Keith Preston
Why Conservative Christians Need to Be Libertarians
By Laurence Vance I admire much of the work of the Acton Institute. I recently very favorably reviewed Robert Sirico’s new book (he is the organization’s president). However, I deplore the people there that are Christian warmongers. The Acton Institute is advertising a new event to be held […]
Why Do Some Libertarian Atheists Get So Upset When You Mention Religion?
By Laurence Vance It happens every time I even mention religion in an article or blog post. Some libertarian atheists get so upset. Today I was referred to the work of the atheist George Smith, something I was already familiar with. For an introduction to Smith, here is […]
This will shock you, gentle reader, but most feminists are not libertarians, and neither are most gays
By Walter Block 1. Check this out on the feminists, at least those in India responsible for this horrid video. There has been a spate of horrendous rapes in this country. Do the feminists there come out against rape? Well, of course, some of them do, quite properly, […]
The Return of Debtors Prisons
The Daily Mail The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that debtors’ prisons are unconstitutional – but that has done little to stop some judges from jailing people because they cannot pay their court fines. In an troubling development straight out of a Charles Dickens novel, indigent defendants […]
George Soros and Totalitarian Humanism
By Robert Wenzel The DC reports: The gay advocacy group that launched a pressure campaign to block comedian Bob Newhart from speaking at a Catholic summit is funded by progressive billionaire George Soros and has close links to President Obama’s new White House counselor, records reveal. Newhart, 84, pulled […]
Treating Phil Robertson seriously means slouching toward ‘Idiocracy’
By David McElroy It finally occurred to me over the weekend why I hate the responses of people on both sides of the Phil Robertson controversy. I would object to pretty much any reaction to what Robertson said — because paying attention to him at all is treating […]
Utah Is on Track to End Homelessness by 2015 With This One Simple Idea
Nationswell.Com Give them an apartment first, ask questions later. Utah has reduced its rate of chronic homelessness by 78 percent over the past eight years, moving 2000 people off the street and putting the state on track to eradicate homelessness altogether by 2015. How’d they do it? The […]
Californians outraged after police acquire military armored vehicle to patrol city
Russia Today Police in Salinas, California are under fire after the department acquired a heavily armored military vehicle for SWAT team operations. The $650,000 vehicle was gifted to the Salinas Police Department from the government through the 1033 program, which redistributes used equipment to other agencies. According to […]
Texas student reports rape and gets suspended for ‘public lewdness’
Raw Story A former Texas high school student has come forward with accusations that school officials suspended her for “public lewdness” after she reported that she had been raped in a band room. In her first extensive interview, Rachel Bradshaw-Bean told NBC News that a boy had asked […]
US schools attempted to ban 49 books in 2013
Russia Today Censorship in American schools and libraries is on the rise as more institutions attempt to ban books tackling racial and sexual issues, as well as those written by minorities, according to the anti-censorship group Kids’ Right to Read Project. In a report by the Guardian, the […]
Christmas in Colorado
The “War on Christmas” As Blowback
By Roderick Long I spent my last two years of elementary school in Idaho Falls, a town that was at that time 70% Mormon. In the public school the only Christmas songs that were permitted were purely secular ones with no religious references. I spent high school in […]
Saudi blogger may face death penalty for apostasy
Russia Today Saudi blogger and activist, Raif Badawi, currently serving his 7-year prison term for “insulting Islam”, may soon appear in a higher court on graver charges of apostasy. If found guilty, he could be sentenced to death. Bringing Badawi back to court to face graver charges was […]
Thai police officer killed in clashes with anti-government protesters
Russia Today Thai police say an officer has been killed during an anti-government rally in the country’s capital, Bangkok. Police used tear gas, rubber bullets on protesters who attempted to halt planning for the February elections over the controversial security law. The officer died after being airlifted to […]
‘Tracked everywhere you go’: Snowden delivers Xmas message on govt spying
Russia Today NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has delivered his ‘Alternative Christmas Message’ via a British TV channel. The whistleblower called for an end to mass spying by governments, stating that a child born today will have “no conception of privacy.” Snowden’s address aired by the UK’s Channel 4 […]
Is pedophilia a sexual orientation?
Toronto Star Laura Kane / Toronto Star Order this photo Dr. James Cantor of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has spent the last decade on research suggesting that pedophilia is a deep-rooted, unchangeable predisposition. Pedophilia has been widely viewed as a psychological disorder triggered by early […]
McDonald’s takes down employee website following ridicule
Russia Today Following repeated backlash over the advice handed out on its McResource website, McDonald’s has officially taken the page down altogether. The McResource website was intended to help employees manage stress, health, and financial issues, but had come under fire multiple times over the past few months. […]
The Solution to Police Brutality?
The Battle Within the Democratic Party
The Atlantic Molly Ball Dec 23 2013, 8:00 AM ET Mike Theiler/Reuters Things are not going well for Democrats. Riding high just weeks ago after Republicans shut down the government, the party now finds itself in a swoon: President Obama’s ratings have hit an all-time low. The implementation […]
Is the Politics of the Future Chauvinism vs. Multiculturalism?
By Patrick J. Buchanan “Across Europe, globalism and transnationalism, as represented by the eurozone and EU, seem in retreat, as nationalism is resurgent. Now it is the UKIP, a new British independence party, which seeks to secede from the EU that is surging—at the expense of the Tories. […]
Can Liberals Understand Politics Anymore?
By Daniel McCarthy “Liberals are so politically inert that I don’t waste much time criticizing them. The Democratic Party, to the extent that it’s liberal, wins nationally because the GOP is a basket case. The hard left, which knows that Democrats are about as neoliberal as the GOP, […]
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The Psychology of the System’s Stooges
By Roderick Long When invisible-hand or spontaneous-order mechanisms are invoked in libertarian social theory, it is customarily as a benign alternative to state power. Yet there are reasons for thinking that state power itself likewise depends for its maintenance on spontaneous-order mechanisms.
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Remembering to Remember
by Gilbert Cavanaugh
The holidays are all about remembering: remembering our traditions, remembering to be grateful – remembering each cousin’s name, etc. Part of holiday
Evil in Plain Sight
Interesting discussion. By Bryan Caplan 12 Years a Slave is a great chance to feel morally superior to monstrous slavers of yore. But it is also a time to reflect: Will our descendents ever look back on us with contempt for our blatant wickedness? If so, what will […]
Where The Minimum Wage Would Be If It Kept Pace With The Earnings Of The 1%
Democratic Underground If the minimum wage had grown at the same rate as the earnings of the top one percent of Americans the federal wage floor would be more than triple the current hourly minimum of $7.25. Instead, the minimum wage has been lower than a poverty wage […]
Debunking the Myth of the Hero Cop
The Daily Anarchist In a recent article at The Independent Political Report, James Gray perpetuates the fairy-tale of the police as heroes to be looked up to. He writes, “One of the most noble public servant positions in our society is a police officer. These men and women often have […]
American Anarchist: Noam Chomsky in “The American Conservative”
For some time now, I’ve thought TAC is the most left-wing print publication out there. The American Conservative Monday evening, in a standard Massachusetts Institute of Technology auditorium of muted colors and uncomfortable chairs, a wizened, stooped, silver-haired man in an ugly sweater held a packed house of […]
Study suggests Occupy Wall Street movement undone by liberals’ need to feel unique
Raw Story Liberals tend to underestimate their similarity to other liberals, according to a recent study, while conservatives overestimate their similarities — and those differences may account for the relative political success of the tea party in comparison to Occupy Wall Street. While the tea party has grown […]
Federal judge lets Detroit move forward with largest bankruptcy in US history
Russia Today A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Detroit, Michigan is indeed eligible for bankruptcy protection, giving the go-ahead to the once booming Motor City to move forward with plans to restructure more than $18 billion in debt. Amid reading excerpts from a lengthy decision of more than […]
Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up: Helicopter parenting has caused my psychotherapy clients to crash land
Slate.Com Rates of depression are soaring among millennials in college.Photo by Jupiter Images/Thinkstock/Getty Images Amy (not her real name) sat in my office and wiped her streaming tears on her sleeve, refusing the scratchy tissues I’d offered. “I’m thinking about just applying for a Ph.D. program after I […]
80 Years After Prohibition’s Repeal, President Obama Continues A Failed Drug War
Forbes The War on Drugs is an unmitigated failure. Those who support that war might recall Prohibition, a similar deployment of government paternalism, which was wisely repealed 80 years ago this month. Prohibition was the result of misnamed “temperance” crusaders who sought to outlaw the manufacture, transportation, and […]
Lawsuit Seeks “Legal Personhood” Rights For Captive Chimps
Disinfo.Com Do basic human rights extend to other animals with human-like cognitive abilities?The New York Times reports: Should a captive chimpanzee have the same rights as a “legal person”? That’s the debate set to unfold after an activist group filed lawsuits on behalf of four chimpanzees, asking the […]
Enraged Workers In Bangladesh Burn Down One Of The Gap’s And Wal-Mart’s Largest Supplying Factories
Disinfo.Com This is one effective form of protest. Buzzfeed writes: Workers incensed by rumors of a co-worker’s death in a police firing burned down one of Bangladesh’s 10 biggest garment factories supplying to major Western brands on Nov. 29: According to authorities, factory workers were enraged after a […]
How Do You Charge an Unarmed Man with Shooting People? Get the NYPD Involved
Reason.Com Credit: Giacomo Barbaro / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SAIn September, New York Police officers responded to an emotionally disturbed man causing a ruckus at a Times Square bus terminal by opening fire on him while they were surrounded by crowds and traffic. They missed him and hit two […]
It’s Been 80 Years Since Alcohol Prohibition Ended
It’s Time to Imagine a Post-Police World
FreeThoughtProject.Com The time of the friendly neighborhood policeman is over. Instead of counting on cops to keep us safe, it seems like we can count on just the opposite. It’s time for Plan B. We live in an age of an increasingly militarized, violent, and hostile police force. […]
Authoritarian Leftists: Kill the Cop in Your Head
Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin It’s difficult to know where to begin with this open letter to the various European-american leftist (Marxist-Leninist and Marxist-Leninist-Maoist, in particular) groups within the United States. I have many issues with many groups; some general, some very specific. The way in which this is presented […]
A Century Later and We Still Have a Culture of Prohibition
DL Magazine By John Doherty The year is 1920. The US government just prohibited the production and sale of alcoholic beverages under the eighteenth amendment. The aim was to legislate morality, but America would soon learn how impossible that very concept is in reality. An era of complete […]
Bob Dylan Charged with Inciting Racial Hatred
Here for all the world to see is an example of totalitarian humanism at its finest. It will be interesting to see how the Left tries to explain this one away. Yahoo News Paris (AFP) – Bob Dylan was urged Tuesday to apologise for comparing Croats to Nazis […]
The Reason Police Brutality is Rising
Because the state is losing its veneer of legitimacy. By Wendy McElroy A headline in Mint Press News (Nov. 6) declared, “U.S. Police Have Killed Over 5,000 Civilians Since 9/11.” An earlier Mint article (Aug. 19) reported, “Claims of Minneapolis Police Misconduct: 439; Officers Disciplined: 0.” It is almost cliché to talk […]
David Horowitz Holds Conference Where Neocons Attempt to Reinvent Themselves as Libertarians
Gay marriage, legal weed, anti-racism, anti-sexism, neoliberal economics, Israel-firsting and more wars for the empire. Yayyyyyyy! Puke. Gavin McInnes has sure gone downhill. Taki’s Magazine I just flew back from Restoration Weekend in Palm Beach, and boy are my arms tired of the old narrative. I was on […]
Culture Wars and the Police State: A Reply to Kevin Carson
This is my response to Kevin Carson’s recently republished review of Sean Gabb’s book “Cultural Revolution, Culture War” Libertarian Alliance I doubt it’s possible to develop a thorough or effective critique of statism as it exists in contemporary Western industrialized democracies without a comprehensive critique of the PC […]
Words of Wisdom from a Fellow Anarchist
It’s common for anarchists to press people about whether they are “capitalist” or “communist”. I view this as embracing the left/right paradigm unconsciously. I’m anti-state. Anti-statism is the common denominator in all trends of anarchism. Therefore, there is common ground between all anarchists. I can’t imagine that any […]
That ‘Libertarian Moment’: It’s here. Now what?
By Justin Raimondo The failures of foreign interventionism litter the world stage. Libya is disintegrating into an inter-tribal battlefield, with rival militias shooting it out Wild West style. Iraq is collapsing into chaos, as the country’s postwar order frays and splits along sectarian religious lines: and in Afghanistan, […]
How the Modern American Police State Began
““After serving his time federal prison, John Ehrlichman granted an interview to author Dan Baum, who reports that Ehrlichman explained the origin of the war on drugs this way: ‘The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar Left, and […]
Robber Band Writ Large
The Deal With Iran
The American Conservative EEAS / Flickr Uri Friedman describes the details of the interim nuclear deal with Iran: The details are still coming into focus, but here are the basics: Iran will stop enriching uranium beyond the 5-percent level (nuclear power plants typically run on 3.5 percent-enriched uranium), […]
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