Commentary
No Such Thing As Majority Rule
Thomas L. Knapp on elections.
On Education: Class Warfare
Thomas L. Knapp: “There’s nothing new about using the public schools as political indoctrination centers…”
On Conservative Hypocrisy: John, You’re Only Dancing
Alex R. Knight III on those who are alternately anti-statist and statist according to their political convenience at the moment.
Steal This Column
Thomas L. Knapp on so-called “intellectual property”: “…big money got to be big money by using government to restrain trade and ban competition.”
The State Versus the Social Contract
Thomas L. Knapp says Hobbes got it wrong.
Mother, Should I Trust the Government?
Kevin Carson: “Keith Olbermann has really gone over the top with his sanctimonious attacks on ‘conspiracy theorists’ and people who ‘actually fear their own government.'”
Torture: No Pardons, No Excuses for the Real Terrorists
Alex R. Knight III on apologists for evil.
Election Fraud? Elections Are a Fraud!
Thomas L. Knapp says run-of-the-mill allegations of election fraud miss the point.
Politics and the Fear Factor
Thomas L. Knapp says exploiting fear for political gain is nothing new.
Hey Vermont, Stop “Protecting” Me!
Alex R. Knight III on the “consumer protection” scam.
The World is Your Swap Meet
Thomas L. Knapp on the re-emerging barter economy.
Death Panels, All the Way Down
Thomas L. Knapp on what the “death panels” flap in the health care debate tells us about the nature of government generally.
Government is Untenable
C4SS News Analyst Alex R. Knight III suspects the present economic problems are a terminal crisis of statism.
Madison’s Folly
Thomas L. Knapp says that the main author of the US Constitution should have thought things through a little better.
Married to the Mob: Health Care Reform Town Hall Meetings
Thomas L. Knapp on the manufacture of consent and dissent.
Governing While Drunk (With Power)
C4SS News Analyst Alex R. Knight III on the prospect of a federal ignition lock mandate.
Strange Brew
Last week’s “beer summit” at the White House was, on the surface, an anti-political moment: Four guys sitting down over brewskies to talk out a problem instead of relying on the mechanisms of state to solve it. Exactly the kind of thing most people, and especially anarchists, like to see. Unfortunately, the event was pretty…
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Kevin Carson discusses recent victories for the free culture movement.
Birth of a Notion
Thomas L. Knapp on the birthers and questions of “legitimacy” in government.
The Government’s War On Craigslist (and Sex)
Alex R. Knight III: if governments can’t even leave your genitals alone, get rid of ’em (governments, that is).
Anarchy and Democracy
Fighting Fascism
Markets Not Capitalism
The Anatomy of Escape
Organization Theory