Intergenerational Conflict Will Get Worse
December 11, 2018 – Jeff Deist …… Cultural, economic, fiscal, and political fault lines in America today all bode ill for harmony between younger and older generations.
Philosophy
Henry Hazlitt on Liberty: 21 Choice Quotes
December 9, 2018 – Gary Galles …… At a time when real commitment to liberty is scarce, we need to remember his wisdom.
Nationalism is a Weird Ideology
December 3, 2018 – Robert Higgs …… Nationalism is, among other things, a gigantic aggregation error.
There’s No Such Thing as “Her Truth” or “His Truth” — Only the Truth
November 27, 2018 – Lawrence Reed …… The first casualty on the slippery slope to tyranny is the truth.
What the State Is Not
November 6, 2018 – Murray Rothbard …… The state is not “us.” Even if 70 percent of the people decided to murder the remaining 30 percent, this would still be murder and would not be voluntary suicide on the part of the slaughtered minority.
Voluntary Servitude — Not Coercion — Fuels the State’s Power
October 31, 2018 – Antony Mueller …… Tyranny does not rest on force but on submission.
Freedom and Civilization
June 28, 2018 – Murray Rothbard …… Freedom leads to economic development, and both of these conditions multiply individual development and the powers of the individual man.
The Tale of the Slave
May 9, 2018 – Robert Nozick …… A brief excerpt from Nozick’s book ‘Anarchy, State, and Utopia.’
Give Freedom a Chance
April 10, 2018 – Robert Higgs …… One of the typical responses to criticism of a government policy, program, or other undertaking is the demand for an answer to the question, “What is your alternative?”
Dropping Traffic Rules and Signs Would Make Us Safer
December 16, 2017 – Jeffrey Tucker …… We need more intelligence and less attempted engineering of preferred outcomes. The gradual realization of a better way to manage traffic has implications that go far beyond how well cars navigate the intersection down the street.