Warning, the images in this video are not suitable for children or the faint of heart. Real images of stoning, genital mutilation and honor killings are shown so be prepared. While I’m actually opposed to our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, I also think that we shouldn’t kid ourselves about what the Islamic faith is [...]
Great “Rap” video of Keynes and Hayek!
I’m back! For the past three months I have been developing a new web property and business and simply couldn’t justify spending time on the blog. I’ve also taken advantage of this time to think a bit about what I’ve learned so far as a blogger and what direction I want to take my blog. [...]
One might think that a libertarian would be more hysterical about ‘health care reform’ than the Republicans and its direct-action cadres, the Neo-Con-Gelicals of the Tea Party, 9/12 groups and other self-styled ‘activist’ organizations. It’s true that I do believe the agenda of the Progressives is hopelessly misguided and destructive to the fabric of liberty [...]
In the midst of all the hyperbole surrounding anthropogenic global warming (AGW), I find that I can actually take little solace from the libertarian community when it comes to AGW and the environment in general. In a previous post, http://libertariancomment.com/climate-change-whats-a-libertarian-to-do/ , I advocate for a precautionary stance simply based on the asymmetric nature of the [...]
I know I usually do political or current events stuff, but hey, I really wanted to review this movie and if I can’t take a little license with this site from time to time, what’s the point of publishing a blog in the first place? Okay, so I went to the movies, undecided as to [...]
I just saw an interview with J. Craig Venter, famous for his participation in the human genome project and now CEO of Synthetic Genomics, in which he stated that he is creating a microbe which eats C02 and creates hydrocarbon fuel. That’s right, you heard me correctly. Using genetic engineering, they essentially assemble this little [...]
Glenn Beck is one of the most interesting things to happen in mainstream media and political discourse in this country – particularly for conservatives – in a long time. He has skyrocketed to fame and fortune with a new twist on the populist/conservative talker formula that the likes of Limbaugh and Hannity perfected, which they [...]
Obama and his hackneyed ilk like to prattle on about how Gitmo or our harsh interrogation tactics are actually causing Al Qaeda to grow by providing PR fodder for their recruiting drives. It is true that the U.S. is continuously villified in Arab/Muslim media for many things, including these issues, but if you spend some [...]
As a libertarian, I’m convinced that most people act in their own self-interest, both individually and collectively, quite effectively without external coercion. In social science circles, this is a fundamental question which informs the various schools of governing philosophies that drive our ideological disagreements. Collectivist and big-state solutions fundamentally assume that individuals left to their [...]
