Kevin Carson on Authority: A Reply

libertarianalliance DAVID McDONAGH Authority is a sort of personal trust that we have for someone, say, our doctor. If we say he is a good doctor then we express that he has authority with us. Hobbes realised that the state was based on such authority. Locke later called […]

Is Anarchism Socialist or Capitalist?

reason.com A new defense of libertarian anarchism makes the case that the philosophy belongs on the left. Aeon J. Skoble from the April 2013 issue Anarchy and Legal Order: Law and Politics for a Stateless Society, by Gary Chartier, Cambridge University Press, 416 pages, $115 If a just […]

See No Evil: The Case of Alfred Anaya

wired.com Brendan I. Koerner Alfred Anaya was a genius at installing secret compartments in cars. If they were used to smuggle drugs without his knowledge, he figured that wasn’t his problem. He was wrong. Illustration: Paul Pope Alfred Anaya took pride in his generous service guarantee. Though his […]

The real history of psychiatry

naturalnews.com Dr. Peter Breggin There have been recent calls for a national Mental Health Registry, and then additional calls to link such a registry to gun licensing. In the dreadful wake of Newtown, both the left and the right and the current US federal administration are demanding that […]

Autonomous Cars Patrol Israeli Border

technewsdaily.com Douglas Main The Guardium MK I, one of the autonomous vehicles made by the Israeli company G-NIUS. CREDIT: G-NIUS Introduced in 2008, about eight to 10 autonomous cars have been patrolling Israeli borders, said Hugo Guterman, a researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Guterman helped develop […]

Feinstein’s Gun Ban Bill Crumbles

infowars.com Kurt Nimmo Feinstein’s measures may be added later as amendments to a more comprehensive Democrat bill. California Democrat and influential senator Dianne Feinstein admitted Monday her gun ban proposals will not be part of a Democrat bill to rollback the Second Amendment.

Prison Profiteers

By William Norman Grigg One aspect of drug prohibition that gets far too little attention is the fact that the drug war is immensely profitable for prohibitionists. Ten former high-ranking officials of the Drug Enforcement Administration recently signed a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee criticizing the Obama […]

Was Iraq Worth It?

Hell no, says Pat Buchanan. Ten years ago today, U.S. air, sea and land forces attacked Iraq. And the great goals of Operation Iraqi Freedom? Destroy the chemical and biological weapons Saddam Hussein had amassed to use on us or transfer to al-Qaida for use against the U.S. […]

The New Propaganda Is Liberal

by John Pilger What is modern propaganda? For many, it is the lies of a totalitarian state. In the 1970s, I met Leni Riefenstahl and asked her about her epic films that glorified the Nazis. Using revolutionary camera and lighting techniques, she produced a documentary form that mesmerized […]

Not to Praise, But to Bury Him

By Kevin Carson Since Hugo Chavez’s death last week, predictably, the cable news talking head shows and the editorial pages of the major newspapers of record have been full of head-shaking about the dictatorial nature of his regime. To be sure, the Chavez regime was dictatorial. But another […]

Peril from ‘patriots’

The LA Times is pissed. Demonstrators rally outside the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. to assert their right to own firearms and to denounce recent gun-control efforts. (Tim Roske / Associated Press / January 19, 2013) Related photos » Photos: The 10 trigger-happiest states in America Can bipartisanship break out […]