Libertarian Strategy and Principle: by Anthony Gregory. By Anthony Gregory Recently by Anthony Gregory: Leave the Top 1% Alone It didn’t take long for the shift to transpire. The conservatives, after eight years defending the obscenely criminal and authoritarian Bush regime to the most degenerate depths, have rediscovered their role as rigorous defenders of Constitutional federalism, boasting that dissent is the highest form of patriotism, questioning the very legal and moral legitimacy of governmental and even executive power, daring to hope aloud that the regime fails.
The left-liberals, meanwhile, have resumed their role as the most enthusiastic admirers of American leviathan, calling for its expansion in a hundred different directions, questioning the patriotism of those who oppose their commander in chief and even, at times, calling dissent treason. The transition concerning who plays opposition is typically awkward but usually has the pretense of being gradual and organic. So let us consider what some would call a strategic matter. Why the Left Fears Libertarianism by Anthony Gregory. By Anthony Gregory Recently by Anthony Gregory: In a Relationship, and It's Complicated Leftist criticisms of libertarianism have surged lately, a phenomenon warranting explanation. We libertarians could justifiably find it all quite confusing. For decades we have thought our battle a largely losing one, at least in the short term. We are a tiny, relatively powerless minority. The state has raged on, expanding in virtually every direction, for my entire lifetime and that of my parents.
Yet nearly every week our beloved philosophy of non-aggression is subject to some progressive’s relatively widely read hatchet job. We could go through all these critiques line by line and expose the many factual errors and gross misinterpretations, whether disingenuous or unintentional. It was not too long ago that the Slate’s Jacob Weisberg declared the end of libertarianism. Funny, I thought libertarianism was dead. If only. He shoveled money toward corporate America, banks and car manufacturers.
Why Capitalism Is Worth Defending - Anthony Gregory. "Capitalism has few authentic defenders. " [LewRockwell.com, July 29, 2011] As Obama demonizes the wealthy and pitches a dozen plans to restructure the economy, opponents of this program need a reminder of what exactly we're fighting for. We are resisting bureaucracy, central planning, and encroachments on our freedom and communities. But this does not get to the heart of the matter. We are not only an opposition movement, countering the president and his partisans' agenda. More fundamentally, we stand in defense of the greatest engine of material prosperity in human history, the fount of civilization, peace, and modernity: capitalism.
Many regard "capitalism" as a dirty word, and it is tarnished most of all by its supposed guardians. But we should not abandon it. It is simply a fact that capitalism, even hampered by the state, has dragged most of the world out of the pitiful poverty that characterized all of human existence for millennia. The same is true of capitalism. Young Americans for Liberty. For God, Family and Republic: Ron Paul for President in 2008. Nearly all my professors are Democrats. Isn't that a problem? - News - Students For Academic Freedom. Nearly all my professors are Democrats. Isn't that a problem? · 15 July 2009 By Dan Lawton - Christian Science Monitor EUGENE, ORE. – When I began examining the political affiliation of faculty at the University of Oregon, the lone conservative professor I spoke with cautioned that I would “make a lot of people unhappy.”
Though I mostly brushed off his warning – assuming that academia would be interested in such discourse – I was careful to frame my research for a column for the school newspaper diplomatically. The University of Oregon (UO), where I study journalism, invested millions annually in a diversity program that explicitly included “political affiliation” as a component. A number of conservative students told me they felt Republican ideas were frequently caricatured and rarely presented fairly. In my column, published in the campus newspaper The Oregon Daily Emerald June 1, I suggested that such a disparity hurt UO. Instead, he reiterated them on the record.
America's Economic Myths - David Saied. "The Olympian gods" Nicolas-André Monsiau (1754–1837) Mainstream economists and so-called experts have filled the minds of most Americans with many economic myths that are constantly reinforced by the media and repeated on the streets. These myths are erroneous at best, sometimes based on half truths. The majority of them are just false. We read and hear them every day: "inflation" is caused by rising oil prices; consumption is the most important element for economic growth; low interest rates are helpful to the economy; government expenditures help "stimulate" the economy; there is an energy "crisis," and many others.
We will examine the most common ones and proceed to explain the reality behind these myths. Inflation and Energy Myths Inflation — or, rather, the general rise in prices[1] —and the increase in energy prices are issues that have always created numerous economic myths.The following are some of the most common ones. Myth # 1: "Dependence on Foreign Oil" False. Consumption Myths. Repeal the Drinking Age - Jeffrey A. Tucker. Somehow, and no one seems to even imagine how, this country managed to survive and thrive before 1984 without a national minimum drinking age.
Before that, the drinking question was left to the states. In the 19th century, and looking back even before — prepare yourself to imagine horrific anarchistic nightmares — there were no drinking laws anywhere, so far as anyone can tell. The regulation of drinking and age was left to society, which is to say families, churches, and communities with varying sensibilities who regulated such things with varying degrees of intensity. Probably some kids drank themselves silly — and we all know that this doesn't happen now (wink, wink) — but many others learned to drink responsibly from an early age, even drinking bourbon for breakfast.
Really, it is only because we are somehow used to it that we accept the complete absurdity of a national law that prohibits the sale of beer, wine, and liquor to anyone under the age of 21. Do we really believe it? Constitution Society Home Page. Second America Revolution Countdown : EarthFrisk Blog. By admin on Feb 27, 2009 in Blogging , Politics , Social Media If you read this article and check the references and links you are taking the Red Pill in the crazy Obama Matrix. Prepare to question everything. Even this article. We welcome it and dare you to find anything incorrect in it. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. The Second American Revolution Countdown Introduction Do you sense that something is wrong in America these days? Our Founders would cry if they could see this taking place!
I say this with deepest regret and with utmost reverence for what our Founding Fathers created in these United States of America. Revolution… How many times have you heard that word used? We are witnessing the literal death of our Republic, one that can come in less than 2 years. I do not say these words lightly. In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act. The Path to Dictatorship (or Revolution in the least.) Who We Are. Posted at 4:57 pm on August 5, 2009 by Doctor Zero There seems to be a bit of confusion among Democrats about the nature of the opposition to their plans. Maybe I can help clear things up, by telling them a few things about us.
We’re not paid minions of any corporate interest or lobby. Most bloggers working to stop the Obama health-care disaster are like me, writing when they can find the time, because we care about the future of our country. Our support for a massive government program does not increase when you tell us we’re not allowed to ask questions about it. We’re not racists. We don’t like having to fight desperate battles to save our freedom and future from socialist politicians every ten or twenty years. We believe government should be punished for failing to live up to the expectations of its citizens, not the other way around. We don’t blame people for showing up to grab their share of a government handout.
We don’t invest our hopes in the government.