The Minnesota state government has been shut down, and the consequences are potentially devastating to the average Minnesotan who (according to this article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune) can no longer check a state web site to verify whether his barber has a valid license to practice.
The horror!
Of course, the primary focus in the media coverage is on the inconvenience and uncertainty a government shutdown foists upon public-sector workers:
A quick Google search confirms it (and confirms my prediction): bedbugs are back in the news.
It was a blast, this libertarian-anarchist gathering in New Hampshire, and more evidence that this movement is growing.
Two columns were published today with very different libertarian analyses of government laws and privileges. In one of them, Steve Horwitz argues that “equality under the law” is an important libertarian (classical liberal) principle, and therefore that it is a “no-brainer” for libertarians to support such measures as increasing the marriage definition to include gays (as was recently done in New York).
Two columns were published today with very different libertarian analyses of government laws and privileges. In one of them, Steve Horwitz argues that “equality under the law” is an important libertarian (classical liberal) principle, and therefore that it is a “no-brainer” for libertarians to support such measures as increasing the marriage definition to include gays (as was recently done in New York).
