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 [...]
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 [...]
See this from Downsizer Dispatch D o w n s i z e r – D i s p a t c h Congress passed fewer laws in 2009, but they were nearly three times as large! Please send Congress a letter telling them to stop bundling unrelated legislation by passing DownsizeDC.org’s One Subject At [...]
Ambivalence is a word that is usually misused, and its proper definition aptly describes my current sentiment. I feel strongly about throwing the Democrats out of office and also am repulsed by Republicans, how about you? The triumphalism of the right-wing chattering classes over the Brown-Coakley race, exchanging knowing, insider comments about what this means [...]
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 [...]
I’ve seen the ranting on right-wing sites about Obama’s executive order granting immunities and privileges to Interpol. The line of thinking is this is just another step in subjugating the U.S. to international law, and that the “police officers” of the Interpol will be free to operate with impugnity, in the U.S. , out of [...]
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 breathless policy wonks who haven’t had a real job in their lives can say) or we must prevent economic contractions at all costs. The Libertarians (me, for example) [...]
