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Social Graphs v. Marx

In my last post, I mentioned Robert Sapolsky's response to The Edge Annual Question - 2008 . As I continued to read the other responses to the question, I came across Tim O'Reilly's response , which is about the importance of social graphs...

Posted to scottyokim by scottyokim on Sun, Jan 20 2008

Nock on Money

Excerpt from Nock's Memoirs of a Superfluous Man The general preoccupation with money led to several curious beliefs which are now so firmly rooted that one hardly sees how anything short of a collapse of our whole economic system can displace it...

Posted to ayrnieu by ayrnieu on Sun, Jan 20 2008

Immigration - Again

Sometimes I am accused of hammering this issue into the ground. That’s fine with me. It comes up a lot among the different factions of the libertarian movement and, to my mind, has become a good measure of where people stand on individual rights versus...

Posted to IrishOutlaw by IrishOutlaw on Sat, Jan 19 2008

Filed under: racism, immigration, nationalism, socialism, collectivist, collective

Radicalism and Moderation

What does it really mean to be "radical"? Usually when the term radical is employed it has negative connotations. It is used to imply that someone takes something "too far" or that they are willing to use very extreme measures in the...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Sat, Jan 19 2008

Filed under: Libertarianism, Philosophy, conservatism

California wants to control your thermostat

The 2008 proposed building standards issued by the California Energy Commission include a requirement that new air-conditioners have a radio-controlled thermostat that cannot be overridden by the owner . This allows the state to override your settings...

Posted to Radical Idealism by David V on Fri, Jan 18 2008

Filed under: environmentalism, price controls

How many lives is a billionth of a degree worth?

According to GM, the new federal fuel requirements will costs four to ten thousand dollars per car , mostly to use more expensive weight savings materials. Some environmentalists might dispute the numbers or cheer anything that makes cars more expensive...

Posted to Radical Idealism by David V on Fri, Jan 18 2008

Filed under: environmentalism, global warming

Inflation Around The World

Ah, the power of the printing press! This site is chock full of hilarious comments on currencies around the world, with an obvious anti-inflationary bias. Definitely worth some surfin' when you have some time to kill.

Posted to Ronorama by Ronorama on Fri, Jan 18 2008

Harold Bloom: "The Fall of America"

There's a short but good interview here of Harold Bloom, Yale literature professor and cultural critic (update: NOT to be confused with the long late Allan Bloom, author of Closing of the American Mind; my bad!): http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Fri, Jan 18 2008

Filed under: state, war, Harold Bloom

Do compact fluorescent lights really save energy?

Earlier this month, Congress passed a law which will essentially force the public to switch to compact fluorescent lights. (CFLs) Environmentalists and light bulb makers joined forces to boost power and profits, and perhaps sue the competition out of...

Posted to Radical Idealism by David V on Thu, Jan 17 2008

Filed under: environmentalism, statism

FDA approves cloned beef, pork, and poultry, will not require labeling of cloned foods.

The FDA, an illegal federal administration according to the Constitution and by all accounts an unnecessary function of government, has decided to allow cloned meats to be marketed to the public. But what has all the anchor men shook up and, from what...

Posted to Attackdonkey by Attackdonkey on Thu, Jan 17 2008

Capitalism and Socialism: Strategic Dead Ends

Where have all the anarcho-anarchists gone? In his classic essay "Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty", Murray Rothbard describes socialism as a "middle of the road doctrine" in that it supports political or conservative means...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Wed, Jan 16 2008

Filed under: Anarchism, Capitalism, Socialism, Libertarianism

Did global warming stop in 1998? Jim Hansen says NO.

Inquiring minds might want to take a quick look at what Dr. James E. Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies has to say: The year 2007 tied for second warmest in the period of instrumental data, behind the record warmth of 2005, in the...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Tue, Jan 15 2008

Filed under: climate, hansen, AGW, James Hansen

Ron Paul mentions Austrian Business Cycle Theory

At the Jan 10th South Carolina debate on Fox News, Ron Paul mentioned the Austrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT) in one of his responses. You can watch the response here . I give Dr. Paul a lot of credit for including the ABCT in his answer. The first...

Posted to Love of Liberty by ChrisR on Sun, Jan 13 2008

Filed under: ron paul

What Do Global Warmers Fear The Most?

Mobility for the masses, of course! Indian's Tata Motors has revealed its new $2,500 microcar, the Nano . If you're anything like Rajendra Pachauri, Al Gore's co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, that won't make you happy. Courtesy of MSN...

Posted to Brush Fires of Freedom by Bostwick on Sun, Jan 13 2008

The War On…

The War on Drugs This one has been going on for a long time. I started with this one, not because of personal preferences of any kind, but because this is the basis for so much federal intervention into the everyday lives of the citizens and it is the...

Posted to IrishOutlaw by IrishOutlaw on Sun, Jan 13 2008

Filed under: immigration, illegal, libertarian, big government, excuses, funding, Terrorism, war, free market, drugs