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Hope from Democratic candidates on War? See "A Responsible Plan to End the War"

Democrats presently in Congress don't seem to care too much about doing much to stand up to Pres. Bush on the war in Iraq, despite becoming the majority party on the back of a wave of voter revulsion over the war in November of 2006. This lack of...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Wed, Apr 23 2008

Filed under: republicans, war, Democrats, Iraq

Freedom and Toleration

This post is inspired by the State of Texas' recent abduction of 416 kids from a polygamist compound . One way to measure the degree of freedom in a society is by looking at the kinds of associations made by its members. A free people can choose to...

Posted to Radical Idealism by David V on Wed, Apr 23 2008

Filed under: Freedom, toleration

The government's drug war funds terrorism

USA Today: Vice president [ Cheney] was to push Karzai to take steps to extend Afghanistan's governance beyond Kabul and conduct successful elections next year. The discussion also was to address ways the Afghan government can curb corruption and...

Posted to Radical Idealism by David V on Wed, Apr 23 2008

Filed under: terrorism, drug war

Relax I'm a doctor

I'm pleased to announce that I successfully defended my dissertation as of 3pm April 22. Thanks to everyone involved and all my friends and family for their help and support. Read More...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Austrian Addiction on Wed, Apr 23 2008

Does Welfare Diminish Poverty? (Translation into Spanish)

Traducción del artículo: Does Welfare Diminish Poverty? Por Howard Baetjer Jr. Publicado en ‘The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty’ - Abril 1984, Vol. 34 No. 4 http://www.fee.org/Publications/the-Freeman/article.asp?aid=1059 Traducido...

Posted to Learning: a never-ending process by martinf on Tue, Apr 22 2008

Filed under: welfare

Finnish health care hilarity

It turns out that state-run health care tends to lead to all kinds of queues and delays. Now, I know that must be quite a shock, so feel free to let it sink in before continuing to read. What is the Finnish solution to these persistent queues? Fines on...

Posted to libertas by Libertas est Veritas on Tue, Apr 22 2008

Happy Earth Day

While I am the last one to draw any harsh comparisons, here's a fun fact: Earth Day happens to be the same day as Vladimir Lenin's birthday. Coincidence?

Posted to Musings from an Economics Student by champthom on Mon, Apr 21 2008

Filed under: environmentalism, earthday, lenin, earth

Frank Zappa: Slime is the tool of the Government (and of modern politics)

[I ran this originally as a "page" rather than as a "post", when I had simply put up Zappa`s lyrics. Since "posts" might be more visible to visitors I`ve decided to post this as well.] I ran across some interesting and topical...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Sun, Apr 20 2008

Filed under: rent-seeking, government, bush, cognition, politics, Zappa, MSM, Rove, clinton, obama

¿Qué es la democracia?

Jude Blanchette En nuestro sistema, las garantías de la libertad y del funcionamiento del autogobierno provienen de la constitución de la república; y el principal problema: de la democracia. —William Graham Sumner, 1877—...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Sat, Apr 19 2008

The importance of being a drop in the climate bucket - Michael Pollan on personal responsibility

The New York Times has dubbed its April 20 Magazine edition as "The Green Issue" . The subtitle? "Some Bold Steps to Make Your Carbon Footprint Smaller" . I've barely taken a look at the issue as a whole, but I have noticed that...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Sat, Apr 19 2008

Filed under: climate, AGW, Locke, voluntary, Austrian, Pollan

Ética y Economía de la Propiedad Privada

Por Hans-Hermann Hoppe Publicado en Inglés el 10/15/2004 I. El problema del orden social Sólo, en su isla, Robinsón Crusoe puede hacer cualquier cosa que desee. Para él no existen preguntas con respecto a reglas organizadas...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Sat, Apr 19 2008

Sobre el Origen de la Propiedad y la Familia

Hans-Hermann Hoppe Es razonable dar comienzo a la historia humana hace 5 millones de años, cuando la línea humana de descendencia evolutiva se separaba de la de nuestro pariente no-humano más cercano, el chimpancé. Es también...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Fri, Apr 18 2008

Why government wants ignorance

By no means is finding someone to espouse the greatness of universal literacy a chore, especially among politicians. Yet for all of their pandering, these very politicians would never desire for people to be literate on one subject matter: government...

Posted to Apropos Austrian Aphorisms by thedo on Fri, Apr 18 2008

Filed under: education, government, private roads, ignorance, american history, frederic bastiat, the law, parking laws, propaganda, public roads, butler shaffer

Definitions

So I put together some relatively witty definitions of my terms. If you're not offended by at least one of these, then you are awesome! Constitutionalism - The belief that a piece of paper drafted and signed by a tiny aristocracy of men is a legitimate...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Fri, Apr 18 2008

Filed under: Anarchism, Objectivism, Minarchism, Non-Aggression Axoim, Racism, Collectivism, Democracy, Altruism, War, Constitution, Social Contract, Religion, Libertarianism, Economics, Philosophy, Thomas Hobbes, conservatism, Environmentalism

The Anarcho-Statists

For quite some time now, Kevin Carson has critisized what he calls "vulgar libertarianism". Vulgar libertarian is a tendency of some libertarians, particularly those with an affinity for "the right", to function as apologists for currently...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Thu, Apr 17 2008

Filed under: Anarchism, Socialism, Libertarianism, Economics, Corporatism