Author: Jason Kuznicki

Henry VIII was the first of three European chief executives who were also at least somewhat notable composers of music. It is often and falsely claimed that he composed “Greensleeves.” But he did write...

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Charity. Here is the introductory post for the Symposium. Here is a list of all posts so far. I’ve been asked for data to...

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Charity. Here is the introductory post for the Symposium. Here is a list of all posts so far. Synopsis: Charity is mostly self-regarding. It’s...

How do you make cranberries? Here’s my recipe.

The Friday after we solidly re-elected our first black president, I was staking out a Chuck-E-Cheese. I was there — against my better judgment, I swear — trying to find out if it didn’t...

Brian Houser writes: “But how can a libertarian believe that any system that transfers wealth by supporting social safety nets, public school funding, or progressive taxation is just?” Ultimately, he can’t (unless all that...

Here’s some deep in the woods philosophical stuff. It may only be of interest to libertarians, and maybe not even to them.

Bleeding Heart Libertarians has an interesting symposium going about left-libertarianism, mainly of the Roderick Long/Gary Chartier variety. I’ve been following closely…

It’s probably inevitable that we’ll talk about this here, so let me kick things off: For the chairman and chief executive of Murray Energy, an Ohio-based coal company, the reelection of President Obama was...

I hear lately from the right: With Obama’s second term, we’re all doomed to socialism forever. And sometimes, from the left: Relax, there’s no such thing as real economic liberty anyway. You’re chasing a...

Is there a site where we can all register our election predictions, with maps of the country and how we think different states will play out? It might be fun to do that along...

Conventional wisdom errs when it says that George W. Bush was incompetent. He was a president of overwhelming influence, the most effective chief executive since FDR. We live in the world that W. created,...

Now, for the low, low subscription price of $14 per year, you can get content from the League of Ordinary Gentlemen delivered to your doorstep on paper — as little as several days after...

Barack Obama has a kill list. Its legal justification is a secret. Its contents are secret, too. You don’t get to see who’s on it. Nor do any members of Congress. Nor any federal...

For the impatient: I’m endorsing Gary Johnson. Recap: As discussed in Part I, flipping one individual vote will not decide the presidential election. For voters in virtually every state, we know this with 100%...

Any competent political scientist — or anyone with a working knowledge of arithmetic — can tell you that individual votes are almost never decisive to the outcome of an election. The popular press loves...

Suppose I were a billionaire and I decided to spend my fortune supporting people who would otherwise have to rely on Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. So I set up a trust fund for...

To my mind, the Austrian school’s account of utility is (1) true (2) completely different from mainstream economists’, and (3) very interesting. What follows is my attempt to explain.[1] Be warned: It’s long. You...