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Knitting
Tears into Blankets
A story
to teach children – and all of us – about war, by Kathleen
Harward.
The
Case for Peace and Freedom
Ron
Paul on why we should not attempt to rule the world.
The
Patent Scam
Stephan
Kinsella on "intellectual property."
Revolution
and Counterrevolution
Tom
White on the trouble with politicians, and the Hoppean answer.
Spann
and the Afghan War
The
CIA's power grab. Article by Paul Fallavollita.
The
New US War on Liberty
It's
the same old statism, say Karen De Coster and David Theroux.
The
Libertarian Caped Crusader
Franklin
Harris on Batman.
Public
Accounting, RIP
Thanks
to Enron, and good riddance, says Gail Jarvis.
Stonewall
Jackson, Civil Rights Leader
Well,
almost, says R.G. Williams, Jr.
The
Argentine Tango
Government,
default, and the IMF. Article by Ron Paul.
Bitter
Bierce
Ambrose
Bierce, Copperhead bard. More from Joe Pryce.
US
'Justice'
The
case of forfeiture. Article by Leon Felkins.
The
Great CD Rate Robbery
Martha
Langdon on another crime of Alan Greenspan.
The
Citizenship Circus
Chantal
K. Saucier on genealogy, history, and immigration.
I
Like My Little Post Office
But
under the State, there's no way to know whether it's a rip-off or
not. Article by Tibor Machan.
A
Catholic View of Bush's Unjust War
Carlo
Stagnaro interviews Vittorio Messori.
The
Writer's Rights
An ebook
on censorship, freedom of expression, and civil liberties, by Laird
Wilcox.
Copperhead-Libertarian
Genius
Charles
Dickens, says Joe Pryce.
Atto,
Zepto, and Yocto
N. Stephan
Kinsella on really big numbers.
Will
This Be a 'War Year'?
Ron
Paul on the future of US foreign policy.
Beggin'
Your Pardon, Johnny Reb
Joe
Pryce on Ambrose
Bierce.
Time
To Blog
The
libertarian blog manifesto, by Russ Stein.
A
Cheer and a Half for John Walker
He thought
he was obeying God, says Owen Jones.
The
Fluctuating Intellectual
Tibor
Machan on the case of John Gray.
Coming
Home
Rett
Peaden likes Latin for patriotic reasons. It can also be a help
since he's converting to Catholicism.
Another
of Jesse's Dames
What
the Rev. has done to football at Chris Manion's alma mater.
A
Nearly Perfect Analogy
The
movie Memento
reminds Jack Glaab of some of our fellow citizens.
War
– Again and Again and Again
Murray
Polner belongs to that most demonized of all categories, Jewish
pacifists.
A
Paleo Guide to the Holidays
Alan
Turin on January.
Individual
Responsibility
Gail
Jarvis on a startlingly antique concept.
Lord
of the Rings
It's
an astonishingly good movie, says Russell Stein. And like the
books, it's politically correct from our standpoint.
Womb
Envy
How
women invented agriculture, and men have hated them ever since.
According to the Washington Post. Article by Craig White.
Defense
of the Federal Homeland
Jack
Glaab on where presidential imperialism is leading.
Some
Hate Crimes Are OK
Hating
businessmen, for example. Article by Tibor Machan.
We've
Been Though This Movie Before
Leon
Felkins on the 82nd anniversary of the Palmer Raids.
Bin
Laden Spotted in Cleveland
Did
he incite the anti-ref riots? Article by Christopher Westley.
What
Libertarianism Is Not
It's
not libertine. Article by Edward Feser.
The
Flight Before Christmas
Homeland
Defense knows no boundaries. Article by Kent Van Cleve.
Should
the US Attack Iraq Again?
Ron
Paul says No.
World
Domination By the US
Leon
Felkins on an economic disaster in the making.
Magic,
Wonder, and Harry Potter
Why
the Potter
books are good for your children, and the culture. Article by
Gary Bourque.
Reformation
and Counter-Reformation
In one
sense, it was all about liberty vs. the State. Excerpt from Harry
Crocker's highly recommended new book, Triumph.
A
Childhood Memory of War
Chantal
K. Saucier remembers Benin.
A
Tale of Two Southern Books
Gone
With the Wind vs. To
Kill a Mockingbird. Article by Gail Jarvis.
The
Most Politically Incorrect Recipe Ever
Alexandre
Dumas (pere) on how to cook an elephant. Sent to us by Joe Price.
The
Truth About Gun Shows
Michael
Brown on the latest smear: that they are a source of weapons for
terrorists!
The
Virtue of Patriotism
And
the evil of nationalism. Article by Dan McDonald.
The
Real J.R.R. Tolkien
He was
deeply Catholic. Article by David Bardallis.
Power
Madness
Tom
White has had it with US foreign policy.
The
Sick and the Dying
And
other likely terrorists. Article by James Waddell.
No
Constitution
Instead,
we have rule by lawyers, says Russ Stein.
Carthaginam
Esse Delendam
A Beltway
think-tank moves from Cato the Younger to Cato the Elder. Article
by Kelly G. Black.
Deathwatch
Butler
Shaffer on the decline and fall of our civilization, thanks to the
State.
In
Honor of Joe Sobran
Chris
Manion reports on the secret of his success.
Ignore
the Keynesian Dubya
And
save, save, save for the holidays. Article by Don Mathews.
The
Ultimate Holiday Diet
Remember,
gravy is good for you.
In
Hoc Signo Vinces
An excerpt
from Triumph:
The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church, a 2000-Year History
by H.W. Crocker III.
Whose
Day of Infamy?
Alan
Turin on what FDR knew and when he knew it.
Hitler
Was an 'Ethical Vegetarian'
And
the movement goes down from there. Article by Eric Englund.
Dropping
the Crowbar of Righteousness
Patrick
O'Hannigan has had it with the Left.
Confessions
of an Alien Patriot
Chantal
K. Saucier loves America, despite the government.
Whom
Do You Trust?
Leon
Felkins on car salesmen, politicians, tv newsmen, and some logical
dilemmas.
Subversive
Quotes
On government,
compiled by Ronald Bradley.
If
We Get the Despotic Draft
Let's
take congressmen first, says Ron Paul.
Afraid
To Be Free
Despite
the State, there is much we can do to be free. Article by Butler
Shaffer.
Lies
About Waco
From
an at-first surprising source. Article by Cletus Nelson.
Environmentalism
Is Nuts
As even
a prominent ex-Green admits. Article by Charles Curley.
Want
To Live Longer?
Eat
less, says Ian Goddard.
War
and Defense
Here's
a Biblical view, says Ron McKenzie.
The
Hippy Market
Hippies
have created a free market just for themselves. If only they would
recognize it, says David Barnes.
Gun
Control Kills
Let's
tell the unvarnished truth, says Jack Duggan.
Feds
Read Your Mail
Adam
Young on the North American precedent.
Greens
Are Anti-People
They
even hate water, says Colin Robertson.
Nobody's
Talking About Gun Control
In part
because we've entirely won the battle of ideas, says Michael S.
Brown.
National
(Socialist) ID
Ron
Paul condemns a dastardly idea.
War
By Terrorism
An Orthodox
monk speaks out.
Irrational
and Violent
Butler
Shaffer on the real nature of the State's laws.
Three
Cheers for 'Petty' Concerns
Jeffrey
Tucker on why fast-food sandwiches and teeth-whitening strips are
the real milestones of history.
Was
Flight 587 Sabotaged?
Robert
G. Anderson on how the terrorists might have done it, no matter
what the federal-media-industry spin-doctors claim.
The
Military Draft
Are
the feds about to resurrect this monstrous violation of individual
rights? Article by Robert Higgs.
Hate
Your Thighs?
Many
feel your pain, says Don Mathews.
Air
Roulette, Anyone?
It's
another federal cover-up of an airliner shoot-down, says Jack Duggan.
Irony
Strikes Back
And
it will so long as the State lives. Article by Franklin Harris.
How
To Avoid WWIII
Thomas
E. Woods outlines a proper US policy.
An
Angry American Asks
What
the heck is happening to our airports, and our country? Letter from
Alison C. Hofley.
Is
This a War Against Civilians?
Of course
it is. Article by Mark Weisbrot.
Training
Day
A new
movie shows why we don't want the State in charge. Article by Anders
Mikkelsen.
World
War II Is Finally Over
Hitler
won. Article by Butler Shaffer.
Evelyn
Waugh on War and Honor
The
great Catholic novelist on the hubris of the State and its acolytes.
Article by Milton Batiste.
The
Wrong Response
Stephen
Carson on the war and Holy Scripture.
It's
Not Only 'Foreign Policy'
Sean
Corrigan on the Federal Reserve's financial crimes, and the overseas
hatred they have stirred up.
Patriotism,
Old and New
Love
of our home vs. promotion of empire, and hatred of other people's
homes. Article by Donald Miller.
State
Success=People's Trouble
Rich
Wilcke on how the State is always ready to expand.
Whom
the Gods Would Destroy
They
send to war under the Emperor George, Junior. Article by Clyde Wilson.
Heil,
Abe
Jeffrey
Dantré on the worship of Adams, Lincoln, Wilson, and Roosevelt.
9/11
Was Preventable
All
we had to do was take George Washington's urgent counsel. Speech
by Ron Paul.
The
Essence of Government
Doug
Casey on what distinguishes it from the society it loots and oppresses.
They're
Not Called Turkeys for Nothing
Jeffrey
Tucker on fashions in Thanksgiving eating, as related to the business
cycle.
Driving
Dixie Down
The
war against the South continues. Article by Mark Royden Winchell.
Thou
Shalt Kill
Leon
Felkins on how the State gets us to do it.
A
Paleolibertarian Foreign Policy
David
F. Israel says George Washington had it right.
The
Thin Red Line
Rick
Gee on an overlooked but great antiwar film.
We're
Losing the Other Germ War
Bill
Sardi on the dangers of antibiotics like Cipro.
Whispers
From Sarajevo
A lesson
from World War I by Paul Miniato.
Kink-y
Paleos
Not
all popular music is leftist, says Clay Waters.
Is
the Defense of Liberty Unpatriotic?
Jason
P. Sorens revisits some wartime fallacies.
Stop
the Bombing
And
don't send in ground troops unless it's for a John Wayne mission.
Article by Paul Clark.
The
Case for Optimism
A letter
from famed libertarian scholar, Butler Shaffer.
Gun
Control Is Dead
Thanks
to 9/11, says Michael S. Brown.
God
Save America
From
the government, says Steven Greenhut.
Recovering
America
It's
about more than waving the government's flag. Article by John Taylor.
Why
Terrorism
And
why war is not the answer. Article by Thomas E. Woods.
Your
Papers, Comrade
Mark
Thornton on the new airport "security."
Like
Most US Wars...
Does
oil have something to do with this one? Article by Bill Sardi.
The
Origins of the War in Afghanistan
By Mark
Twain.
Heroic
Oregano Oil
Unlike
antibiotics, it's effective against drug-resistant bacteria. Article
by Bill Sardi.
Shut
Up!
Political
cartoonist Elena Steier on freedom of speech under W.
'Paths
of Glory'
Another
great antiwar film. Rent or buy
it now. Article by Rick Gee.
FreeRepublic
Going Down
Sealed
lips sink website. Article by Malcolm Garris.
The
Case for a National ID
If you're
a communist. Article by Florin Milea.
Iosif
Vissarionovich in the White House
W. praises
a little girl for giving him her father to kill and be killed in
war. Next: acclaiming a Stakhanovite worker.
Mr.
Rumsfeld's War
It makes
no more sense than the Cold War, to which it is being compared.
Article by John Taylor.
The
Economic Cost of Evil
Don
Mathews adds it up.
'All
Quiet on the Western Front'
Watch
this great anti-war movie now. Article by Rick Gee.
The
Trouble With Conservatives
They
tend to become statists. Article by Brian Carlson.
No
Genetic Evidence for Evolution
Of course
not. Article by Bill Sardi.
What
Would the President Do?
From
the highly recommended Roosevelt
Myth by John T. Flynn.
Want
To End Middle-Eastern Hatreds?
A modest
proposal from Stephan Kinsella.
A
Post-Wilsonian America
How
to achieve this desperately needed goal? Donald Miller has a 14-Point
Plan.
What
Do We Do Now?
Antony
Deden on navigating Alan Greenspan's financial thunderstorm.
No
National ID
Christopher
Powell on what a really bad idea this is.
'Homeland
Security'?
It reminds
Patrick O'Hannigan of the Soviet Committee for State Security.
Is
This the Wrong Time To Question Foreign Policy?
Of course
not. Article by Jacob G. Hornberger.
The
Nazis Were Socialists
And,
need we mention, pro-war. Article by Adam Young.
What
the Feds Tell Each Other About 'Homeland Security'
Chilling
information from their own websites, by Jeff Greenspan.
'Mr.
Speaker, Mr. President Pro Temporariness'
The
first accurate transcript of W.'s Homeland Security speech.
Remembering
Bessie Smith
And
how the great blues singer's death was used to smear Southern whites.
Article by Gail Jarvis.
Citizen
Air Marshals
An armed
people is the answer to hijacking. Article by Kevin Southwick.
A
Libertarian View of Government?
Patrick
O'Hannigan returns to the architectural wars.
The
Gun, Not War
Is the
proper answer to the terrorism. Article by Dan Mahoney.
The
Coming US Fascism
John
T. Flynn feared it, the neocons welcomed it.
Neocons
and Demagogues
If Steven
Greenhut doesn't repeat himself.
Words
We Do Not Want To Hear
A Tolstoyan
response to war and terrorism. Article by Jeff Snyder.
Hamburg
Delenda Est
We need
massive bombing of someone, anyone, says John Galvin.
Terrorism,
War, Death, and Destruction
Environmentalism's
secondary characteristics. Article by Eric Englund.
The
Useless State
On Sept.
11, the failure of the political model became obvous. Article by
Butler Shaffer.
Randians
for Mass Murder
The
two main Objectivist factions can agree on one thing. Article by
Milton Batiste.
Dancing
in the Streets
So whom
should we attack? Article by Hunt Tooley.
Anarcho-Capitalist
Defense
Revisiting
Hans-Hermann Hoppe in light of the terrorism. Article by Rick Gee.
Leviathan
Goes to 'War'
David
Bardallis on the lumbering beast that will seek to step on us first.
The
White Man's Burden
A hoary
and ever-new excuse for imperialism. Article by Charles Curley.
Killing
Without End
Franklin
Harris on what may await us.
Look
Before We Leap
Constantine
Gutzman on where we stand.
'Feel
Like I'm Fixin' To Murder Rag'
With
apologies to Country Joe and the Fish.
Bigger
Isn't Better
As the
attack shows, says Paul Clark.
Escape
From New York
Only
private enterprise could be counted on amidst a government powergrab.
Article by James M. Sheehan.
The
Rise and Fall of 'Pan-State' Airways
A tale
of business-government partnership, by Adam Young.
A
Jeffersonian View of the Civil War
The
South was right, says Donald Miller.
Public
School Hell
Why
are government schools so awful? The feds, of course. Article by
Gail Jarvis.
The
Fed Corrupts Everything
Including
the language, with dire consequences, says Eric Englund.
Uncle
Sam Goes Red in Belarus
Why,
Daniel McAdams wants to know, is the Bush administration interfering
in an election to support the communist candidate?
Retirement
Kills
Don't
do it, says Rick Gee. It's too dangerous.
Poor
Gary Condit
Anybody
the media, the Republicans, and the Democrats hate can't be all
bad. Article by Stephan Kinsella.
Blame
the Teachers
Public
school teachers are the real villains of the government education
system. Article by Greg Perry.
Letter
From a Homeschooling Mom
Laura
Haire on why Karl Marx favored public schools.
Macedonian
Disaster
Daniel
McAdams on the latest Nato crime.
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