Grab That Gas With Both Hands
Winning an argument is not enough if you win it by conceding your opponent’s erroneous ideas. JTK illustrated this at the start of the recent invasion in Iraq: This is the argument libertarians need to...
View ArticleThe Law Is The Law. Or Something.
I saw Ron Paul on CNN’s Situation Room today, he was filibustering to burn up any time during which he might have to face more questions about his newsletters. One thing he said was that he would...
View ArticleGene Callahan Joins The Smearbund
(Smearbund – I just can’t get enough of that word lately. That’s why I read Lew’s blog.) A writer from Lew Rockwell’s stable finally (!) breaks ranks. Gene Callahan has had enough: The final straw:...
View ArticlePower Without Accountabilty Revisited
Apparently the cops cops feel no responsibility to give an accounting for why they arrested Brooke Oberwetter.
View ArticleHoly Cow, No Treason Is Back!
You thought No Treason was gone for good, but I warned you that you weren’t that lucky. After a 4 year hiatus from the web, the bad boys (and girl) of market anarchism are back! (Or at least their body...
View ArticleGold, Guns, Ammo, and Food – That’s Crazy!
I love Nevada. We have wild horses, slot machines, legal brothels, and guys who die leaving $7 million in gold bullion stored in their garages. We also value a certain arms length congeniality. So...
View ArticleExit, Not Arguments
I find many valuable insights in James Buchanan’s essay The Soul of Classical Liberalism, but I was particularly struck by a point that Buchanan only touches upon tangentially: Much has been made of...
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Is That The Best Idea You Can Come Up With?
I rather enjoyed the gentle dancing bits at the beginning of this protest at the Jefferson Memorial, but one reason I’m disinclined to take part in something like this is that you never know when the...
View ArticleIncoherent Equality
I’ve pointed to James Buchanan’s attempt to apply an incoherent notion of generality to constitutional law. This principle of generality is really what people mean by “equality before the law”. In a...
View ArticleEqual Authority
In my last article I argued that equal treatment is not a principle of justice. There are various formulations of equal treatment – equality under he law, equality of opportunity, or equality of...
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Presidential Debate Drinking Game – Suicide Version
Just two rules: 1. Take a drink every time either candidate says something stupid. 2. Drink a shot every time either candidate says something evil. (It is highly recommended that you have all your...
View ArticleMy Articles Featured On Other Sites
Here’s a list of my articles that have been featured on other sites. At some point I expect to republish all the articles here, but for now at least these are links to the articles or archived copies:...
View ArticleImagine My Relief
I accidentally flicked on Hannity tonight and there was Ron Paul’s former son, Senator Quisling of Kentucky, explaining that we really don’t need to lay off any government workers because of the...
View ArticleConfessions Of A Spoontard
At least Anthony Gregory had the honesty to admit how he totally screwed us all, along with any hope for liberty: “We were on the verge of obtaining a reasonable degree of liberty. We were going to get...
View ArticleMisconceptions About Market Anarchists
In a Facebook note, Kyle Bennett lists: 15 Ways You Are Probably Wrong About Anarchists, Agorists, and Voluntaryists 1. We don’t want to turn your government anarchist. That makes as much sense as...
View ArticleLibertarian vs. Libertine
There is a temptation for libertarians to make an illogical leap from “Vices are not crimes” to “Vices are not wrong”, and too many succumb to the temptation. There are many things one should not do...
View ArticleTaxation as Penalty
“That the power to tax involves the power to destroy; that the power to destroy may defeat and render useless the power to create;” – Chief Justice Marshall, McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) “Government...
View ArticleNT:TNG
Welcome to No Treason: The Next Generation. Aside from a reboot in 2012 that lasted about six months, No Treason has been dormant and mostly unavailable for seven years. But now we’re back, and this...
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