Friday, October 27, 2023

TGIF: Don't Police the World

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"We" -- to be precise, U.S. policymakers and their quasi-private-sector, tax-nourished enablers-beneficiaries--  must not police t...
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Friday, October 20, 2023

TGIF: Extend Tolerance to Commerce

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Perhaps you've noticed that we live in intolerant times. Many people claim to be endangered by the mere spoken or written expression of ...
Friday, October 13, 2023

TGIF: Why Is Government Stuff Called "Public"?

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Government facilities and services -- which are actually disservices overall -- are called "public" while services that are effici...
Friday, October 06, 2023

TGIF: A Market for Law?

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Great part of that order which reigns among mankind is not the effect of government. It has its origin in the principles of society and the ...
Friday, September 29, 2023

TGIF: Limited Government's Bait and Switch

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In a fundamental respect, libertarian minarchism (minimal, or limited, government) and market anarchism (or anarcho-capitalism) have somethi...
Friday, September 22, 2023

TGIF: Hurrah for Real Globalization!

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Globalization, like the free market and classical liberalism generally, isn't wildly popular these days, is it? People blame globalizati...
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Friday, September 15, 2023

TGIF: Free Speech Affirmed -- Pretty Much

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The preliminary injunction against federal censorship of social-media users has survived the Biden administration's appeal. However, it ...
Friday, September 08, 2023

TGIF: Who Rules? That Is Not the Question

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Today's two major contenders for political power seem to be elitists and populists. Funnily enough, both types are present in each of th...
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Friday, September 01, 2023

TGIF: Tribalism and the Dark Art of the Package Deal

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Tribalism not only lives; it rules -- even more than I thought! I've been reading Hyrum Lewis and Verlan Lewis's book The Myth of Le...
Friday, August 25, 2023

TGIF: Why the State Is Corrupt

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Why is government corrupt? You'll notice that I did not ask, "Is government corrupt." We've had enough experience to go ri...
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Friday, August 18, 2023

TGIF: On "Giving Back"

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P&G, the maker of popular household brands like Tide and Downy laundry products, is giving away $10,000 in college scholarships. That...
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Friday, August 11, 2023

TGIF: Why Liberty Matters

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Why does liberty matter? It’s a fair question because, after all, not everyone thinks it matters very much, perhaps beyond some very basic p...
Friday, August 04, 2023

TGIF: Shame on Government for Censoring Us

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Alas, federal District Judge Terry A. Doughty's preliminary injunction against government censorship of us on social media has been put ...
Friday, July 28, 2023

TGIF: About Politicians

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The best-selling social scientist and, it so happens, libertarian Bryan Caplan thinks politicians are immoral. Sounds promising. He's di...
Friday, July 21, 2023

TGIF: Paternalists Cross the Free-Speech Line

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Some pundits are puzzled that respectable mainstream Democrats and  "progressives" are no longer free-speech absolutists but rathe...
Friday, July 14, 2023

TGIF: Free Speech Upsets Powers that Be

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The Biden administration, along with mainstream politicians and journalists, are really upset that U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty has ...