Guest post by Robert Tracinski. The reason why the ideological bubble of mainstream liberalism is so resistant to being punctured is that it is part of a moral bubble: an unchallenged belief in the morality of welfare-state altruism. In the altruist worldview, supporting yourself and providing for your own needs has no moral significance, but…
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The Joy of Sharing
Guest post by Scott Noelle. Imagine yourself back in the throes of puberty, and you’re madly in love with someone who doesn’t yet know how you feel… You’re at a park, enjoying an ice cream cone, when your would-be lover walks by, sees you, and smiles! You offer your beloved a bite of your ice…
How Government Creates Poverty as We Know It
Guest post by Charles Johnson. Governments—local, state, and federal—spend a lot of time wringing their hands about the plight of the urban poor. Look around any government agency and you’ll never fail to find some know-it-all with a suit and a nameplate on his desk who has just the right government program to eliminate or…
The Hidden Fallacies Behind Intervention
Guest post by Clarence B. Carson. The necessity for government to intervene in the economic realm is widely accepted today. The media of communication frequently report interventionist measures in much the same manner as they do natural occurrences. Television anchor men announce the latest intervention in the same tones that weathermen predict the winds tomorrow…
The First Execution for Religion on American Soil
Guest post by Murray Rothbard. The first Quakers to arrive in America came to Boston in July 1656. They were two Englishwomen, Ann Austin and Mary Fisher. Although no law had yet been passed in Massachusetts prohibiting the arrival of Quakers, the two women were immediately imprisoned and searched carefully for “witch-marks.” Deputy Governor Richard…
Advice for Our Children, Circa 2012
Guest post by Karen Kwiatkowski. If liberty is the natural orientation of mankind, then we can trust that our children and grandchildren will turn to that light, seek the warmth of freedom, and always resent their chains. I hope our children will innately remember liberty, and somehow understand that it is indeed their birthright.Read the…
When Did I Sign This ‘Social Contract’?
Guest post by Tom Woods.
The Disaster that Romneycare is Becoming
Guest post by Robert Wenzel. Anyone who understands basic economics and how interventionist government leads to greater interventionist government knew this was going to happen. Market price signals are destroyed, supply and demand distortions start to occur and the regulative power centers are captured bu insiders. Costs go up, care goes down and the only…
Why?
Guest post by Scott Noelle. The next time some friend or relative warns you that your parenting style is too permissive, do what any self-respecting 3-year-old would do: Ask, “Why?”“Because children need limits.” “Why?” Most people who hold this belief have never questioned it. Those who are willing to examine it might notice that life…
Inequality as a Revolt Against Nature
Guest post by Kevin Carson. The core of my philosophy, as a market anarchist, is the belief that equal exchange is mutually beneficial. Economic exploitation can only result from unequal exchange, which requires coercive interference in the normal process of market exchange. Many people find this dubious. So let’s take the argument for why this…