Liberty vs. the State
How do Libertarians live in a state-controlled society without becoming martyrs to their cause, or pragmatic opportunists? Murray Rothbard answers this very important question here.
Tag: the free market
In Bob Murphy’s Words, “Shameless Self-Promotion”
These are some online reports or promotions of events in which I’ve participated. Bio at the Stephenson County Tea Party website and at the Monroe Times Report from Stephenson County Tea Party Speech at Rock River Times and here at the Prairie Advocate Report from Stephenson County Tea Party Speech at Austrian Economics Blog Report on Tea Party Express and Northern IL Tea Party Meeting at Rock River Times Picture at Rockford Register Star from April 15th Tea Party Promotion of Northern IL Tea Party Townhall in the Prairie Advocate (2/3 down the page) Excerpts from Interview in Vidalia, Georgia, after a…
The Nature of Government
“The health department these days, man, they’re out for blood.” Someone commenting on the danger of attempting a project that was borderline on legal. This person didn’t say, “the health department, man, they’re really saving lives.” Isn’t that just the way of things? It caught me off guard, to hear someone else say this. But when you think about government, isn’t this the pattern of government? A department or bureau is created to help the average citizens…and before you know it, this department is just causing homeowners to abandon perfectly legitimate projects (on their own property too!) because of red…
Bashing BP
(For Doing Exactly What Government Led Them To Do) by Matthew Novak, from Mises.org Although I am not one to condone negligence or malice, I have no intention of adding my voice to the chorus bashing BP. After all, they are one of many companies providing fuel for our cars, generating electricity to power our homes, and enabling so many aspects of our lives today. I could not readily type this short article, and expect to send it to an editor who will read it within a few hours and let me know whether he is interested, without companies like…
For Liberty: Ron Paul Presidential Campaign Documentary on Public TV
Thanks to this, I got a heads-up about this film being aired on Wisconsin Public Television tomorrow night. Although we don’t live in Wisconsin, we’re close enough that we get WPT anyways. I usually watch their “Sherlock Holmes” episodes on Thursday nights, but tomorrow night, I won’t turn it off at 9pm, but will stay up and watch “For Liberty: How the Ron Paul Revolution Watered the Withered Tree of Liberty.” I’ve been very excited about seeing this, but didn’t have the money to buy it…now, thanks to our wonderful government (isn’t that ironic?) I can watch it for free!…
Recent Speaking Events
The Philosophy of Liberty
The Big Bad Firm and Other Stories
Note, the title of this post was for the literary quality only, because there are no other stories, just The Big Bad Firm. Didn’t want to disappoint you! I have noticed that one of the major problems people have with the free market, is their fear of monopolies. And I do want to point out that if you believe the government should create laws and regulations to prevent monopolies, you do not believe in the free market. You might be a believer in the quasi-free market, but not the real thing. So, what is it about monopolies that scare people…
Our “Bright” Economic Future
Very interesting take on the global economy, what our government is doing, what they plan to do, and what’s going to happen, over at Bob Chapman’s The International Forecaster, read the article here.
Disrespect for the Government, by Felipe Franco
A fascinating article over at Lew Rockwell on the differences between Latin America and the United States. Excerpts to whet your appetite: People rarely race around at dangerous high speeds. They don’t delay either. Major collisions are much rarer than in the U.S. I lived for 5 years in a city of one million people that had no traffic lights or stop signs at the time. Traffic flow was very natural. Traffic would flow one way through an intersection until there was a natural lull and then the cars from the other direction would nose in and dominate the intersection until…
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In Bob Murphy’s Words, “Shameless Self-Promotion”
These are some online reports or promotions of events in which I’ve participated. Bio at the Stephenson County Tea Party website and at the Monroe Times Report from Stephenson County Tea Party Speech at Rock River Times and here at the Prairie Advocate Report from Stephenson County Tea Party Speech at Austrian Economics Blog Report on Tea Party Express and Northern IL Tea Party Meeting at Rock River Times Picture at Rockford Register Star from April 15th Tea Party Promotion of Northern IL Tea Party Townhall in the Prairie Advocate (2/3 down the page) Excerpts from Interview in Vidalia, Georgia, after a…
The Nature of Government
“The health department these days, man, they’re out for blood.” Someone commenting on the danger of attempting a project that was borderline on legal. This person didn’t say, “the health department, man, they’re really saving lives.” Isn’t that just the way of things? It caught me off guard, to hear someone else say this. But when you think about government, isn’t this the pattern of government? A department or bureau is created to help the average citizens…and before you know it, this department is just causing homeowners to abandon perfectly legitimate projects (on their own property too!) because of red…
Bashing BP
(For Doing Exactly What Government Led Them To Do) by Matthew Novak, from Mises.org Although I am not one to condone negligence or malice, I have no intention of adding my voice to the chorus bashing BP. After all, they are one of many companies providing fuel for our cars, generating electricity to power our homes, and enabling so many aspects of our lives today. I could not readily type this short article, and expect to send it to an editor who will read it within a few hours and let me know whether he is interested, without companies like…
For Liberty: Ron Paul Presidential Campaign Documentary on Public TV
Thanks to this, I got a heads-up about this film being aired on Wisconsin Public Television tomorrow night. Although we don’t live in Wisconsin, we’re close enough that we get WPT anyways. I usually watch their “Sherlock Holmes” episodes on Thursday nights, but tomorrow night, I won’t turn it off at 9pm, but will stay up and watch “For Liberty: How the Ron Paul Revolution Watered the Withered Tree of Liberty.” I’ve been very excited about seeing this, but didn’t have the money to buy it…now, thanks to our wonderful government (isn’t that ironic?) I can watch it for free!…
Recent Speaking Events
The Philosophy of Liberty
The Big Bad Firm and Other Stories
Note, the title of this post was for the literary quality only, because there are no other stories, just The Big Bad Firm. Didn’t want to disappoint you! I have noticed that one of the major problems people have with the free market, is their fear of monopolies. And I do want to point out that if you believe the government should create laws and regulations to prevent monopolies, you do not believe in the free market. You might be a believer in the quasi-free market, but not the real thing. So, what is it about monopolies that scare people…
Our “Bright” Economic Future
Very interesting take on the global economy, what our government is doing, what they plan to do, and what’s going to happen, over at Bob Chapman’s The International Forecaster, read the article here.
Disrespect for the Government, by Felipe Franco
A fascinating article over at Lew Rockwell on the differences between Latin America and the United States. Excerpts to whet your appetite: People rarely race around at dangerous high speeds. They don’t delay either. Major collisions are much rarer than in the U.S. I lived for 5 years in a city of one million people that had no traffic lights or stop signs at the time. Traffic flow was very natural. Traffic would flow one way through an intersection until there was a natural lull and then the cars from the other direction would nose in and dominate the intersection until…