Category archives for: Thought

Are you a ‘LiBeckitarian’?

Are you a ‘LiBeckitarian’?

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 [...]

What can eBay and Craigslist teach government?

What can eBay and Craigslist teach government?

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 [...]

Free Speech and Corporations

Free Speech and Corporations

I’m amazed by the hysteria emerging from the Left on the Supreme Court decision this week, recognizing the unconstitutionality of restrictions on free speech imposed by McCain Feingold.
There are lots of problems with corporations as legal entities in our society. In my estimation, they all stem from the limited liability that a corporation enjoys, which [...]

Scott Brown: Business as Usual

Scott Brown: Business as Usual

Like many political junkies, I followed the Brown/Coakley race with much interest. The crashing political support for the policies of the Collectivist-Utopians – wait, let’s stop right here for a moment, because that term isn’t just part of my polemic; it’s a much more accurate description of the social science of the left. They aren’t [...]

Bernanke asks “Somebody Stop me”!

Bernanke asks “Somebody Stop me”!

Bernanke gave a speech this morning in which he called for more regulation to prevent prevent ‘bubbles’ from occurring. He went on to say that he didn’t believe that the Fed’s monetary policies were the cause of the recent housing bubble. For those of you who have been keeping track of this, I imagine you [...]

What’s a recession good for?

What’s a recession good for?

The Collectivist-Utopians (my new name for Progressives) lament the current economic environment as something that the government must ‘fix’, we must ‘do stimulus’ (a statement that only a breathless policy wonk who hasn’t had a real job in their life can say), we must prevent economic contractions at all costs. The Libertarians (me, for example) [...]

Climate Change – What’s a Libertarian to do?

Climate Change – What’s a Libertarian to do?

I’ve spent years trying to understand the case for Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) and the substantial criticisms of it. I’m a skeptic, so I’ve listened to the criticisms, hoping to find the truth and while I’ve seen valid criticism by the likes of Roy Spencer, Patrick Michaels and Richard Lindzen (to name but a few [...]

Bill of Rights Day – Woo hoo!

Bill of Rights Day – Woo hoo!

December 15, 1791. A group of mostly rich, white men created a document that enobled the human condition in a dramatic way by passing the Bill of Rights (maybe being rich, white and male don’t exclude one from doing good after all?).
While the U.S. constitution itself embraced the concept of individual sovereignty quite broadly, [...]

The Federal Goverment Can’t Create Jobs

The Federal Goverment Can’t Create Jobs

It’s all a bit much too take if you have even a whiff of understanding about free markets and wealth creation (as any good libertarian must). Earnest pols run confabs with policy wonks and leaders of industry to ‘do jobs’ (as the breathless DC insiders like to say), all gladhanding each other for the cameras [...]

Obama to Nobel Committee – Pacifists are Stupid!

Obama to Nobel Committee – Pacifists are Stupid!

“America’s commitment to global security will never waver. But in a world in which threats are more diffuse, and missions more complex, America cannot act alone. America alone cannot secure the peace. This is true in Afghanistan. This is true in failed states like Somalia, where terrorism and piracy is joined by famine and human [...]

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