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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

Saturday, October 27, 2012

About that Reported Economic Growth

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So GDP is growing at about 2 percent. (That's not the same as "the economy.") The rub is that it's driven by consumer and ...
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Recent Scribblings

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"Americans Should Reject Obama-Romney Foreign Policy" -- Future of Freedom Foundation "Contraception and the English Lang...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Markets Not Capitalism: The Audio Book

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Markets Not Capitalism is available as a free audio book , ably read by the Stephanie Murphy, who is simply excellent. Check it out!
Monday, October 22, 2012

Carson on Romney

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Here's an excellent article by Kevin Carson on corporatists (i.e., Mitt Romney) in free-enterprise clothing. Do conservatives know that...
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Market, State, and Autonomy

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This is the topic of my lecture tomorrow night at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana, Horner Center 102. I'll also be lecturing at a p...
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Latest Op-Ed

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America's Drone Terrorism by Sheldon Richman
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What Took Them So Long?

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Church Appeal on Israel Angers Jewish Groups - NYTimes.com Churches finally get around to condemning the abuse of Palestinians.
Friday, October 19, 2012

Patents Stifle Prosperity

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My latest article at The Project to Restore America is "Patents Stifle Prosperity."
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Op-ed: The Glaring Contradiction in Anti-Iran Policy

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President Barack Obama, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have at least one thin...
Sunday, October 07, 2012

Inside Iran

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Watch this video and remember it the next time Obama or Romney says "all options are on the table" against Iran.
Friday, October 05, 2012

Who Threatens Internet Freedom?

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Two months from now the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) will convene in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, sponsored ...
Monday, October 01, 2012

My Case for Socializing the Means of Production

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From Cato Unbound : In a sweeping essay, Sheldon Richman explains why private property and free competition are superior to state-provided...
Saturday, September 29, 2012

Just Another Day Under Israeli Rule

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From Ynetnews 'Turning Bedouin village into Jewish settlement is racist' Government's decision to convert Umm al-Hiran into J...
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Jon Stewart on the General Assembly Speeches

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Friday, September 28, 2012

Richman's Law

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No matter how much the government controls the economic system, any problem will be blamed on whatever small zone of freedom that remains.
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Looney Tunes Comes to the UN

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Op-ed: The Hubris of Romney and Obama

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Mitt Romney, whose bid to unseat Barack Obama looks more desperate every day, senses he’s found a weakness in his rival. In a foreign-polic...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Day of Atonement?

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In Judaism, today is the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. Despite all that's happened over the decades, it's not too late for those res...
Monday, September 24, 2012

My Interview with Thomas Szasz

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In the summer of 2005 I traveled to Thomas Szasz's home in Manlius, New York, and videoed an interview with the great critic of coercive...
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Iraqi Jews Tell Israel to Stop "Tampering with Our History"

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A group of Iraqi Jews living in Israel have demanded that the Israeli government stop " tampering with, exploiting, and deleting our hi...
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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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