Who Needs a Constitution?

Officials in Oakland figure they can ignore the 4th Amendment. This is what I keep trying to tell people, it doesn’t matter how limited the government is–on paper–they will get around it. They have since the Alien and Sedition Act…and they still are.

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“The Enterprise of Law” Part I

There is a little known book out there called “The Enterprise of Law” by Bruce Benson. I was introduced to it by Richard Maybury, who highly recommended it in his books. That was about two years ago. I got the book from our local (public) library and enjoyed reading it. I thought, “oh, these are some interesting ideas on privatizing some government jobs.” Then more recently, I was reminded of the book and I realized it was a manifesto, of sorts, for anarchy. Since I’m swamped with reading, I don’t have time to reread the book, but I found my…

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Lincoln: The Capitalist?

Note: Austrian economists distinguish between two types of capitalists, those who make money because they provide products that consumers want, and those who make money because they have connections in government and enjoy subsidies while their competitors are crippled. Also, there is a great controversy raging right now as to whether free market people should use the term capitalism or capitalist. I chose to use Capitalist for purely literary reasons. It would be awkward to say, “Lincoln: The Free Marketeer” or something like that. So there’s no great significance about my choice of words. So, I hope you are not…

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Commentary on the MSNBC Nat’l News, Friday

The man who led the battle against big tobacco is now leading the fight against big food. His answer to our problems? Hmmm….maybe more big government? I hope not. The parents of a soldier killed in Iraq are asking questions about why their son was sent to a lonely and targeted outpost. The soldier’s father said in the interview that after he found out how intense the fighting was at the outpost, he asked, “what is he doing out there?” I’d say, “what is he doing over there?” This father has struggled between finding answers for his son’s death, and…

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