Homeland Tyranny
This article is #10 of a weekly series highlighting the former memes of Bureaucrash, an organization once headed by my …
Category: Politics
How Much Bureaucracy Did Congress Just Buy Us?
You have to hand it to the Federal Government, they really know how to take a bad situation and make …
Down With Censorship!*
First, let’s get clear on what kind of censorship we oppose. We oppose any censorship by government, because only the government has the “authority” to legally use force against you for expressing your ideas. Your neighbor might kick you off his property if you say something he dislikes, or a privately owned newspaper can refuse to publish your letter to the editor, but neither should legally use force against you to shut you up.
“First They Came…”
“There is a time for everything,” says Solomon, the wise author of Ecclesiastes. Are we mindful enough of when it is necessary and right to proclaim justice on behalf of others? Let us not be silent when we have good opportunity “to speak truth to power.”
Austrian Scholars Conference 2010 – Day 2
The second day of the Austrian Scholars Conference 2010 was quite exciting. From lunch at the Mellow Mushroom munching on …
Why does the Tea Party support Scott Brown?
Scott Brown’s recent Republican victory in the Massachusetts Senate race has been headlining news all over the nation the past …
The Dismal Year
One year ago today, Barack Obama stepped into the Oval Office for his first full day as President. So far, …
Top 10 Disasters of the Obama Administration in 2009
Executive Director of the Libertarian Party Wes Benedict put together a retrospective of the executive administration this past year. Any …
The Liberating Arts
By Edmund Opitz. —- The recent movie called Out of Africa has acquainted millions of Americans with the name of …
How to Eliminate War (with the Olympics)
The Olympic Games have historically represented a time of peace for the world. The sacred city of Olympia, the site of the games of ancient Greece, forbade the possession of weapons within its borders. A special “Olympic Peace” was proclaimed throughout the land to allow spectators and athletes travel safely to and from the games.
Economics Has the Answer: What’s the Question?
By Edmund Opitz. Adam Smith’s monumental achievement was to enlarge the individual person’s freedom of action in economic affairs, and …
Freedom and Majority Rule
By Edmund Opitz Lord Northcliffe, the publisher of the London Times, came to this country a few years after World …
Architects of Leviathan
By Edmund Opitz Opitz delivered this paper in October 1973 before Hillsdale College students and faculty during “Political Morality: From …
What does it mean to be an effective local activist?
As I’ve aged, I’ve found myself transformed from scientist to engineer, from artist to performer, from philosopher to pragmatist. It’s a pretty typical pattern. Be it accident or serendipity, this journey has coincided with a sudden interest in politics. My middle aged pragmatism has paid off, personally, in this new hobby. I’ve definitely discovered that, at least in the political realm, experience is, for me, the best teacher I can find.
The Fall of Bureaucrash
Less than two weeks ago I wrote about how to connect with other libertarian Christians via the Internet. One of …
What do you hate most about taxes?
“Tax season always begins on April 16th, and ends 365 days later.” “There are only two certainties in this life: …
If President Obama Twittered
For the uninitiated… Twitter is a nifty “micro-blogging” service where you are limited to no more than 140 characters to …
Would Allowing Firearms on Campus Protect Students?
Proponents of “gun free” campuses often say there is no reason to believe that guns on campus would prevent violence on campus. They feel confident saying this merely because guns are not currently allowed on campuses so we cannot amass any evidence. But to the contrary, this evidence does exist. Law-abiding citizens can and have used guns to prevent violence at schools in multiple instances.
The Californicrisis and Bank Nationalization
When an economy undergoes a contraction, governments collect less revenue simply because less is happening and less is being bought. Consumer cutbacks are a good and healthy occurrence – individuals reduce consumption in favor of saving, and the economy can resume a sustainable growth pattern. The loss of revenue, however, is obviously despised by government bureaucracy.
40 Reasons to Ban Guns
Christians are not forbidden by Christ to practice basic self-defense. There are times, of course, when suffering through persecution (even …
GW’s Presidential Review
Over at The Humble Libertarian, Sir Messamore has put together an excellent post-mortem of the last eight years of accomplishments …
Dick Cheney Admits He is a War Criminal
In this exclusive ABC interview (transcript) Cheney does not outright say “I am a war criminal, please put cuffs on …
Bush REGRETS the war now?
So, I have had an very taxing weekend and was unable to put up a new article. Hopefully I’ll get …