March 29, 2013
Freedom and the fifty states
The fine folks at Mercatus have released an index of freedom in the fifty U.S. states that’s attracted quite a bit of attention, mostly uncomplimentary. (See the libertarian-leaning Timothy Lee,…
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March 26, 2013
Our Common Humanity in Death and Marriage
As the Supreme Court takes up the same-sex marriage issue, I wanted to re-post an old blog post of mine from Liberty and Power back in September of 2008. Not…
March 18, 2013
What Are We Supposed to Do?
(Trigger warning: While this post does not discuss rapes and assaults in detail, several of the linked articles do.) Now that the Steubenville rapists have been convicted and sentenced, we…
March 02, 2013
Explanation is not Justification
The reaction to Sarah’s post on why libertarians don’t seem to put outrage about rape and the institutions that facilitate it and cover it up higher on their priority list…
February 28, 2013
Violating Our Principles
(Trigger warning: While this post does not discuss rapes and assaults in detail, the article linked in the first paragraph does.) On Valentine’s Day, Rolling Stone published an article titled…
February 18, 2013
More from Horwitz and Skwire at ISFLC13
And here’s the rest of the interview with Steve Horwitz and Sarah Skwire from ISFLC13, courtesy of The Libertarienne Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tWPHtXqwBCI