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Center for a Stateless Society : Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:35:46 +0000

Great!

Center for a Stateless Society : Jane Cobden: Carrying on Her Father's Work

Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:38:06 +0000

Cool. Thanks!

Center for a Stateless Society : Libertarianism Rightly Conceived

Mon, 5 May 2014 13:11:36 +0000

Have you bothered to read any of the relevant articles?

Center for a Stateless Society : What Social Animals Owe to Each Other

Sat, 19 Apr 2014 15:23:43 +0000

Thank you. It still seems to me that one who lies to the Nazis is still "acting on a contradiction" -- simultaneously accepting and rejecting a tenet of being a good Nazi. He may have to construct a very elaborate, hard-to-keep-track-of rolling story. The only difference is that he has a justifiable cause. But I don't see how that avoids the internal problem.

Center for a Stateless Society : What Social Animals Owe to Each Other

Sat, 19 Apr 2014 10:46:41 +0000

I tried to make the NAP less nebulous by anchoring it in broader respect, which in turn is anchored in the conditions of flourishing. If I've failed, fine. But how have I failed?

Center for a Stateless Society : What Social Animals Owe to Each Other

Fri, 18 Apr 2014 21:45:16 +0000

I don't know about suddenly, but I had the impression the article answers that question.

Center for a Stateless Society : The Abolition Of Poverty

Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:32:17 +0000

No it hasn't.

Center for a Stateless Society : The Third Industrial Revolution: Not As Easy to Co-opt as the Second.

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:04:26 +0000

As I read this I thought of Bastiat's thesis (in Economic Harmonies) that freedom, competition, and technology will transfer wealth "from the private realm to the communal realm" as it substitutes "gratis utility" for "onerous utility."

Center for a Stateless Society : Right-to-Work Legislation is Not the “Good”

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:08:08 +0000

Thanks!

Center for a Stateless Society : Opting Out of the State

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:51:38 +0000

Needless to say, if I favor the freedom to opt out of tax-funded activities, I favor the freedom to opt out of conscription. Taxation lies at the very foundation of the state--the draft board will want to be paid. Take that away and there's soon nothing left.

Center for a Stateless Society : Opting Out of the State

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:21:06 +0000

You might want to reread my last paragraph. I didn't make any grand pronouncements about what would happen if we could opt out, although I think the consequences would be more substantial than you suggest. For example, who will buy government bonds if the government has no power to compel the taxpayers to cough up money?

Center for a Stateless Society : Dr. Thomas Szasz interviewed by Sheldon Richman

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:21:04 +0000

I did this interview with Tom on July 15, 2005, at his home outside of Syracuse, NY. I wish the production values were a better, but nevertheless this video should be helpful to those who 1) admire Tom's important yet underappreciated work (even among libertarians) and 2) know little about his work and want to learn. My intention was to ask the questions curious onlookers would have asked. Enjoy!

Center for a Stateless Society : Rachel Corrie and State Monopoly Justice

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:04:49 +0000

Great point! One of Locke's arguments for government was that no one should judge his own case. He overlooked the fact that this would be the case with the state.

Center for a Stateless Society : Who Owns the Benefit? The Free Market as Full Communism

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:51:18 +0000

"Individualism, Collectivism, and Other Murky Labels" http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/tgif/murk...

Center for a Stateless Society : Ryan's Hopes: Romney's Veep Pick Proves Electoral Politics is a Fantasy World

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:35:14 +0000

Good one, Tom!

Antiwar.com Blog : Principles of Terrorism

Tue, 7 Aug 2012 14:27:07 +0000

Exactly right. We have no greater task than to expose this ugly double standard for the public. Thanks, John!

Center for a Stateless Society : The Karl Hess Scholar in Social Theory

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:02:29 +0000

Karl was a friend and a mentor. I am delighted to see him remembered in this way.

The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty : A Family of Heroes

Wed, 5 May 2010 13:33:50 +0000

The land matter is serious, and a perfect example of corporatism in action. It is also driving peasants into the arms of Maoists, which be used to justify more oppression. Nice work.

The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty : Common Versus Government Property

Wed, 5 May 2010 11:52:25 +0000

DD, I'll publish any well-supported article that is useful and of interest to advocates of individual liberty, free markets, and peace, which is why I published Kevin Carson's article. You may find economic and sociological implications in an article that I don't find. I can't help that. By the way, I once worked for a libertarian magazine, Inquiry, that published Noam Chomsky's critiques of U.S. foreign policy. Murray Rothbard was a contributing editor.