Language, like the old common law and other customs, is a decentralized, undesigned, spontaneous institution. It serves humanity well. Nothing is perfect, of course, but no alternative—if one were conceivable—could hold a candle to it. One of the downsides is that...
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Richman Interviewed on “Ideas Having Sex”
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 8, 2024 | Blog, Libertarianism
Chris Kaufman interviewed me about my book What Social Animals Owe to Each Other on his podcast Ideas Having Sex. Listen here or on your podcast platform.
TGIF: Tariffying Trade-Warmonger Trump
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 4, 2024 | Economics, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
"The word tariff, properly used, is a beautiful word. One of the most beautiful words I’ve ever heard. It’s music to my ears." —Donald Trump The once and possibly future president threatens to wage economic warfare against countries and companies everywhere if they...
When Capital Punishment Becomes Collectivized…
by Owen Ashworth | Sep 25, 2024 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Recently, the internet was lit ablaze by Tucker Carlson interviewing popular historian Daryl Cooper. Revealing that religion is not on the decline, like angry Catholics from the medieval times all of Twitter was out to burn Cooper at the stake for his views on World...
To Promote Peace, You Must Fight Statism
by Oscar Grau | Sep 17, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
U.S.-Zionist imperialism in the Middle East is far from coming to an end. The Hamas attack of October 7 on Israel triggered a highly murderous phase in the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The subsequent retaliation of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and...

Pragmatic Genocide
by Kym Robinson | Sep 16, 2024 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
The lesser of two or many evils is a line of reasoning that tends to favor the status quo. It compromises principles and human dignity to a point where we are made to understand the benefits of injustice and less freedom. We are told, it could always be worse. If one...

Walter Block Is a Zionist Extremist, Not a Libertarian
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Sep 11, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
In an episode of The Tom Woods Show published on August 30, 2024, comedian and libertarian political commentator Dave Smith debated the topic of Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip with academic Walter Block, who argued in favor of the debate resolution that “The...

The Ultimate Case Against the Churchill Cult
by Keith Knight | Sep 7, 2024 | Don't Tread on Anyone, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History, Libertarianism
Editor's Note: Language originally referring to "poison gas" has been updated to "tear gas" for clarity. According to the National WWII Museum, the Second World War resulted in 45,000,000 civilian deaths, 15,000,000 combat deaths, and 25,000,000 soldiers permanently...