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Julian Assange Interview at Antiwar Radio

I haven’t seen this promoted in the libertarian blogosphere: Julian Assange’s recent interview at Antiwar Radio. It actually follows an interview with Daniel Ellsberg, who is a fairly frequent guest. … Continue reading

July 30, 2010 · 1 Comment

The Decline of the Randian Influence on American Libertarianism?

Mises.org, yesterday, had two interesting articles featured. One, by Stephan Kinsella, makes the case that the Randian position on IP is in it’s death throes within the libertarian movement. Another, … Continue reading

July 29, 2010 · 2 Comments

No Political Gods

Some brief comments concerning Doug Bandow’s post, A Liberal God at the Daily Caller. I find many typically make the mistake of associating Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” with “The Wealth … Continue reading

July 27, 2010 · 4 Comments

Wikileaks: The Afghanistan Files

Afghanistan war logs: Massive leak of secret files exposes truth of occupation White House Response: “We strongly condemn the disclosure of classified information by individuals and organisations, which puts the … Continue reading

July 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment

If you ascribe to the Free Market, you are truly “Left Wing” now

This post is an addendum to my previous post, The Ruling Class. In that post, I alluded to David Brook’s “progressive corporatism” characterization. “Progressive corporatism” means oligarchy + technocratic class. … Continue reading

July 23, 2010 · 2 Comments

The Ruling Class

Two years ago, at the blog Freedom Democrats, I argued that TARP and the bailouts were going to infuse the popular political dialogue with “class consciousness.” By class consciousness, I … Continue reading

July 20, 2010 · 7 Comments

Note to Cliff Kincaid

Just in case you do a google vanity search, please note: On Stossel’s show dealing with pornography, Andrew Napolitano did defend the legal possession of child pornography. HAIL, SATAN!!!!

July 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Obama Admin: Mandate is a Tax

Obama and the Democratic Party establishment argued during legislative passage that the individual mandate in the “Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010(the final reconciliation version of the House’s … Continue reading

July 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Judge dismisses case against Stagliano

In a bit of a surprise, Judge Richard Leon has dismissed the government’s case against John Stagliano. Apparently, under cross-examination, the prosecution’s star witness, FBI Agent Daniel Bradley, claimed he … Continue reading

July 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The beginning is the end is the beginning

Glenn Greenwald goes off on the revolving door in the Health Care Reform debacle. He includes a video embed of Bill Moyers ranting that this same shit has been going … Continue reading

July 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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