Thursday, June 4

Cheryl Cline is the guest editor today.

 

Let Us Awake Now

Recommended  "Freedom comes from within.  It does not come from without.  It does not come from a charismatic leader.  It does not come with a set of instructions....It does not come from being given your freedom only after you prove yourself to your parents, teachers, pastors, or other authority figures.  It does not come from any God who demands obedience before He promises blessings (or threatens curses).  It does not come from delineated rights.  It does not come from The Constitution.  It is you from whom freedom springs.  It is you in whom freedom thrives.  No one gave it to you.  Like Dorothy and her ruby slippers, your way home was with you all the time."  Column by B.R. Merrick.  

 

Functional Rights: The Elephant in the Parlor, Part II

Column by Scarmig.

 

US Made Bombing Errors in Afghanistan

 

The Bizarre World of Regulation

David Henderson on the banning of e-cigarettes.

 

In Vino Veritas: I'll Drink to That

Roger Scruton on how Puritanism destroys temperance and chastity.

 

Where’s the Love? Or the Indifference?

Hostility to libertarianism assures Brad Taylor of the value of folk activism.

 

Acceptable Targets

The Superfluous Man on the liberal scapegoating of Miss USA contestant Carrie Prejean.

 

Leftists and Localism

Philip Salter:  “[T]he policies of control cannot be localized.”

 

The Fallacy of Suing the Government

 

The Myth of Science as a Public Good 

(video)

 

Ignorance and Current Events

Eric Crampton on the demographics of political and economic knowledge.

 

Alternative Histories: Not Proven

Britain did not lose it status as a world power because it adopted a few liberal reforms, such as repealing the Corn Laws.

 

Shop Class as Soulcraft

On reclaiming the trades as prestigious professions.

 

Cuban on Fragmentation & Attention in the Blogosphere (or Why Power Laws Really Do Govern All Media)

Don’t get too worked up over what’s said on the ‘net.

 

Indirectly Improving Institutions: Agorism and Civil Society

 

It’s OK If They’re Conservative, Right?

Julian Sanchez:  “How is it that there are so many soi-disant liberal guys who think that the rules against being a sexist asshole are somehow suspended so long as you’re attacking a conservative woman?”

 

Oh, No! It's Making Well-Reasoned Arguments Backed With Facts! Run!

 

Why Economics Is Hard

 

Mandatory Molyneux

Mainstream anarchism!?!  (video clip, Editor's pick)

 

Olivier Jules

A photo blog.