Kevin Carson on progressives as Sisyphus.
In a recent article for Reason magazine (“Freer is Better,” October 14th), John Stossel discusses the downgrading of the United States on the Economic Freedom Index from sixth to eighth place — “behind Canada!” The index is based on several matrices, including freedom of movement of capital, the amount of business regulation, and levels of…
Darian Worden on Alex Hundert’s draconian bail conditions.
Kevin Carson says America’s real owners need a population just smart enough to keep doing their jobs — but too stupid to look at the man behind the curtain.
Kevin Carson on the Cranick fire incident.
The Turkish state is now considering banning Facebook after “offensive” political content was discovered. Limiting free speech can only help rulers and hurt the ability of everyone else to point out that their emperors are … inappropriately dressed for the privilege of rulership.
David D’Amato on the trap the political class elite set for homeowners.
Thomas L. Knapp: “I’m appalled by the selection of ‘dissident’ Liu Xiaobo as winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.”
The new satirical video, “I’m Voting Republican,” is another creation by banal party hacks to legitimize their party’s uselessness to the average person.
Kevin Carson on gullibility and a long history of criminal government.
Darian Worden: The military also harms the environment of those it doesn’t kill.
Kevin Carson explains why we’re going to win the struggle for humanity’s future.
Thomas L. Knapp on the irony of Mike Huckabee’s use of the term “kleptocracy”.
David D’Amato on disinformation, speech controls and rights.
Kevin Carson has a more nuanced critique of Paul Krugman than that of Steven Horwitz, with regard to WWII and the Great Depression.
David D’Amato analyzes the myth that political power is the friend of the common person.
Anna Morgenstern on the atrocity of human medical experiments by the US government.
A think tank, Third Way, just published a paper proposing an itemized tax bill for taxpayers, which would bring complex state machinery down to the level of the individual, and would humanize the vastness of the cost of the American state.
Kevin Carson explains that it is always the elite that benefit from the state and never the underclass.
Kevin Carson: “There have been two encouraging items in recent news about victories by crackers (the computer kind, not Tea Partiers) against the Copyright Nazis.”
