Published to US Politics and Current Events
Charles Murray, the self-identified libertarian polemicist who got so much flack for his conclusions in “The Bell Curve” is getting it again from certain zip codes he mentions in his new book “Coming Apart--The State of White America, 1960-2010” Murray believes, as did de Tocqueville , that at one time America was essentially classless, in the sense that economic classes shared certain social values-- and this accounts for a great deal of what made America unique and great. But today the... Read Full Story
Published to European Union
It's the new anthem of the Fall of the Euro by Aaron Koenig, former German Pirate Party board of director, and co-founder of a European political party called FREEDOM, which is described as hyper-liberal (“classical liberal” in US political parlance) and anti-EU. See also antibuerokratieteam.net Crude English Translation: EUROSHIMA Music & Lyrics: Aaron Koenig Panic in the capital of EUSSR Again, the tanks are empty The meltdown threatens The GAU The end of the Euro The end of the EU... Read Full Story
Published to Libertarianism
"I accuse the present Administration of being the greatest spending Administration in peace time in all American history—one which piled bureau on bureau, commission on commission, and has failed to anticipate the dire needs or reduced earning power of the people. Bureaus and bureaucrats have been retained at the expense of the taxpayer.... We are spending altogether too much money for government services which are neither practical nor necessary. In addition to this, we are attempting too... Read Full Story
Published to Libertarianism
Almost everyone I ran into yesterday wished me a “safe” Fourth of July. I realize this is just one of those inane things, like “have a nice day,” that we are programmed to utter. Just the same, I was a bit annoyed. I suppose, to the extent they mean anything, these well-meaning people are admonishing me not to drive blotto, blow my fingers off with a cherry bomb, participate in unsafe sex—or otherwise engage in risky patriotic behavior. But the thing is--- the Fourth of July has nothing to... Read Full Story
Published to Adam Smith
In the most recent kick in the gut to the classical liberal ideals, they have been the negligent stewards of, some conservatives are once again harping about “compassionate conservatism.” There is no reason to make the principles and values this country was founded on more “compassionate” --that is what the Enlightenment was all about—freeing the individual from the tyranny of parasitic governments, and the bondage of irrational legal and moral justifications these thieves use to justify... Read Full Story
Published to Osama bin Laden
When the government makes an assertion it seems prudent to hold them to the same level of proof we use to simply CHARGE a person with a crime. I could talk philosophically why this is appropriate, but in the case of the current President of the United States, he has been preceeded in office by two bald-faced liars, and his own veracity has, on occasion, been brought into question. Only a fool would evaluate his statements without some degree of scrutiny and this is the lowest threshold of... Read Full Story
Published to Osama bin Laden
Unlike some of my libertarian-type friends (who despite their ideological commitment to the incompetency of the federal government believe them capable of some of the most spectacular conspiratorial feats this side of Hollywood) I'll go along with it—but I would like the long form death certificate. Osama bin Laden is dead. Too bad he was not killed in 2001--perhaps America would not have changed in the way we did. But, bin Laden had no power to change America—we did that ourselves. Late... Read Full Story
Published to Libertarianism
“What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew.” ~ Claudius Claudianus When Rome's representatives and toadies mocked the “King of the Jews” and he silently mocked them for believing that temporal power was the essence of divinity, an imperial existential crisis was created that could not be cured by the Jew's execution—for the State no longer had any legitimacy. Recently Barack Obama fruitlessly struggled to explain why Muammar Gaddafi no longer had any legitimacy... Read Full Story
Published to Liberty
On Monday we were treated to a samba danced to “America the Beautiful” on Dancing With the Stars, the Boston Marathon was run and taxpayers in New England did not have to get their returns in until Tuesday. The reason was “Patriots Day”--a legal holiday in Massachusetts and Maine—which has become another Monday holiday—but the actual day is April 19. It commemorates, what Emerson called “the shot heard round the world ”: By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze... Read Full Story
Published to Paul Ryan
The Republican Party gave up on rolling back the New Deal in 1952 when Bob Taft lost the presidential nomination to Eisenhower . Republicans justified their surrender and betrayal of [classical] liberalism, on the grounds that the welfare-warfare state was a necessary evil until monolithic communism was defeated. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was talk of returning to the neglected classical liberal values which, by default, conservatives had become the steward of. And there was... Read Full Story
