Commentary
Conspiracy and the Paranoid Center, Part 2
Kevin Carson on truth and justice versus the American Way
Public Enemies: ObamaCare and the Coffee Party
Alex R. Knight III: “Collective will” is just another word for “shotgun wedding.”
Conspiracy and the Paranoid Center
Just because you’re paranoid, that doesn’t mean Kevin Carson isn’t out to get you.
We’re All Terrorists Now
Dave Chappell is onto you. And himself.
When State Capitalism Fails, We Have Each Other
Darian Worden on building a free world.
When You “Work Hard and Play by the Rules,” the House Wins
Kevin Carson: “The only people who get rich playing by the rules are the people who make the rules.”
How Not to Argue for IP
Kevin Carson explains that so-called “intellectual property” adds to GDP only by perversely counting unnecessary costs as productivity.
To Bury Caesar, Not to Praise Him
Thomas L. Knapp on what the Ides of March ought to remind us of.
The Tragedy of Rachel Corrie is the Tragedy of Government
Alex R. Knight III offers an anarchist reflection on the seven year anniversary of her death.
Thomas Sowell: Them Pore Ole Bosses Need All the Help They Can Get
Kevin Carson: “The struggle between big government and big business is about as authentic as the struggle between a “good cop” and “bad cop” in a police interrogation room.”
A Note on Magic Words and Secret Formulas
Thomas L. Knapp explains that the state can not be rendered tame and obedient by invoking obscure legal doctrines.
Statists Don’t Get It
Darian Worden says things are best when we don’t work through government plans.
Capitalism: A Good Word For A Bad Thing
Kevin Carson examines the matter of whether or not the word “capitalism” is useful to describe a true free market economy.
Count, Dracula
Thomas L. Knapp on the U.S. census.
Obama and Liz Cheney: Separated at Birth?
Kevon Carson: “Before she can organize a necktie party, Liz may have to get in line behind Obama’s own justice department.”
Governments Persecute, Not Protect
Alex R. Knight III on the Chicago handgun law case before the US Supreme Court and the questions it raises.
The Copyright Nazis: Destroying “Intellectual Property” Rights in Order to Save Them
Kevin Carson on IP advocates stooping to incoherent self-contradiction.
Serf Farming
Darian Worden on the intersection of corporate and government power.
Ford’s in His Flivver, All’s Well with the World
Keith Olbermann once ridiculed a Republican politician who, in a video clip from a “townhall meeting,” told a woman with a paralyzed husband and no health insurance that the proper first line of defense was neighbors helping each other. Now, admittedly, that politician was exactly the kind of right-wing shill who uses Norman Rockwell imagery…
“Intellectual Property” is Not Progressive
Kevin Carson: “Intellectual property” is the linchpin, the keystone in the arch, of global corporate power.
Anarchy and Democracy
Fighting Fascism
Markets Not Capitalism
The Anatomy of Escape
Organization Theory