Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich, Part 2
Part 1 | Part 2 Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich — How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey and Art Carden (University of …
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School Vouchers Are Anti-Libertarian
It stands to reason that conservatives would support school vouchers. That’s because conservatives, even while using pro-freedom lingo, support reforming, not dismantling, the welfare-warfare state way of life. But what’s …
Open Borders and the Pursuit of Happiness
In a few days, Americans will be celebrating the Declaration of Independence. Amidst the hot dogs and the fireworks, it’s worth pondering the principles that Jefferson enunciated in that document. …
Declare Your Independence from Tyranny, America
Imagine living in a country where armed soldiers crash through doors to arrest and imprison citizens merely for criticizing government officials. Imagine that in this very same country, you’re watched …
Coming Full Circle with a Renewed Cold War Racket
With Turkey now removing its objection to Sweden and Norway joining NATO, it is a virtual certainty that the two countries will join this Cold War dinosaur military alliance. In …
More on America’s Culture of Immigration Death
Yesterday, I wrote about the deaths of 46 immigrants, who died of dehydration in the back of a tractor-trailer in Texas. The immigrants had illegally entered the United States. They …
America’s Culture of Immigration Death
Last week, I delivered a talk entitled “Open Minds on Open Borders” at PorcFest, the annual libertarian festival held in Lancaster, New Hampshire, by the New Hampshire Free State Project. …
Everybody’s Guilty
“In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught.”—Hunter S. Thompson The burden of proof has been reversed. No longer are we presumed innocent. Now we’re …
Advancing Liberty at Porcfest Today!
Today, I will be at PorcFest, the annual summer festival held at Roger’s Campground in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Licensed under Creative Commons. I’ve been speaking at this great event for …
You Can’t Count on the Police
At the risk of belaboring the obvious, the police inaction during the mass killing of children in a public school in Uvalde, Texas, provides one more argument against gun control: …