August 06, 2014
I Do Solemnly Swear, Or Maybe I Just Swear
It has long been a contention of mine that you could probably write 10 political blogposts and then just recycle them as needed since the same bad political ideas keep…
Author: Sarah Skwire
June 19, 2014
A Little Bit of History Repeating
Yesterday, I said this. Whatever one thinks the proper role of government is, it surely is not this. At a bare minimum, we must demand that the government not force…
June 18, 2014
Reverse Hugo, with a Twist
In Victor Hugo’s great novel Les Miserables, Jean Valjean is sentenced to five years on the prison galleys for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family. It is an outrageous…
April 30, 2014
Humpty Dumpty, Go to Your Room
Orwell’s Animal Farm is not a critique of capitalism. Thoreau’s Walden is not a fraudulent anti-market, pro-Green hack job. Literary works are open to interpretation. But not all interpretations are right. Not all interpretations are…
March 06, 2014
Is There a Libertarian Position on Pornography?
Co-Authored by Steve Horwitz A first year student at Duke who is funding her undergraduate education with a career in pornography has identified herself as a libertarian, giving rise to…
February 25, 2014
No Art, No Liberty (a talk from ISFLC 2014)
On February 15th, my friend James Padilioni, Jr. and I gave a talk about art and liberty to the 2014 International Students for Liberty Conference. Wacky poltergeist-like technical problems prevented…