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Property of Mind, Right of Access, and Trespass

I own my life. I own my body. I own my mind. I own the product of my own work. If I use my body to create physical property, the product of my work is my property. If I use my mind to create a work, the product of that work is also my property. If I have...

Posted to Panpiper by Peter Cohen on Sat, May 2 2009

Filed under: Trespass, IP socialists, Right of Access, IP, Property of Mind, Intelectual Property

Towards a productive libertarian approach on climate, energy and environmental issues

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Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Wed, Feb 10 2010

Filed under: property, rent-seeking, energy, Enviro Derangement Syndrome, power, climate change

The Cliff Notes version of my stilted enviro-fascist view of corporations and government

I kinda liked this, so I've cribbed it from an earlier post , where it served as prologue and summary to recent comments by Sen. Al Franken about the conservative worship of corporations. I refer to my earlier posts on (1) corporate "free speech"...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Tue, Jul 6 2010

Google Allows Corporations to Claim Copyrights on Public Domain Works

Google is in the spotlight in another copyright scandal when it allowed Arrianna Huffington's 236.com to claim copyright on Paulo's intellectual property. According to Paulo in a message sent to BoingBoing : I'm the guy who made the cloudy...

Posted to Copyfascism Watch by aheram on Sun, May 25 2008

Filed under: dmca

The Case For Free Immigration, The Case Against Borders

Immigration is a hot topic these days, particularly for those in the southern and south-western states of America. There has been a rising anti-immigration sentiment, directed specifically at immigrating Mexicans. The public cries out, "Secure the...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Sun, Mar 30 2008

Filed under: Non-Aggression Axoim, Ethics, Competition, Consistancy, Racism, Collectivism, Discrimination, Separatism, Interventionism, Libertarianism, Economics, isolationism, Free Association, Immigration, Nationalism, Labor, Free Trade, Prohibition

Explorations in teleocentric forms of ethics

Recently, I’ve taken up reading again in my free time. Currently, I am half-way through the excellent Norms of Liberty by Douglas Rasmussen and Douglas den Uyl. I’m not going to review the book here or engage in a full summary of their views...

Posted to Veritas Veritatum. by Jon Irenicus on Sat, Aug 2 2008

Filed under: Aristotle Den Uyl Rasmussen Virtue Ethics Property Liberalism

Edwin Dolan: applying the Lockean framework to climate change

I would like to bring readers' attention to Edwin G. Dolan's "Science, Public Policy and Global Warming: Rethinking the Market Liberal Position ", from the Fall 2006 issue of The Cato Journal: www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj26n3/cj26n3...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Wed, Feb 13 2008

Filed under: climate, Dolan, libertarian, Locke, TANSTAAFL, Block, Hayek

The Rational and Individualist Case Against Racism

I'd like to state upfront that I am not an egalitarian, which is to say that I am fully aware of the fact that people are inherently unequal with respect to their mental and physical capabilities as individuals, and I despise the politically correct...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Sat, Dec 1 2007

Filed under: Racism, Determinism, Polylogism, Collectivism, Discrimination, Separatism, Philosophy

The Headroom Between Mutualism and Anarcho-capitalism

I find it inaccurate to use either the terms "anarcho-capitalism" or "mutualism" to describe my own viewpoint. Being a pluralist as well as a person with a fairly complex and subtle heirarchy of preferances that may situationally change...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Sun, Aug 24 2008

Filed under: Anarchism, Libertarianism, Economics, Labor, Anarcho-Capitalism, Mutualism

Walter Block: Wrong on Religion

Walter Block recently wrote an article at LewRockwell.com on the topic of religion and state. He critisizes what he considers to be an irrational hatred of religion that many libertarians have apparently inherented from Ayn Rand. While he is an atheist...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Thu, Jun 19 2008

Filed under: Anarchism, Objectivism, Altruism, Religion, Atheism, Libertarianism, Philosophy, History, Monarchy

The Validity of End User License Agreements

Wendy Grossman explains the legal gray area that surrounds End-User License Agreements (EULA) that Microsoft et al slaps on every piece of software it sells to consumers: If you did read the terms, you might be surprised. Eulas typically specify that...

Posted to Copyfascism Watch by aheram on Sun, May 4 2008

Filed under: eula

The Post Office SUCKS!

Newsflash: Government monopoly fails. Again. As usual. On September 6 I ordered an item of apparel (a Ron Paul t-shirt) online. On the ninth it was shipped via UPS from Ohio to a warehouse in New York City, arriving on the twealth. It has not moved since...

Posted to The Spirit of Liberty by TigerofRobare on Thu, Sep 20 2007

Filed under: government, private-sector, monopoly, economics

A proper gander at the FairTax

A recent debate topic on Facebook's Politics poll was whether you supported Mike Huckabee's FairTax plan. The FairTax is a splendid example for examining language and economics. Let's not mince words: The FairTax is not fair. It is an ugly...

Posted to Apropos Austrian Aphorisms by thedo on Wed, Jan 23 2008

Filed under: taxation, ron paul, euphemism, irs, mike huckabee, fair tax

A libertarian immodestly summarizes a few modest climate policy proposals

[Folks, I hope you do a better job than I do at saving draft posts before they`re finalized; I just lost alot of work. This will necessarily be shorter.] I have on numerous occasions tried to point out, to posters on the Mises Blog who have addressed...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Tue, Nov 3 2009

Filed under: Austrians, commons, Enviro Derangement Syndrome, climate change

ClimateGate (My Climate Confession; or the war with deceivers and with self-deception)

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Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Fri, Dec 4 2009

Filed under: Enviro Derangement Syndrome, climate change, fossil fuels, climate hack