Monthly Archives: June, 2011
The Pink Police State
Although I have often used the term “Pink Police State,” I didn’t coin the term. Credit goes to James Poulos who actually credits Marilyn Manson for the inspiration. Poulos dug … Continue reading
The Justice Scam
Stephen Metcalf responds the criticism of his earlier piece regarding Nozick and Libertarianism. The problem with Metcalf, in the end, is that he is just a bad political philosopher. The … Continue reading
Brad DeLong Fails the Nozick Turing Test
Contra Brad DeLong, it’s fairly simple to demonstrate how DeLong himself readily fails his own Nozick Turing Test . DeLong’s problem is that he is composing a test of the … Continue reading
Libertarianism on the Rise?
I suppose with statistical trends pointing to increases in libertarian attitudes, something Nate Silver neatly summarizes here, we shouldn’t be surprised with the increasing frequency of libertarian deconstructionism from the … Continue reading
Matt and Nick’s Declaration of Futility
Reason Magazine is promoting Matt Welch’s and Nick Gillespie’s new book, The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong With America. The premise of the book is … Continue reading
WikiLeaks: Bitcoin will be Revolutionary
Wikileaks tweet: Namecoin and Bitcoin will be revolutionary http://is.gd/8zKOTT see “Orwell’s Dictum” http://is.gd/2hsOWh The “dictum” Assange is referring to: Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present … Continue reading
Money is what the Free Market says it is
This Bitcoin screed by David Kramer should remind us to define our terms when we speak of “Free” Markets. Free refers to: (1) Free as in “free” of serving political/economic … Continue reading
Bitcoin and Agorism
We are working with the government to make sure indeed the long arm of the government can reach Bitcoin Jeff Garzik, Bitcoin Developer Two days ago, on the show, What’s … Continue reading
Odds and Ends…
My little blog, which I started after Freedom Democrats went defunct, has now reached it’s one year anniversary. One thing I have definitely learned the past year is that if … Continue reading
Chuck Schumer’s New War on Bitcoin
New York Senator Chuck Schumer probably occupies a top place in the libertarian axis of evil. A bigot, a religious fanatic, a nanny-state totalitarian and a crook, Schumer epitomizes the … Continue reading
