Media and Culture

The New York Times does not mention Independence Day on its editorial page on the 4th of July.

Does libertarianism require widespread acceptance of certain cultural values? One end of the spectrum says yes [thick libertarianism]. The other end says libertarianism does not require any other set of values except the non-aggression principle – the right not to have force initiated against them [thin libertarianism].

Yes, we've all heard the clichés about the greater good. I've never met a serial killer, a sniper, or the leader of a suicide cult. But I'm willing to bet that they too believe that they served a greater good.

Lay and Skilling are hardly alone. The difference is that they are going to prison. This was not a case of executives looting their company and then hiding those assets in offshore bank accounts and absconding with their ill-gotten gains. Instead, it was a case of executives who believed their own hype — and that of the financial press — and failed to apply the fundamentals of sound business practices to their decisions.

Government involvement accounts for the internet's continuing problems, while the market should get the credit for its glories.

Based on correspondence from this blog item on kids and the web, the number-one issue that

In his New York Times column of June 3, Joseph Nocera asks

I’m trying to order a hamburger, medium well, but the cook was involved in heated argument with the customer who was insisting that DSL is be

Recorded at the Mises Circle in Costa Mesa, California, on 6 May 2006.