Ah, the bite rashes of summer: bedbugs are back
A quick Google search confirms it (and confirms my prediction): bedbugs are back in the news.
Nortel Patents Sold for $4.5 Billion to Consortium Which Includes Apple
PorcFest 2011
It was a blast, this libertarian-anarchist gathering in New Hampshire, and more evidence that this movement is growing.
Bastiat for the Ages
Ludwig von Mises opined in the 1920s that Bastiat’s “critique of all protectionist and related tendencies is even today unsurpassed. The protectionists and interventionists have not been able to advance a single word in pertinent and objective rejoinder.”
Equality Under the Law(s)?
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).
Equality Under the Law(s)?
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).
Reflections on Education
Education can regulate what intelligence one has, but it cannot give one any more.
Why Legalize Now?
Why the sudden pressure against drug prohibition? It is a burden on taxpayers. It is a burden on government budgets. It is a burden on the criminal-justice system. It is a burden on the healthcare system. The economic crisis has intensified the pain from all these burdens.
Show Love to the Merchant Class
One way to fight against the takeover of society by the state and its minions is to show a greater appreciation of their opposite.
Legalize It
It is not legalization but prohibition that should be considered outlandish and offensive. This should be apparent to the constitutionalists among us, who define the primary purpose of government as the protection of individual rights.
