I’m no fan of electoral politics, and never did think Rand Paul was a consistent libertarian or even as libertarian as his father, Ron Paul—though his recent remarks on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 make me think he may be more libertarian than he feels he can admit publicly. I don’t agree with many […]
see KOL 035 | Antiwar Interview: Federalism, Bill of Rights, Constitutional Sentimentalism, IP (2010)
Tim Sandefur goes on the attack on Howard Zinn in “One of America’s greatest liars is dead,” writing “I must say, I ain’t sorry to see Howard Zinn go. … Good riddance to the worst of garbage. The world is a better place without Howard Zinn.” The regime libertarians, who crave “acceptability,” are always attacking […]
It’s widely believed–even by Nolan Chart libertarians–that the left and liberals in America are better on civil liberties than are conservatives. I’ve long believed that this is false: that both are terrible, and that if anything, the left is as bad as, or even worse than, modern American conservatives on civil liberties. (See my posts […]
From LRC, 2005: Re: Everything you need to know about Judge Alito — Or, Good and Bad Judicial Activism Posted by Stephan Kinsella on November 3, 2005 02:45 PM Peter–the Barnett quote in your post is apt. If “judicial restraint” means a Rooseveltian judicial deference to unconstitutional New Deal legislation, then judicial restraint is not […]
From LRC 2008: The “deeply dishonest” opponents of the President… Posted by Stephan Kinsella on July 9, 2008 03:13 PM According to Lincoln idolizing, Bush-voting, Iraq war armchair general, and soi-disant libertarian Tim Sandefur: Christopher Hitchens has a review here of Douglas Feith’s book War And Decision, which I’m currently reading. It is an outstanding […]
Pathetic antics by a DC misanthrope from Facebook: George Edwards Tom Palmer claims that Lew Rockwell is racist. Waiting for him to back up his claim. 4 hours ago · Comment · LikeUnlike Tom G. Palmer Here’s a good place to start: http://reason.com/archives/2008/01/16/who-wrote-ron-pauls-newsletter Lew wrote truly racist newsletters (not denunciations of abuse of executive power […]
I just recalled interesting article by Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center, Randy Barnett and the Destruction of Federalism. I had made some comments on it to someone in email, which are adapted below. I also commented on this previously in Randy Barnett’s Proposed “Federalism Amendment”. In my view, a better view is that […]
