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What the Tea Party Needs to Hear 6 Sep 2010 | 09:19 pm
The Tea- Party has finally come to Comanche County. And so I suppose this is my cue to finally get involved. But before I do I would like to address a few things. In the first place its important to ...
Why the Alliance of the Libertarian Left is "Centrist" 1 Jun 2010 | 03:17 pm
I was recently cited as claiming that the Alliance of the Libertarian Left is a "centrist" organization. This can be portrayed as either a good or bad thing depending on the context. I don't recall an...
Does Freedom Have A Social Context? 24 May 2010 | 11:57 pm
Is it really the case that freedom is a separable factor from the kind of social atmosphere in which people exist? I think not. The particular conditions within a society is linked with people's capac...
Libertarianism and Segregation 24 May 2010 | 09:11 am
Recently there has been some uproar over some statements from Ron Paul's son Rand Paul (who, IMO, is a fairly wishy-washy conservative Republican that isn't as radical as his father) to the effect of ...
The Usefulness of a Left/Right Distinction 18 May 2010 | 03:48 pm
I'd like to defend the proposition that a left/right distinction is useful even for libertarians, although the proposition does have some qualifications. There is a sense in which it may make sense t...
What Is Mutualism? 16 May 2010 | 09:36 am
To be honest, while mutualism is a term that I've come to adopt for myself, it isn't entirely clear to me what mutualism is. What I mean by this is that it seems hard to identify an essential feature ...
The Public Face of Libertarianism 4 May 2010 | 05:49 am
The public face of libertarianism, particularly in America, is essentially paleoconservatism or something along those lines. The recent phenomenon of the Tea Party Movement has apparently reinforced t...
Social Individualism or Nihilistic Orgies? 1 May 2010 | 11:46 am
I recently read "Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgable Chasm" by Murray Bookchin. I have to say that I have mixed feelings about the position carved out in it. On one hand, Bookchin ...
Propertarianism, Voluntaryism and Freedom 28 Apr 2010 | 07:14 am
I'd like to once again clarify my own views, put in contrast to some views that I have rejected. Hopefully this may help illuminate exactly what is at stake in the conflicts that take place within lib...
The Substance of Capitalism and Libertarianism 23 Apr 2010 | 09:29 pm
Capitalism is a particular economic model, an organizational mode or structure of production, which is not in and of itself the same thing as the comparably general meta-concept of a "free market". Fu...
