Commentary
Watching Big Brother
Kevin Carson discusses horizontal versus vertical social transparency.
Think for Yourself: A Belated Memorial Day Column
Kevin Carson: “if such people simply evaluated the claims and demands of government in the light of their own horse sense, the destructive power of the state would be greatly weakened.”
Direct Action is Key
Darian Worden on grassroots oil disaster response in the Florida Keys.
Bigotry Bound with State Power
Darian Worden on the intersection of social and political authority.
Law-Abiding Citizens Heart Gangsters
Kevin Carson on the Red and Black Cafe controversy.
Government Services: Where the Customer is Always Wrong
Kevin Carson uses the occasion of the story of the Red and Black Cafe to discuss monopoly government “services”.
Against Iran: False Rationales and Rank Hypocrisy
Alex R. Knight III opposes “the recent passage by the United Nations of increased sanctions against the Iranian government for its alleged fledgling nuclear weapons program”.
Somalia — Is That Really All You Got?
Kevin Carson takes Rachel Maddow to school.
Stop Governing, Not Providing Services
Darian Worden: What is an essential government service anyway?
How’s All That Progressive Regulatory Stuff Workin’ Out For Ya?
Kevin Carson on why progressivism in theory is corporatism in practice.
Doubting Thomas vs. the Hypocrisy of American Journalism
Thomas L. Knapp eulogizes the career of Helen Thomas.
What’s in a Uniform?
Darian Worden supports discriminating against cops.
BP’s Fate in a Free Market, Part Two
Kevin Carson continues his examination of the role of state intervention in the market in encouraging bad ecological behavior.
Awake, O Zion
Thomas L. Knapp looks at Israeli statism in the context of the split between practical Zionism and revisionist Zionism — and points to an anti-state Zionist future.
Is Learning How to Flex Your Rights Inappropriate for School?
Teachers are suspended for teaching about police encounters.
Targeting Government Violence: Markets vs. “Law”
Alex R. Knight III on what unmanned drone airstrikes can teach us about government and “law”.
In a Truly Free Market, BP Would Be Toast
Kevin Carson discusses the the role of state intervention distorting the market in creating the ongoing oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico.
Israeli Raid: Statist Logic to its Deadly Extreme
Darian Worden on a state’s excuses for murder.
Two Lessons From a Rogue Ex-Cop
Kevin Carson on heroic Drug War turncoat Barry Cooper.
The Buck, and the Oil, Stops With BP Alone
Alex R. Knight III on the matter of responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Anarchy and Democracy
Fighting Fascism
Markets Not Capitalism
The Anatomy of Escape
Organization Theory