Robinson Crusoe was an immediate success when first published in April, 1719. By the end of the...
Year: 2011
~by David Ryan Hello gents and ladies too. Erik has been nice enough to invite me back for...
Charlie Whittington owns the Kwik Kar Lube & Service in Plano, Texas, and he circulated a coupon...
Erik writes: [For libertarians] coercion can take a bunch of different shapes. Taxes are coercion. Democracy is...
I’ve been thinking over Erik’s post about libertarians and democracy, and I’ve been taking the opportunity to...
It appears that as part of what used to be called the Global War On Terror and...
One thing libertarians talk about a lot is coercion. If you really peel back libertarian philosophy, that...
So… where’s your head at? Consider this an open thread.
William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law! Sir Thomas More: Yes! What...
So we all agree that it’s precipitous, or maybe something more pejorative, to withdraw from society over...
If you are convicted of a misdemeanor in Baldwin County, Alabama (that’s on the east side of...
Writes Will Oremus at Slate: Unemployment is high and wages stagnant, but that hasn’t stopped health insurance...
…but kind of expected. Here’s the part that speaks to me most:
Leitmotif: History has no meaning, I contend. But this contention does not imply that all we can...
Consider this an open thread.
Michael Tracy has an article up at The American Conservative on Ralph Nader’s quest to get progressives...
I would be remiss to leave the recent discussions on affirmative action and equality without citing Frederick...
“Every so often,” said the Capitalist, “I have the sense that you all don’t hate me quite...
By Kyle Cupp I begin with a confession: reading Freddie deBoer’s post on the poor outcomes of...
It is perhaps a little late in the day to be writing about this, given the amount...