Friday, August 22, 2014

Wrong, Hillary

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Hillary Clinton says there would be no Islamic State had her advice been taken about arming the "moderate" opposition in Syria. T...
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TGIF: "The Police Force Is Watching the People"

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Political philosophy — the libertarian philosophy included — can take you only so far. The libertarian philosophy provide grounds for conde...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Mission Creep in Iraq

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There are several reasons not to intervene militarily in another country’s conflict, even modestly. One is the potential for mission creep....
Friday, August 15, 2014

TGIF: American Liberty during World War I

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There’s always plenty for libertarians to complain about in our troubled world, but in many respects, things could be much worse. I’m think...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

She's Wrong Again

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Unsurprisingly, Hillary is wrong: "Don’t do stupid stuff’ is an organizing principle -- for government.

Mental-Health Gnomes

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The sad death of Robin Williams has brought out the usual mental-health gnomes. Here's a summary of their message: Phase 1: Bad brain ...

Out of Iraq, Etc.!

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Nearly a century ago, after four bloody years of World War I, British colonialists created the state of Iraq, complete with their hand-pick...
Friday, August 08, 2014

TGIF: The 100th Anniversary of the Great State Crime

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This week marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, the four-year bloody nightmare that claimed 16 million lives — 7...
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Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Real Days of Infamy

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Today is the 69th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, one of President Harry Truman's acts of mass murder against Ja...
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The U.S. Government Still Tries to Subvert Cuba

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When I saw the headline about the U.S. government and Cuba in my newspaper the other day, I thought I’d awoken in 1961. It was a Twilight Z...
Friday, August 01, 2014

TGIF: I Can't Help If I'm a Libertarian

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It’s not easy being a libertarian. I am not looking for sympathy when I say that. I just mean to point out that rejecting the conventional ...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Borderlands: What's Happening to America?

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The U.S. government regards a large part of the country as close enough to a border or coast to justify treating individuals — citizens or ...
Friday, July 25, 2014

Police State America

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Eric Garner was murdered by police in Staten Island on July 17. See Will Grigg's account .     

TGIF: Jane Cobden: Carrying on Her Father's Work

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Among libertarians and classical liberals, the name Richard Cobden (1804–1865) evokes admiration and applause. His activities — and success...

The War Against Gaza: The Background in Three Quotations

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"The slogan 'Jewish state' (or commonwealth) is equivalent, in effect, to a declaration of war by the Jews on the Arabs." ...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

In Foreign Affairs, Not Doing Anything Is the Thing to Do

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The heartbreaking violence in the Middle East, Ukraine, and elsewhere carries many messages, but here’s one Americans shouldn’t miss: The U...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

John Blundell, RIP

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John Blundell, 61, who led influential classical-liberal organizations and published several books, died on July 22 of cancer. I worked f...
Monday, July 21, 2014

James Garner, RIP

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James Garner, one of my favorite actors and star of one of the best antiwar movies ever, The Americanization of Emily (1964), has died at 86...

Israel's War on Gaza: The Context

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Updated July 29, 2014 Any discussion of Israel's war on Gaza that does not focus on 1) the Zionist military's and Israel's sys...
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Friday, July 18, 2014

TGIF: War, Peace, and Murray Rothbard

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With wars raging in the Middle East, it seems like a good time to revisit a classic work by Murray Rothbard (1926–1995), the economist, his...