I was a guest on a recent episode of "Don't Tread on Anyone" with Keith Knight.
Justice
TGIF: Immigration vs. Settler Colonialism
The people performing those mind-boggling contortions to justify, on libertarian grounds, state violence against migrants without papers—restrictatarians, I call them—cite a 1994 article by Murray Rothbard (1926-1995) in support of their double-jointed acrobatics....
TGIF: The Right to Move
If people individually own themselves and have a right to be free of aggressive force, then they have a right to change their location in ways consistent with other people's rights. Whether you call this moving around relocating, emigrating, or immigrating, doesn't...
Recent Writing in Defense of Free Immigration
"The Trumpian Ice Age: The Frigidity of Collectivism" "Immigration Policy in an Nth-Best World" "Free Movement Increases Wealth" "Static Analysis Clouds Immigration Debate" "More on Immigration and Public Property" "Immigration Control Threatens the Rule of Law"...
Report Card
What's the problem? So far the Trump administration has been Pretti Good.
TGIF: Inept Con Man in the White House
Trump is hardly the first con man in the White House, but he is by far the most flagrant, and his scale is gargantuan. He's also rather inept. His latest confession came in a recent message to Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store: Considering your Country decided...
TGIF: The Trumpian ICE Age: The Frigidity of Collectivism
Welcome to the Trumpian ICE Age, a vivid lesson in the frigidity of collectivism. Take note, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Compared to Trump, you're a piker. We've got a problem, and it's not just Houston's. It's the lawless, authoritarian, liberty-flouting...
TGIF: “We’re” All Neocons Now
Apart from a few details, I never saw much difference between Trump's America First shtick and MAGA's chief foe, the neconservatives. It appeared to be merely a squabble over details, such as whether democracy or strongman rule abroad best served the so-called...
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