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"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

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

What Do Terrorists Want?

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After the terrorist violence in Brussels many people, including Barack Obama, said we should not change our way of life and live in fear bec...
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Monday, March 28, 2016

Help Support America's Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Revisited

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You can support my efforts to promote this book through PayPal -- see the link to the right -- or by becoming a patron at Patreon . I hope y...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

Watch This Space

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This morning I put the finishing touches on my book America's Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Revisited . Details to follow...
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Friday, March 25, 2016

It's Not Impossible

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Maybe Trump's secret mission is to rehabilitate establishment politicians in the eyes of the people.

Tibor Machan, RIP

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Tibor R. Machan, the indefatigably prolific libertarian philosopher, died March 24 at the age of 77. He was a founding editor of Reason a...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

As Usual, Adam Smith Had It Largely Right

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I'm an anarchist, but I still like this from Adam Smith  (1755), a lovely man, indeed: Little else is requisite to carry a state to th...
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Monday, March 14, 2016

Trump's Toxic Aggrieved-Nation Shtick

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The key to Donald Trump's presidential campaign -- the feature that explains nearly everything else about that toxic dump -- is his aggr...
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It's Pi Day!

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Happy Pi Day, and Einstein's birthday! I'm gonna party likes it's 1592.
Friday, March 11, 2016

TGIF: Conceived in Tyranny

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If the American Revolution was in some large measure a tax rebellion, we should appreciate the bitter irony that the U.S. Constitution was i...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2016

On Trade, Sanders and Trump Are Peas in a Rotten Pod

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Neither Bernie Sanders, the self-described democratic socialist, nor Donald Trump, the self-described terrific businessman, knows squat abou...
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Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Trump Loses Debate to Dead Economist

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HT: Mark Perry
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Friday, March 04, 2016

TGIF: Trump's Creators

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The Donald Trump phenomenon is indeed the creature of the Republican establishment, but there's more to it than that.
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Thursday, March 03, 2016

Webinar: FBI versus Apple

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My latest webinar at Liberty.me covered the FBI-v-Apple case.
Tuesday, March 01, 2016

How Well Does the Constitution Protect Liberty?

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I was a recent guest on Libertarianism.org's podcast series Free Thoughts with Aaron Powell and Trevor Burrus. Have a listen:  "Ho...
Saturday, February 27, 2016

Shame on You, Donald Trump

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He hates the media. But aren't you supposed to worship your creator?
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Friday, February 26, 2016

TGIF: The Constitution and the Standing Army

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The U.S. Constitution can reasonably be seen as a massive tax and mercantilist trade-promotion program. However, there's a third leg to...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Sanders and Trump Are Too Establishment on Syria

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Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton both want the U.S. government to set up a "safe zone" in Syria to care for refugees from the ragin...
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Madison on Government and Force

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While we have no evidence that George Washington said, "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence — it is force. Like fire it is a...
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Friday, February 19, 2016

Hey, Trump

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Let's not make America great. Let's make Americans free. Greatness will take care of itself.

Infamy

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FDR, progressive hero, locked up the Japanese Americans this day 74 years ago. Donald Trump would have approved.
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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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