I was really cranked today when I read on Facebook that some useful idiot was quoted as saying that he was happy to pay taxes for public education so he didn’t have to live in a society of idiots! Whaa-a-a-a-aattt? Has this guy watched television any time since 1950? Does he think that reality shows,…
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Logic Fallacy
Nobody asked but … My alter ego, Verbal Vol, is in the midst of penning a series on logic fallacy in his bi-weekly columns, Finding the Challenges. But today I ran across an excellent article by Max Borders, Effectively Irrational: 30 common fallacies used against libertarians. These will give you excellent examples of how logic…
Rules vs. Principles
Wrote Ben Lovejoy: I split hairs about rules and principles because I see and have lived with the differences, and I believe they represent two opposing forces in a home and school environment. Principles are internal; rules, external. We enforce principles for ourselves, while others force rules upon us. Principles are something people stand for…
My Confession
Hi, my name is Parrish and I’m addicted to politics. I know it’s not good for me. I know it hurts me and those around me, but for some reason I just can’t seem to quit. For some inexplicable reason I got pulled into the “shutdown” theater and actually allowed myself to hope for one…
Fifty Ways to Leave Leviathan
Editor’s Pick. Written by Max Borders and Jeffrey Tucker. State management of society is not only contrary to human liberty; it is also unworkable. It cannot achieve what it seeks to achieve, which is often all-round control of some sector of economic and social life. The attempt provokes a social backlash. People find loopholes and…
Intellectual Property Cannot Be Property
Editor’s Pick. Written by Joseph Diedrich. What is property? More specifically, at its essential theoretical core, beyond the artifice of legal fiat, what is property? Somewhat broadly, property is anything that satisfies each of the following requirements: property is scarce; property possesses objective (intersubjectively ascertainable) borders; and property has a determinable temporal genesis. The theory…
Who is a Libertarian?
Writes Stephan Kinsella: After much thought and debate about this topic over the last 25 or so years, here is my attempt at a lean, concise, precise definition of what a libertarian is: A libertarian is a person who believes that the invasion of the borders of (trespass against) others’ bodies or owned external scarce…
Becoming a Man of the World
Send him mail. “Insight for the Young and Unrestrained” is an original weekly column appearing every Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Gregory V. Diehl. Gregory is a writer, musician, educator, and coach for young people at EnabledYouth.com. Archived columns can be found here. IYU-only RSS feed available here. A few months ago, I was living in…
The Worst Virus of All
Writes Mike Rozeff: The worst virus of all, which is highly contagious and which disables the mental processes of its victims, is worship of NATION. This equates to worship of HOMELAND. It results in worship of BORDERS and worship of the deified nation’s MILITARY… …As with the other aggregative terms that manifest the virus, so…
Individualist Collectivism
Is the free market an individualist or collectivist social arrangement? Don’t answer too quickly. It’s a trick question.