This is my personal usage: Classical Liberal - "Classical Liberal" - the state should step out of the way of society. Essentially: laissez-faire, separation of church and state. General "Millsian" Liberal - "traditional liberal" - Society should be "open", with free...
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Left of the Left: Why Do Feds Have To Do NIH?
by Zack Sorenson | May 14, 2017 | Blog
As a libertarian, I'm obviously against government programs like NIH. Most of the reasons are theoretical, perhaps principled. But, from the practicality perspective, most liberals who support these sort of "public good" programs don't account for opportunity costs...
Why Liberals and Conservatives Disagree on Police
by Emily Ekins and Matthew Feeney | Apr 24, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
"We have to give power back to the police,” Donald Trump proclaimed during his campaign, and earlier this year he delivered … or so he thinks. The early weeks of Trump’s presidency indeed match his campaign rhetoric, replete with an executive order seeking to make...
How History Will See Libertarians v. Laura Ingraham
by Craig Cantoni | Jan 11, 2017 | Blog
Conservative talk-radio host Laura Ingraham said yesterday that libertarians will always be a fringe minority. It’s a refrain that libertarians have heard hundreds of times. It’s usually followed by snide remarks about libertarians being utopian and idealistic. At...
If Putin Did Rig the US Election: Good
by Scott Horton | Nov 25, 2016 | Blog
Jeremy Sapienza is some sort of communist now or something but I still love him: "Sure, some of the less sophisticated liberals are just howling at the moon, crying for the end of this barbarism called the Electoral College, because a vote of 50%+1 is actually so much...
Property Rights: The Root of Freedom
by David D'Amato | Nov 18, 2016 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Summarizing The Commonwealth of Oceana, James Harrington’s controversial mid-17th century work of political theory, Daniel Webster wrote that “power naturally and necessarily follows property.” A free society, Harrington argued, requires that property may be owned and...
Immigration Controls Are Socialist
by Jake Desyllas | Nov 9, 2016 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
In the classical-liberal age of 19th-century Europe, there were no immigration controls. Here is how Gustav Stolper — a German economist, classical liberal, and an immigrant — described the world he had known: This economic and social system of Europe [before 1914]...
Armchair Warrior Kristol Says Real Conservatives Not Afraid to Fight
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog
On Friday, conservative radio host Laura Ingraham noted on Twitter that the "press continues to ignore possibility of war during a Hillary presidency." Underscoring the fact that many liberals both inside and outside the media are disregarding that fact that Clinton's...
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Marco Rubio is Dumber Than I Thought
After spending six years complaining about "BigTech Monopolies" Marco Rubio now want's to ban BigTech competitors. It doesn't matter that tens of millions of Americans voluntarily choose to use TikTok, or that thousands make a living using this product. Marco Rubio...
The Antiwar Comic: The Social Media War
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The Secret to Seeing Through “News” Propaganda!
https://youtu.be/dfw0wVP1m_E Excerpt from Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy by Michael Huemer, Ph.D. Credulity Humans are born credulous – we instinctively believe what people tell us, even with no corroboration. We are...
Putting Massive Unnecessary Obligations on Strangers Does Not Make You a Good Person
The true humanitarian rejoices when the people he helps feel ready to assert their independence and to strike out on their own; for isn’t this independence essential to being truly human? - Dr. Murray N. Rothbard, Left and Right, pp. 307–08 Government is the...
Walter Grinder, 1938-2022
I note with great sadness the passing of my friend and former colleague Walter Grinder on Dec. 4. He was 84. Walter may be the most important libertarian that most libertarians have never heard of. Although he made important contributions to the literature of liberty...
Kyle Kulinski Doesn’t Understand Slavery
UBI = Slavery. Social Security = Slavery. Universal Healthcare = Slavery. Wage Slavery = FREEDOM. - Kyle Kulinski (@seculartalk) If "wage slavery" is in fact slavery, Kulinski and the like must advocate abolishing College since it requires thousands of hours of work...
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