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  • their main interest is liberty

    Today I was reminded of a great quote from Barry Goldwater's Conscience of a Conservative . Last time I discussed the book I was rather negative, but as far as 20th century politicians go, Goldwater was near the top. The following might convince you of that: I have little interest in streamlining...
    Posted to the forgotten man. by Nathaniel on Wed, May 19 2010
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  • terrorism in a police state

    If you haven't seen this disturbing video , and you care about police powers in a free society, it's definitely worth a watch. The story can be found in an article from Reason Magazine . Here we see the fallout of a) the war on drugs and b) the militarization of police (and one could argue that...
    Posted to the forgotten man. by Nathaniel on Thu, May 13 2010
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  • the forgotten man of health care

    The New York Times , in its article about the president signing the new health care bill , talked about a "select group of ordinary Americans" who attended the ceremony, who had become a "case in point for Mr. Obama" in his quest to destroy make scarce reform health care. One was...
    Posted to the forgotten man. by Nathaniel on Thu, Mar 25 2010
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  • mccain-feingold

    The Supreme Court has overturned parts of McCain-Feingold, the law that restricted speech by organizations, including nonprofits. From the majority opinion: The law before us is an outright ban, backed by criminal sanctions. Section 441b makes it a felony for all corporations — including nonprofit...
    Posted to the forgotten man. by Nathaniel on Thu, Jan 21 2010
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  • climategate

    I haven't read Crisis and Leviathan by Robert Higgs, but I feel like he could issue an updated edition with at least a few pages on Climategate. To recap: hackers released data from a major climate research center that show that scientists have been somewhat less than forthright with climate change...
    Posted to the forgotten man. by Nathaniel on Wed, Nov 25 2009
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