When the state is recognized to be the enemy of society, then only will freedom come, and the citadel of power collapse. FULL ARTICLE by Frank Chodorov
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The possible damages of climate change should be compared with the possible damages of governmental bureaucratic intervention and political oppression. FULL ARTICLE by Francisco Capella
At a time when belief in collectivism and paternalistic government is threatening to diminish even more of our shrinking freedom, we need to recall that this has all been tried before. And how it is the free individual, secure in his right to life, liberty, and honestly acquired property that [...]
Laura was born in 1867 and lived for 90 years. Her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, who died in 1968, is well known to libertarians as the author of The Discovery of Freedom. FULL ARTICLE by Robert M. Thornton
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November 9th 1989 --- forgive me if I still get choked up about it 20 years later -- is a critical date in modern history whose significance should never be forgotten. Those of us who believe strongly in the freedom of the individual and in the power of voluntary [...]
From the Orlando Sentinel:
The economic model for major college
athletics is collapsing like an overmatched offensive line under a
relentless blitz. That's the unmistakable message from a recent survey
of university presidents.
The survey for the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics found
that less than a quarter of 95 presidents at universities with the
largest' [...]
Rockwell argues that one of the worst errors of free-market intellectuals is their discussion of liberty as just another policy option for politicians and bureaucrats to consider how, when, and where freedom is to be permitted. FULL ARTICLE by George Leef
that is to places with the most economic freedom and more limited government.
More important, the key group leaving New York and other so-called "youth-magnets" comprises the middle class, particularly families, critical to any long-term urban revival. This year's Census shows that the number of single households in New York has reached record' [...]
Earlier I wrote a post on the gutting of Rep. Ron Paul's bill to audit the Federal Reserve. In honor of Reason's Radicals for Capitalism spotlight on Ayn Rand this week, allow me to expand on the topic of monetary policy by using the words of a member [...]
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of John Stuart Mill's famous essay "On Liberty."
With the growth of Big Government over even more of our life, it is useful to remember and reflect on Mill's warnings of the various types of tyranny that can threaten our freedom, and [...]
There may be cases where there is a conflict between claims on behalf of one person's freedom and claims on behalf of another person's private property. In such cases, the question arises, which claims should prevail? FULL ARTICLE by Frank van Dun
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This evening at 7pm ET:Here’s a letter that I just sent to the Washington Post:
Michael Gerson rightly praises philosopher Michael Sandel for attending to difficult moral questions (”Giving democracy a dose of clarity,” October 28). Gerson, however, too quickly accepts Sandel’s reason for rejecting freedom of choice as supplying, in Sandel’s words, “an [...]
More power to George Soros. Disciplines move forward when they open themselves to skeptical questioning, even if the questioning involves questioning the fundamental freedom of people to contract with whom they please. Bring it on.
HT MR.
[...]John Stossel writing at Townhall.com stresses how free individuals can solve problems even in the most difficult situations. In making his argument, he relies on the work of Elinor Ostrom on common-pool resources. He also references the interview with Lin and Vincent that serves as the post-script to [...]
Dissatisfied with inconsistencies in Hayek's concept of individual freedom, I was looking for an assessment that (at least) tried to avoid these inconsistencies. Hoppe's approach was and still is a representative of this rare species. FULL ARTICLE by Hardy Bouillon
[...]Here’s a letter of mine from today’s New York Times:
Bono writes that America is “a great idea about opportunity for all and responsibility to your fellow man.” He confuses consequences with causes.
The American Idea is one of individual freedom — as Jefferson put it in the summer of [...]
I’ve only come across a handful of compelling discs this year. Mo’ Horizons …And the New Bohemian Freedom is one of them.
It is hard to describe this bizarrely compelling mix of acid jazz, bossa nova, soul, and electronica. Yeah, there is also some [...]
