With the Paul Brigades
I wondered about Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty. It had begun to offer regional conferences, and the second one, in late May, was in a …
The Start of Something Big?
On April 15, 2009, several hundred thousand Americans demonstrated in more than 700 cities and towns. These were the “tea bag” protests, named after the …
Here Comes the Tide
Liberal Vermont has just legalized gay marriage through a vote of the legislature – the first time this has been done by a vote of …
At the Death of a Newspaper
I sense little grief from libertarians at the possible extinction of newspapers. It’s the market – and anyway, except for the Orange County Register, newspapers …
The Attack on the Liberty Dollar
On November 14, 2007, the FBI raided a storefront in Evansville, Ind. It was labeled “LIBERTY DOLLAR,” and it was located between a gun shop …
God In Heaven! Can This Be Happening?
– Mandatory seat-belt laws are about public health – and maybe some other things. Consider a case from Washington state. In Everett, north of Seattle, …
“Laissez Fair”: R.I.P.?
Laissez Faire Books, one of libertarians’ major ways of identifying and acquiring good things to read, announced on Oct. 13 that it was going out …
Thought of the Dane
I was in a meeting with European journalists on a foundation-sponsored tour of the United States. It was a generally placid group until the subject …
Our Allies, the Conservatives
I once had a meal with a man who had been a Republican operative. He was lamenting the factionalism within that part)’, and as an …
Going About Their Business
Seattle progressives had long been concerned that bums had no place to go to the toilet, and were doing it in doorways and planting strips. …