Once upon a time, John Stuart Mill could write these words truthfully ("Of the Influence of Consumption on Production," 1844): It is no longer supposed that you benefit the producer by taking his money, provided you give it to him again in exchange for his goods. He...
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TGIF: Paternalists Cross the Free-Speech Line
Some pundits are puzzled that respectable mainstream Democrats and "progressives" are no longer free-speech absolutists but rather are enthusiastic defenders of the government's massive effort to squelch expression on the social media platforms. (Glenn Greenwald is...
Why We Need a Fully Free Marketplace of Ideas
No true seeker of truth can oppose the fully free marketplace of ideas. For details of the hardheaded practical case, you can do no better than to consult chapter 2 of John Stuart Mill's On Liberty. If you can't spare the time to read this short chapter and book,...
TGIF: Assertions versus Facts
CNN is running a house commercial that on its face is a plea for respect for demonstrable facts. "This is an apple," a voice says over an image of a bright red apple. "Some people might try to tell you that it's a banana. They might scream, "Banana, banana, banana,"...
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Classical Liberalism: Rise, Fall, and Future of an Idea
"Professor Solis-Mullen has in this brief book offered a short history of the rise of classical liberalism, its transformation into progressive liberalism, and its total collapse into socialism. He shows the fatal flaw in the older liberalism; trying to limit the...
Empire of Lies: Fragments from the Memory Hole
Had Enough of the Deep State’s Warlords and War Lies? George W. Bush spent a year and a half gaslighting the American people, using the shock of 9/11 as the pretext for an unrelated war he sought long before that tragic event. Isolated incident? Not at all. Now a...
