May 01, 2013
Stop the OTHER War on May Day, Too!
The estimable Rod Long argues in an earlier post that we should stop the war on May Day by returning to its origins as a celebration of worker’s movements, rather…
Posts filed under liberty
February 25, 2013
Blogging at Libertarianism.org, part 5: More on Liberty and Property
A few weeks back, I posted an essay at Libertarianism.org arguing that property rights necessarily restrict freedom. I noted in that post that I thought that property rights enhance freedom…
February 05, 2013
Blogging at Libertarianism.Org, Part 4: Liberty and Property
Speaking of property, my latest at Libertarianism.org is up, looking at the relationship between freedom and property. The controversial part of my thesis, at least for libertarians I guess, is…
January 25, 2013
Blogging at Libertarianism.Org, Part 3: Quantifying Liberty
My latest post at Libertarianism.org is up, in which I continue my critique of “maximizing liberty.” In my last post, I argued that the goal of maximizing freedom is an…
January 17, 2013
Blogging at Libertarianism.Org, Part 2: Libertarianism and Liberty
My latest post at Libertarianism.org takes on the idea that libertarianism should be understood as a doctrine committed to the maximization of freedom. There are several serious problems with this…
August 29, 2012
Freedom of Association Revisited
In my last post, which generated a lot of controversy, I discussed (but did not defend) FIRE’s (apparent) plan to defend the freedom of association rights of religious groups at…