Tag Archives: Libertarianism

Against Galt

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Lee

Synova wrote a little post that gets halfway to where I would come down on this perennial parlor game of the John Galt general strike. Sy recognized that to be successful, such a revolt would realistically be a miserable experience … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Culture, Lee's Page, Libertarianism | Tagged America, Aristotle, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Carl Schmitt, collectivism, Conservatism, constitutional order, Culture, democracy, epiphany, Eric Hoffer, fascism, futurism, Galt's Gulch, general will, government, group identity, guardians, ideology, individualism, John Galt, justice, liberal democracy, liberalism, Libertarianism, literary style, literature, materialism, Objectivism, Plato, popular democracy, radicalism, Randianism, revolt, revolution, Rousseau, salvation, sectionalism, seperatism, skepticism, socia, social justice, strike, war, William F Buckley | 25 Comments

A Western Vibe Ticket

Posted on September 5, 2008 by ChrisB

Todd Zywicki, of the Volokh Conspiracy, takes a look at libertarianism in the McCain/Palin ticket and notes a distinct western vibe to the first all-western ticket in our history. He had an interesting observation that I think captures a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Libertarianism | Tagged cinc, Libertarianism, McCain, military, Palin, Sarah Palin, statism, Todd Zywicki, volokh, Volokh Conspiracy, western, westernism, worldview | Leave a comment

Legislating Morality

Posted on August 25, 2008 by MikeR

Newmark’s DoorWe can’t enact or enforce enough laws to manage ethical behavior. “Goo-goos”–good government advocates–have been fighting corruption in government through endlessly tweaking campaign financing reform laws and ethics laws for at least 40 years. Senator Stevens is the latest … Continue reading →

Posted in Libertarianism, MikeR's Page | Tagged earmarks, ethics, goo goos, Libertarianism, pork, small government, Ted Stevens, Trent Lott | Leave a comment

Libertarian Paternalism

Posted on August 24, 2008 by MikeR

Greg MankiwA review of a new book called Nudge. “is nonetheless nudging people in the direction that somebody thinks will make them better off.” Smacks of manipulation to me. Seems like education and greater transparency would be a better solution.

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Libertarianism, Nudge, Paternal | Leave a comment

When Families Fail

Posted on August 6, 2008 by MichaelW

Because of my background in working with emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and generally abused kids, I am often to drawn to stories about the results of extreme neglect of children. I saw some awfully hard cases with some of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, Libertarianism, MichaelW's Page, regulation, Society | Tagged abused children, child protective services, child welfare, Dani, Danielle Crockett, feral child, Jackson brothers, Libertarianism, neglect, social work | 5 Comments

A New Libertarianism of Paranoid Revolt

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Lee

Jordan Page (who is a kind of Ronpaulist Joan Baez) reflects on the “Revolution March,” a July 12th Ron Paul protest rally in Washington DC, in part organized by Adam Kokesh (who of late believes the Washington police are involved … Continue reading →

Posted in Lee's Page, Libertarianism | Tagged Austrian Schoo, Chicago, Congo, conspiracy, corporate, Czeslaw Milosz, Dissent, fascism, huffington post, imperialism, Joan Baez, Jordan Page, Libertarianism, Marxist, Milton Friedman, Mises, Naomi Wolf, rights, Ronpaulism, Trotsky, United States, war | 24 Comments

Boundary Issues

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Lance

Peg pointed me this way, and I really enjoyed nodding in agreement. Of course, I have long nodded in agreement with Megan. Especially on these: 2) Gay marriage. I’m basically pro, but I take the Burkean arguments seriously. 3) Immigration. … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Health Care, Lance's Page, Libertarianism, Society | Tagged darfur, gay marriage, Health Care, immigration, Libertarianism, statism | 5 Comments

Hippocrates Unbound

Posted on June 23, 2008 by MichaelW

The idea of state funded and administered universal health care is a bugbear of libertarians everywhere, and especially those who are subjected to such a system as a matter of course. Routinely held up as one of the worst of … Continue reading →

Posted in Health Care, Libertarianism, MichaelW's Page | Tagged Dr. Helen Evans, leviathan, Libertarianism, NHS, political power, reform, universal health care | 2 Comments

George Lakoff: Neo-Syndicalist

Posted on June 23, 2008 by MichaelW

Over the weekend I read with fascination William Saletan’s review of the new offering from George Lakoff, “The Political Mind,” and was struck by the remarkable similarities between it and the revolutionary syndicalism espoused during the prior fin de siècle. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, History, Libertarianism, MichaelW's Page, Philosophy, social science | Tagged "The Political Mind", anti-rationalism, Barack Obama, collectivism, communism, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, fascism, fin de siecle, George Lakoff, History, individualism, langauge, Libertarianism, progressive movement, social myth, socialism, syndicalism, William Saletan | 5 Comments

An Argument Against Public Education

Posted on February 12, 2008 by MichaelW

Via Glenn Reynolds, Wired posts an article describing the fight to include evolution in the science curriculum for students in Florida and Texas: Charles Darwin was born 199 years ago Tuesday, but the debate he ignited about the origins of … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Education, Libertarianism, MichaelW's Page, regulation | Tagged birthday, curriculum, Darwin, evolution, Florida, intelligent design, Libertarianism, public education, school board, Texas | 27 Comments

The Paleolibertarians

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Lance

Publius Endures examines the premises of the paleo-libertarians which populate the Lew Rockwell universe. He gets much right. In fact, the local majoritarianism he identifies in their thought is the same reason they could not only argue against the Iraq … Continue reading →

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The Last Libertarian Hope?

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Lee

John Tabin at Reason takes a look at how libertarian hopes in various candidates have collapsed in the course of the primaries. The rise of the statist McCain and the theocratic statist Huckabee, looking like some kind of libertarian nightmare. … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Fred Thompson, John McCain South Carolina, Libertarianism, Mike Huckabee, nightmare, statism | 1 Comment

The History of Privatopia

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Lee

Over the Christmas break John Robb tried his hand at being a libertarian Edward Bellamy of sorts, writing a historical overview of a fully privatized United States from the vantage of 2025. It’s not a society I’d care to live … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged allegory, Brave New War, Edward Bellamy, future history, Libertarianism, Novels, privatization, retrofuturism, Science Fiction | 2 Comments

â€œSmall-Government Libertarianâ€

Posted on August 7, 2006 by MichaelW

I seem to have caused some confusion with my previous post, â€œPutting the Question to the Bishop,â€ by an inartful use of the term â€œsmall-government libertarian.â€ The more I think about, the clearer it becomes to me that this term … Continue reading →

Posted in Author Pages, Domestic Politics, MichaelW's Page | Tagged abortion, anarchism, anarchist, anti-gay marriage, anti-war left, arguments, battleground, big government, capitalism, citizenship, congress, defense, Democratic Party, Democrats, elections, electorate, executive branch, fiscal policy, Friedrich Hayek, homosexual rights, independent voters, Iraq, Iraq war, Libertarianism, Milton Friedman, minarchism, minarchist, Murray Rothbard, national security, netroots, netroots voters, political candidates, political partiers, president, pro-choice, pro-life, rationalism, Republicans, Robert Nozick, small government electorate, small-government libertarian, social politics, two party system, war | 22 Comments

Me, Greg, Andrew and the two Glenn’s

Posted on July 25, 2006 by Lance

(Listening notes: Magnetic Fields, Husker Du, Queen, Soft Cell, Indigo Girls, The Smithâ€™s, REM, Pet Shop Boys, B-52â€™s, Scissor Sisters. A homage to Andrew Sullivan of sorts.)

I am here to step into the breach and defend Glenn Reynolds from two people I admire a lot. Continue reading →

Posted in Lance's Page, Uncategorized | Tagged ACLU, analysis, Andrew Sullivan, Ann Coulter, asymmetry, B-52â€™s, Belgravia, Belgravia Dispatch, Blairism, commissars, Dave Weigel, David Horowitz, decorative politics, detainees, doctrinaire libertarian, extremism, finance industry, fisking, George W. Bush, Glenn Greenwald, Glenn Reynolds, government sponsored illegality, Husker Du, independent integrity, Indigo Girls, Iraq, Israel, Law, libertarian, Libertarianism, lies, Magnetic Fields, Malkinesque, Malkinesque blogosphere, Michelle Malkin, New York Times, opinions, Pet Shop Boys, photographer, political distortion, Queen, R.E.M., Reason Magazine, Republican, Republican Party, right-wing, Rocco DiPippo, Scissor Sisters, Soft Cell, Tammy Bruce, Terri Schiavo, The Smiths, Tony Blair, torture, Travel Section murder plot, war | 2 Comments

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