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Category: Items of Note
Re: Independence Day
Commenting on my latest column “Violence-Born Independence Day,” Carl Watner wrote: While the emphasis on how many people wanted independence and how many wanted to remain loyal to the king is interesting, it is really irrelevant to the voluntaryist position. Majority rule cannot override individual rights. It would not make any difference if 99% wanted…
Espionage
When is a Whistleblower Not a Whistleblower?
When his or her revelations involve the state or its functionaries instead of “private” companies or persons. The media argues that whistleblowing only applies to “wrongdoing, corruption, illegal activity,” all of which the state could never be guilty of, right? I mean, by definition the state is right, incorruptible, and legal, so clearly Edward Snowden…
The Ones With Something to Hide
A Big Fat Waste of Time
150,000 Views
EVC just passed 150,000 views since November 2011. Sweet! Skyler.
Voluntaryist Kokesh to March on Washington, Eh?
Adam Kokesh, media host and voluntaryist has planned, what I and Alex Knight, consider a rather un-voluntaryist event, an armed march on Washington. I’ll let Mr. Knight explain. Update 5/9: This guy has some valid concerns. If Kokesh spills blood all over the label “voluntaryist,” I’m going to cry. Skyler.
Increasing Scientific Literacy
Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked, “What do we need to do to increase our scientific literacy?” Here is his answer: … One is what do you do with your kids? Kids need to be able to explore freely, and if you look at most households they’re not designed for that. They’re designed to have the…
Reducing Conflict
Randy Barnett said it well: Libertarianism, though it may be radical, is far from extreme in comparison with its principal alternatives: the social justice of the Left or legal moralism of the Right. Social justice posits that everyone should get a certain amount of stuff; legal moralism posits that everyone should act in a certain…