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Here's a 1990 televised panel discussion about the impending first Gulf War, with Ron Paul as host and guests Joseph Sobran and me. Hat ...
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Is Ron Paul Inconsistent on Earmarks?

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My local newspaper ran an item about Ron Paul's answer to Tim Russert's asking him how he can seek money for his congressional distr...
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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Ron Paul on "Meet the Press"

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I just finished watching. I'm afraid I had my usual reaction. I felt let down, like something was missing. For one thing, Ron Paul talks...
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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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