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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

Friday, April 19, 2013

Latest TGIF

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TGIF: Government Should Stop Its Own Violence First

Stupid Criminals

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Maybe not all criminals are stupid but a lot of them are. The apparent Boston Marathon bombers opened the last chapter of their criminal ent...
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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Frog Supremacy

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Frogs are superior to human beings. They do jump out of gradually heated water.

Demagogy on Manchin-Toomey

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The Manchin-Toomey expansion of background checks to private gun sales was reasonable legislation, its advocates insist, because it would h...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Interview on Tracesofreality.com

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Guillermo Jimenez interviewed me for Tracesofreality.com. Here's the video:

Time to Bring Bush & Co. before the International Criminal Court

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From the New York Times : A nonpartisan, independent review of interrogation and detention programs in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001,...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

What We Know about the Boston Marathon Bombings

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They were crimes, not acts of war.
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The Boston Marathon Bombings

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My heart goes out to the loved ones of those who were murdered, the injured, and all others who were affected--the people of Boston.
Monday, April 15, 2013

The Libertarian Angle

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The latest edition of FFF's The Libertarian Angle is now online. Issues discussed: gun control and Melissa Harris-Perry's view that...
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Friday, April 12, 2013

TGIF: The Market Is a Beautiful Thing

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Market advocates tend to respect the intellect of their fellow human beings. You can tell by their reliance on philosophical, moral, econom...
Tuesday, April 09, 2013

The Deir Yassin Massacre, April 9, 1948

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Today is the 65th anniversary of the slaughter of the Arab inhabitants of the Palestinian village Deir Yassin (population about 600), west o...
Friday, April 05, 2013

TGIF: The Myth of Market Failure

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When I say that market failure is a myth, I don’t mean to deny that ... regrettable situations can occur. I only mean to deny that they are...
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Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Latest Op-ed

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Progressives Believe in Money Magic - - The Future of Freedom Foundation
Saturday, March 30, 2013

TGIF: Loving Economics

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TGIF this week is a review essay of Peter Boettke’s new book, Living Economics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow . Enjoy!
Friday, March 29, 2013

The Importance of Spontaneous Order in Teaching Libertarianism

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The good folks at Libertarianism.org dug up this 1981 video of my after-dinner talk on spontaneous order from back in my Libertarian Party ...

The Right-Wing Accepts Obama’s Tribalism When It Supports Israel

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The right-wing seemingly never misses a chance to go after Barack Obama for his collectivism and alleged dislike of America. Yet when Obama ...
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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Roderick Long Scores on the Marriage Equality Issue

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Victory Through Lexicography? | Bleeding Heart Libertarians
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Op-ed: How the Media Beat the Drums for War

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How the News Media Betrayed Us on Iraq -- The Future of Freedom Foundation The tenth anniversary of the start of America’s illegal and ag...

Whose Idea Was It?

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With all that's going on, you may be forgiven for wondering if modern Israel was some anti-Semite's idea.

Israel's Greatest Fear

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Widespread nonviolent Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation is the Jewish state's greatest nightmare.
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