Free Markets

It was a blast, this libertarian-anarchist gathering in New Hampshire, and more evidence that this movement is growing. 

One way to fight against the takeover of society by the state and its minions is to show a greater appreciation of their opposite.

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.

Disputants would be far better off if they could choose among competing arbitration agencies and thereby reap the benefits of competition and specialization.

Szasz and Leary often chose somewhat different public issues to speak out on, but both displayed an unwavering commitment to human liberty.

The state wants regress, and it is giving it to us good and hard.

Somalia is experiencing progress according to several criteria, despite (or, some would say, because of) its lack of a strong central government. As a result, it is by far the fastest growing, fastest improving among all the less developed countries. This should be a model for the world. 

Mexico is rapidly withering. Its very life is being siphoned off by a hopeless war on illegal drugs.

The world of Thomas the Tank Engine is impressively "bourgeois" — everyone is hard at work building civilization. The reason Thomas is the hero of the show isn't his strength (Hiro is stronger) or his speed (Spencer is faster). Rather, Thomas's one superlative trait is that he's a "Very Useful" engine.