Is the Welfare State Justified?
My old friend Danny Shapiro on Book TV on his very good book of the same name: “Is the Welfare State Justified?” The book is a very serious and —…
Month: January 2010
Divided Government Revived…a Little
CNN: “Brown wins Massachusetts Senate race” “A Case for Divided Government” “Dividing Power” “Would Divided Government Be Better?” “Three Cheers for Divided Government” “We miss you, Bubba”
Randy Barnett on the Unconstitutionality of the “Individual Mandate”
From NPR: “Opponents Threaten Court Battle on Health Mandate”
Martin Luther King Day
One of the great speeches of American history 28 August 1963 Full text here
More Smears From Lew Rockwell & Obviously Deliberate
The racist Lew Rockwell (or do I repeat myself?) has once again launched an ugly smear. His post is vintage Rockwell: deceitful and malicious. Here’s what Cato president Ed Crane…
Someone Who Defends “Our Way of Life”
From America’s Most Reliable News Source: “Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be“
Vegetarianism is Getting Easier
I admit it. I have a problem with killing living, fearing, perceiving, even thinking and loving things. They are delicious, but …. I don’t like killing them for food. (Or…
Liberty and Support for the Poor People of Haiti
Thomas Walls has created a special page on Mercy Corps for friends of liberty to donate to help the people of Haiti: Van Libète | Vent de Liberté. I’m an…
It must be difficult to go through life when one is so thick
Walter Block and Tom DiLorenzo, neither known for his subtlety, seem to think that “irony” is what you do to get the wrinkles out of your shirts. My colleague David…
Tea Parties, Moscow-Style
Moscow Tea Parties! – Protesting the Kremlin’s New Trade Law