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"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

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Gilad Atzmon's The Wandering Who?

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A good way to get me to read a book is to warn me not to read it . Gilad Atzmon 's The Wandering Who? A Study of Jewish Identity Politic...
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TGIF: Social Cooperation, Part 3

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Twelve years after publishing his pioneering Principles of Economics , in 1883 [Carl] Menger issued his Investigations into the Method of th...
Thursday, October 20, 2011

Markets Not Capitalism

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This new book, Markets Not Capitalism , edited by Gary Chartier and Charles W. Johnson is definitely worth checking it out. Contributors i...
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Libertopia!

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I'm in San Diego for the second Libertopia . I'll be speaking on "The Articles of Confederation versus the Constitution" o...
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TGIF: Destroying Value

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In case anyone missed it, here's a link to last week's TGIF: "Destroying Value."

The Most Dangerous Derivative: Power and Privilege in the Corporate State

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Here's the latest from FEE.tv, a mini lecture by me on "The Most Dangerous Derivative."
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Obama's UN Veto Threat Supports Occupation of Palestine

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The Obama administration’s hypocritical vow to block full UN membership for Palestine shames America. Only a hypocrite could proclaim suppor...
Friday, October 07, 2011

Wall Street Couldn’t Have Done It Alone

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To Occupy Wall Street: Wall Street couldn’t have done it alone. It takes a government and/or its central bank, the Federal Reserve System,...
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Sunday, October 02, 2011

TGIF: Occupying Wall Street

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Government power ultimately will be influenced and controlled by those whom the occupiers despise. So, protesters, rail against Wall Street....

A Reminder from Sir Thomas More

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From A Man for All Seasons by Robert Boldt: William Roper : So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law! More : Yes! What would you d...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The Purpose of Government

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I pause when people write, "The purpose of government is to protect life, liberty, and property." What are those words worth? If w...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Israeli Foreign Minister Wants Palestinians Punished

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From the Middle East Monitor , September 22: Israel's Foreign Minister has warned Benjamin Netanyahu that the governing coalition will f...

Antiwar Radio Interview on Palestinian Statehood

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[UPDATED September 27, 2011] Scott Horton, the great host of the great Antiwar Radio, interviewed me last week about the Palestinian bid...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

Op-Ed: Peace Prize-Winner Obama Savages Somalia

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A human catastrophe is taking place in Somalia, the result of drought, famine — and the savage war conducted by the Obama administration, co...
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TGIF: Elizabeth Warren's Non Sequitur

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If you spend any time on a social network, you’re bound to come across this video of Elizabeth Warren, who’s running for the U.S. Senate in...
Saturday, September 17, 2011

Happy Constitution Day

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NO TREASON NO. VI. THE CONSTITUTION OF NO AUTHORITY Lysander Spooner I. The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no ...

TGIF: "Government Is Force"

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Some pundits really don’t understand why libertarians dislike government and therefore want it to do little, if anything at all. Unable to g...

Op-Ed: "Stimulus II Won't Work, Either"

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President Obama won’t use the “stimulus” label to describe his nearly half-trillion-dollar jobs bill, but that refusal can’t hide the fact t...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Limbaugh’s Creative Accounting

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I understand Rush Limbaugh has nominated George W. Bush for the next vacancy on Mount Rushmore because “the United States” has not been atta...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Ten Lessons Plus

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Ten Lessons, Plus One, We Should Learn from 9/11: 1. Killing one or many innocents, regardless of one's grievances, is monstrous. This e...
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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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