Compare and contrast

Sarah Stillman in the New Yorker on civil asset forfeiture. The officers found the couple’s cash and a marbled-glass pipe that Boatright said was a gift for her sister-in-law, and…

Reasons for Open Borders

I suppose the readers of this website are more likely than most to favor open borders. But the majority of people are pretty strongly opposed to immigration. They think the…

Sheldon Richman on How to Help Fast Food Workers

Here Excerpts: What workers need is greater bargaining power, and that comes primarily from having options. Unfortunately, the corporate state, which people mistake for the free market, closes off options….

July 31, 2013

The United States is not a Police State

In the face of new developments such as the NSA spying program and persistent problems such as the mass incarceration for drug possession or the drone program, many influential voices…

July 30, 2013

Libertarian Populism and Libertarian Cosmopolitanism

Paul Krugman thinks libertarian populism is bunk. So bunk, in fact, that he didn’t feel the need to actually tell his readers what it is. Presumably, associating it with the…

July 27, 2013

Injustice for All

Assorted links on the American police state. How to become a criminal Another isolated incident Feds ask for user passwords US promises not to torture Snowden, even though it probably…

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August 14, 2013