Was John Brown Sane?
John Brown was a man driven by religious fanaticism and grandiose ideas. But his sanity, at least clinically speaking, seems to have been in place.
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Simón Bolívar: Liberator or Tyrannical Demagogue?
The life of Simón Bolívar is a story filled with despotism, war atrocities, and illiberal views on governance.
In a Stateless World, Can You Grow Veggies In Your Front Yard?
Without privatization or secession, the majority can run untrammeled over a minority, and the minority has no escape.
A Word of Thanks, Lew
We want to update friends and supporters of the Institute on Lew’s progress, and remind all of us of the tremendous debt of gratitude we owe him.
No Neutral Ground: The Problem of Net Neutrality
If one likes the internet's remarkable evolution to this point, it seems odd to assert that now is the moment to freeze it through government action.
From Direct Democracy to Centralization: the Swiss Health Care Experiment
The Swiss health care system is slowly becoming more centralized and state-controlled.
Do Graduate Degrees Produce Value?
The case for not taxing tuition waivers is the same as the case for not taxing anything else. There's nothing magical about graduate degrees.
The Propaganda War Against Capitalism
The most popular method of deprecating capitalism is to make it responsible for every condition which is considered unsatisfactory.
A Small Revolution
At this point a move toward political subsidiarity and secession seems the most fruitful, realistic, and humane approach for pragmatic libertarians.
Government Should Leave Bakers Alone
Even if the bakery wins in this case, its victory will only protect those businesses acting on a “sincere religious conviction.” That's a bad thing.
