Dr. Obama: Heal Thyself! Posted by Stephan Kinsella on January 29, 2011 09:20 AM On the White House Blog, Obama comments on the Egypt situation, stating “all governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion.” Interesting idea. I wish the federal government would try that approach. Michael Moore and Barbra Streisand might still pay their […]
From LRC: Mises blog cross-post Liberal Economies and War Posted by Stephan Kinsella on December 30, 2010 09:01 AM Tom, you’re right that military spending should not be based on GDP. Unfortunately, and somewhat paradoxically, as Hoppe has argued, countries (especially larger countries) that have relatively liberal internal economic policies tend to be richer, and […]
My LRC post: The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain Posted by Stephan Kinsella on December 14, 2010 05:07 PM I’m getting this new book, The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, for my 7-year old for Christmas. What’s interesting is how we are approaching some of the horrid aspects of communist Czechoslovakia. […]
From LRC blog: Lew, your post contains a depressingly good summary of the primary unlibertarian and un-Austrian positions propounded by Cato: as you note, the policies they push expand the State: massive money printing (for the big banks and big companies), school vouchers (to deliver private schools into the hands of government), the Ownership Society […]
Book Banning Courtesy of Copyright Law Posted by Stephan Kinsella on July 2, 2009 02:35 PM In Reason: Copyright Should Last Half A Century I mentioned libertarian writer Cathy Young’s advocacy of a 50-year copyright term in discussing the looming book-banning of a Catcher in the Rye sequel based on copyright. Well, the judge has […]
The Incredible Abundance of the Market Posted by Stephan Kinsella on October 19, 2004 09:15 AM Last night, sitting on my mosquito-free back porch, having a bourbon and a cigar, listening to Rush, with my poodle at my feet, as my baby slept peacefully upstairs, phoning a few libertarian pals, late into the night as […]
As noted in the N.Y. Times piece Court Affirms Ban on Aiding Groups Tied to Terror, the Supreme Court’s “conservatives,” In a case pitting free speech against national security, … on Monday upheld a federal law that makes it a crime to provide “material support” to foreign terrorist organizations, even if the help takes the […]
As Guido Hülsmann and I observe in our Introduction to Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Mises Institute, 2009), Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe is without a doubt one of the most important libertarian scholars of our time: “He has made pioneering contributions to sociology, economics, philosophy, and history. He is the dean of […]
In Put Your Hands Up In The Air For Peace!, I noted a recent song, “Peace,” by the Luminaries, and other classic pro-peace songs (clips re-posted below). Libertarian philosopher Geoffrey Plauché notes a recent pro-peace video in his post White Flag Warrior: There’s a new anti-war rock/hip-hop song hitting the air waves lately. It is […]
I’ll admit: for the last 3 years or so I’ve become an Apple fanboi. My first computer in 1984 was an Apple II+ clone–a Franklin Ace (unfortunately, Apple was able to use copyright law to get this competition squashed). But after that I was in the PC world, for almost 20 years. Until about 3 […]
