The Federal Government is So Numb and Bloated, It Doesn't Even Know When It Gets Raped
(Mini-Essay)
Topic
Libertarianism
A collection of 12 issues
Slaying Goliath with Another Goliath
Hope springs eternal: Artificial intelligence only has a left hemisphere. Bureaucracy is left-hemispheric. It makes sense that AI might be able to kill the blob that has spread everywhere since it started its halcyon days in the 1970s.
Parliament Created the Great London Gin Craze
“[N]oe sort of Brandy Aqua vite or other Spirits or distilled Waters of any Kingdome Country or place whatsoever shall after the said foure and twentyeth day of August be imported into the Kingdoms of England or Ireland . . .”.
If you read the Wikipedia entries about England’s Great Gin
I Almost Became an Anarchist
A mini-review of The Essential Rothbard by David Gordon.
Murray Rothbard almost made me an anarchist.
I had read some of Rothbard's stuff and had delved into various areas of anarchist thought (mostly through this somewhat difficult, very thick, often fascinating volume). I've abandoned such
We're Increasingly Lonely Because the Gnostics are Increasingly Powerful
This is a great piece at Plough, drawing de Tocqueville to diagnose the problem with democracy. The bottom line: In a static culture, a man knows his place and settles into quiet contentment. In a democratic culture, no one knows his place and is neither quiet nor content . . . and he&
Libertarians and the Left (Hemisphere)
Brad Birzer reviews a new book about major figures in the libertarian tradition. Needless to say, I now want to buy it, but I'm holding back.
I had a drink with one of Birzer's friends a few weeks ago. I think he's probably less
There aren't Economic Systems
The Great Reset appears to be an idea among the global elite that COVID gives them an opportunity to “reimagine” economic systems, along the lines that the elite think more appropriate.
The problem is, there is no such thing as an “economic system.”
People naturally pursue happiness. To paraphrase St.
Capitalism is a Bogeyman
The control of the production of wealth is the control of human life itself.”
Hilaire Belloc, The Servile State
Capitalism is a bogeyman.
There is a type of capitalism rightly condemned by my heroes Chesterton and Belloc, but it was first and foremost a type of capitalism born of privilege
Libertarian and Conservative to Cuff One Another on Live Video
Photo by Roland Samuel
[https://unsplash.com/@rosam2020?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral] on
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threatening age of The Great Reset and leftist rage at four years of Trump, the
debate between conservatives and libertarians seems
$58 for an AOC Sweatshirt Isn't Too Much
But the mere use of a price at all is
I found the uproar over AOC's $58 sweatshirt fascinating.
I don't object to the price tag. It's no doubt pricey, but she's fundraising for her campaign. I frequently overpay for items when