June 05, 2011
Couldn’t Resist
This was emailed to me recently. I thought our readers would enjoy it. One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he asked about…
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May 29, 2011
More Than Just Free Markets
Everyone knows that libertarians like free markets. Even we Bleeding Heart Libertarians spend an awful lot of time talking about the economic implications of libertarianism. And it would be easy…
May 25, 2011
Philosophers on Drugs
Ron Paul’s recent public statements endorsing the legalization of heroin have caught him some flak, and not just from political conservatives. Meanwhile, in university-land, I’ve just wrapped up another semester…
May 17, 2011
FSU and the Koch Kerfuffle
There’s been a lot of talk about the Charles G. Koch Foundation’s funding of faculty positions at the Economics Department at FSU. Much of it has been critical, with it…
May 16, 2011
More on Analogical Slavery
I agree with Matt that describing Obamacare as slavery is a bad analogy. However, I think it is important to insist on using the term “slavery” when it properly applies…
May 14, 2011
Libertarian Radicalism and Health Care “Slavery”
Rand Paul thinks universal health care involves slavery: “With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to healthcare, you have to realize what that implies. It’s not…