DemandEuphoria | School - It's like someone hands you a train schedule when you are five years old, and it details the plan for every day of the next thirteen to seventeen years of your life. The stops are laid out, the timetable is set. There is only one set of tracks for your school train.
LibertyOrDeathMedia | The cult of Statism
CNJOnline.com | It is said no man is an island. This seems undeniable, yet libertarians are frequently accused of believing individuals are islands. As if we see humans as isolated and alone, unable to join with others to fix problems that are beyond one person’s ability, unless they form that most persistent of Utopian ideas: a government. People coming together in a completely voluntary and consensual manner, to accomplish something they are in unanimous agreement on, is a wonderful thing to be a part of.
CNJOnline.com | Contrary to what many seem to believe, libertarians are not against rules. In fact, they are defined by adherence to one rule in particular: the zero aggression principle.
NotBeingGoverned.com | The biggest problem with socialism- aside from its exploitable inefficiency- is that a third party decides what happens to someone’s money. The simple fact of having money is apparently enough to be worthy of derision in America, a derision which drives most arguments involving income inequality. People who talk about rich people changing their behavior to better treat those who are less fortunate tend to miss the point: no one, however rich or poor, is obligated to do anything for anyone.
KentForLiberty.com | How many people do you know who claim that murder is OK? How many would argue that rape is a good thing? Or that "armed robber" is a good career choice? What about someone who scams elderly people out of their life savings? Just about every person would agree that these things are wrong. It does not matter whether a "law" is passed to say it is OK or if the death penalty is enforced on you for doing one of these things. Remember that slavery was once "legal", as was everything Hitler did. Wrong is wrong. This is called "mala in se".
Cop Block | An excerpt from the book "Unintended Consequences" by John Ross, which poses a thought-provoking question that only you can answer.
NotBeingGoverned.com | Louis Barthas was a socialist who was conscripted into the French Army at the outbreak of WW1. He wrote the following in his diary at the Somme after the battlefield was flooded in December 1916:
KentForLiberty.com | Just as freedom of speech is meaningless until someone says something "offensive", so are property rights meaningless until someone decides to use their property in a way you disagree with.
911Blogger.com | Today I would like to return to your awareness an aspect of the Human condition that bargains with uncertainty and finds comfort in denial. Every so often we must deal with an unpleasant truth we wish would just go away. Sometimes the truth can be very shocking and we find ourselves inadequately prepared to handle it. That’s when denial comes to the rescue— and what can’t be denied can always be rationalized away.
