“If a man has the right to self-ownership, to the control of his life, then in the real world he must also have the right to sustain his life by grappling with and transforming resources; he must be able to own the ground and the resources on which he stands and which he must use. In short, to sustain his human right”
                                                                     -Murray Rothbard

 

The Statists

America's Ruling Class And The Perils of Revolution

How did America change from a place where people could expect to live without bowing to privileged classes to one in which, at best, they might have the chance to climb into them? What sets our ruling class apart from the rest of us?

Sit Down and Shut Up

Simon Black on the elite’s prescription for the rest of us.

The MSM's Dirty Little Secret

About racial charges. Article by Robert Wenzel.

Illegal Immigrants Cost U.S. Taxpayers $113 Billion Annually

A new report published by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) says that the annual cost of illegal immigration at the federal, state and local level is a staggering $113 billion.

Dependency, the Liberals' Natural Resource

Edward Banfield in the 1960s feared that President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society would turn troubled American cities into Indian reservation-like islands of dependency overseen by outsider political rulers. This fear needs re-expression. Problems were once liabilities to be cured; today, those who depend on the dependent would have to find new employment if problems were solved. Not only does this interdependency undermine incentives for solutions, but we are also altering the very nature of good and bad, asset and liability -- and this is a far deeper moral corruption.

Last Week's Other Big Supreme Court Decision

What exactly the case signifies, then, is disputed. That it is significant is not. The case could have profound consequences for the relationship between church and state. If you believe that religious groups should be able to set their own terms of membership and should be able to require that people of their own faith lead their own groups, without suffering punishment at the hands of the state, then you should care about this case.

Yankee Utopians in the Chinese Century

And how has America fared in the new century? One in every three manufacturing jobs we had in 2000, nearly 6 million, vanished. Some 50,000 U.S. factories shut down. We have run trade deficits totaling $5 trillion since NAFTA passed. The real wages of working Americans have been stagnant for a decade.While China has resumed her 12 percent growth rate, the United States, with 25 million unemployed or underemployed, appears headed for a double-dip recession.

Taxpayers' $101,000 includes Pelosi's in-flight 'food, booze'

"Politicians believe laws and rules (even the U.S. Constitution) apply to the rest of us but not to them. Case in point: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her excessive and boorish demands for military travel. Judicial Watch obtained documents from the Pentagon in 2008 that suggest Pelosi has been treating the Air Force like her own personal airline," the evaluation said.

The Globalist Power Grab

I take seriously this declaration – the only sentence in the declaration that I do take seriously. The G-20 is now the forum by which the Powers That Be will communicate the message of international economic cooperation. Twice a year, the public will be told whatever the decision-makers choose to reveal.

Cyber Insecurity: ‘Internet Kill Switch’ Bill Moves On

Hey, why shouldn’t people who couldn’t even keep the Organizing for America website and Barack Obama’s own Twitter account from being hacked be in charge of Internet security? I seriously doubt that anybody ...

Library district buys electric ball, fireplaces, big screen TVs – But not American flags

The Stars and Stripes flies proudly in front of all government buildings, public schools and many homes and businesses in Adams County.  However, the local library district on a multi-million dollar taxpayer funded spending spree doesn’t feel our nation’s flag has a place at its new buildings. 

Ken Salazar gets an ass-kicking. Over to you, Capitol Hill

My syndicated column follows up on federal judge Martin Feldman’s decision yesterday overturning the Obama drilling moratorium. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has now signaled that he will push for another drilling ban — with brand-spanking new, wholly manufactured evidence, no doubt. Salazar is scheduled to testify to a Senate subcommittee on Capitol Hill later today at 11:00am. He better get the grilling he deserves over his junk science zealotry.

Rumors of Executive Amnesty

Several Senators have learned of a possible plan by the Obama Administration that would provide a mass Amnesty for the nation's 11-18 million illegal aliens. Led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), eight Senators addressed a letter to the President asking for answers to questions about a plan that would allow DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to provide an amnesty if they can't secure enough votes for a bill in the Senate.

And the Prize for Lamest Defense of Obama Goes To...

After confessing that "President Obama's relationship with America, like many a young marriage, is growing sour" in his Saturday column "The Thrill Is Gone," New York Times columnist Charles Blow defended the president by citing a promises-kept tally at PolitiFact

The Liberal Heretic's: The Top 20 Most Offensive Liberal Women

Since top 20 lists seem to be quite the cause du jour, the Heretics decided to do one of their very own- The Most Offensive Liberal Women. We had a distinguished panel of judges that included- US, and it wasn't that difficult because these women so wonderfully embody everything that is SICK about liberalism.

Hugo Chavez Spearheads Raids as Food Prices Skyrocket

Mountains of rotting food found at a government warehouse, soaring prices and soldiers raiding wholesalers accused of hoarding: Food supply is the latest battle in President Hugo Chavez's socialist revolution.

Napolitano: Internet Monitoring Needed to Fight Homegrown Terrorism

Fighting homegrown terrorism by monitoring Internet communications is a civil liberties trade-off the U.S. government must make to beef up national security, the nation's homeland security chief said Friday. 

Want to know whois the Puppet Master Behind Obama?

It is not George Soros

Fact check! Arizona still in American hands – for now

Report claims Obama made 'massive stretch' of state 'off limits to Americans'

BP Oil Spill: Against Gov. Jindal's Wishes, Crude-Sucking Barges Stopped by Coast Guard

Eight days ago, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal ordered barges to begin vacuuming crude oil out of his state's oil-soaked waters. Today, against the governor's wishes, those barges sat idle, even as more oil flowed toward the Louisiana shore."It's the most frustrating thing," the Republican governor said today in Buras, La. "Literally, yesterday morning we found out that they were halting all of these barges."

Racism, Civil Rights, and Libertarianism

Thanks to Rand Paul, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky and son of maverick libertarian Republican Ron Paul, we find ourselves in an unlikely debate about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the legal permissibility of race discrimination in the private sector. Late last month on the Rachel Maddow MSNBC show, Paul opined that privately owned establishments should be able to decide whom to serve without government interference.

American Working in Mexico

VERY INTERESTING!!Before any more 'outrage' at the Arizona law . . . read what it's like from the other side of the fence...

CNBC's Insana Rips Ron Paul: He 'Doesn't Even Have a Basic Understanding of Fundamental Economics'

Insana or Insane?

"Listen, the Ron Paul stuff, you know, if it weren't part of a conflict story would be funny because Ron Paul is one of the many elected representatives who we have that doesn't even have a basic understanding of fundamental economics, let alone more complex issues and better ways to hedge against inflation than buying gold," Insana said. "Gold is a complex instrument. You know, it speaks to a bigger point. He doesn't even know what he's doing."As unsophisticated as Insana's claim that Paul's investment in gold is, assuming Paul had held this commodity going back to late 2008, he would be up over 50 percent with his investment, while the S&P 500 is down nearly 13 percent in the same time period.

Employee Told FBI ACORN Works for Democrats

Gee Really who would have thunk it?

“The radical activist group ACORN ‘works’ for the Democratic Party and deliberately promotes election fraud, ACORN employees told FBI investigators, according to an FBI document dump Wednesday.”

The EPA Runs Amuck

So what else is new?

On Thursday, the Senate will vote on S.J. Resolution 26. It is an effort to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating “greenhouse gas emissions” without any legislative accountability. If the vote fails, the EPA will be free to continue its assault on the nation’s economy and every aspect of your personal life.

Obama Lied Orca Died

Will the Eco-Nazis ever wake up?

Environmentalists, already peeved with the administration’s handling of the Gulf oil spill, are accusing President Obama of breaking his campaign pledge to end the slaughter of whales.The Obama administration is leading an effort within the International Whaling Commission to lift a 24-year international ban on commercial whaling for Japan, Norway and Iceland, the remaining three countries in the 88-member commission that still hunt whales.

Thousands rally in favor of Arizona immigration law

Those dirty racists

"Arizona is doing what America should be doing," said John Anderson who came from Illinois for the event. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, perhaps best known for his efforts targeting illegal immigrants, drew loud chants of "Joe, Joe, Joe!" from the crowd.

Stunner! Liberal Journalists Compare Obama to...Jimmy Carter

Things must really be going bad for Barack Obama if the likes of longtime liberal journalists Mark Halperin and Jonathan Alter are comparing him to that glorious failure of a president - Jimmy Carter. Appearing on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports on Friday to discuss the President's handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Halperin initially defended the President against his colleagues, claiming that he's gotten a "bum rap from the press" because he has gotten"most of the substance right" on the spill but because he has gotten "stagecraft" wrong Obama has "created this story line that he's Jimmy Carter."

Immigration Reform – Or How To Destroy America

Let’s take a moment and go waayy back and take a trip down memory lane. This is what Senator Kennedy had to say of Hart-Cellar Act in 1965, the predecessor of a handful of immigration laws over the last 40 years which have led to the current crisis:

The bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. It will not upset the ethnic mix of our society. It will not relax the standards of admission. It will not cause American workers to lose their jobs.

So how’s that working out for us all these years later? Not too good from what I can tell. You can find more information on the Hart-Cellar act in the article Three Decades of Mass Immigration – The Legacy of the 1965 Immigration Act on the Center for Immigration Studies website. The article includes a chronology of bills and summarizes the subsequent developments in immigration reform acts. It is a must read and demonstrates how our government has been tackling the problem with more-of-the-same policies for over four decades.

White House Obfuscation on Sestak So Glaring Even Matthews Notices 'BS' from Gibbs

The obfuscation displayed by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Tuesday, in refusing to address factual contradictions in the Joe Sestak job offer storyline, is so obvious that even MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Wednesday night showcased a “kerfuffle” between Gibbs and CNSNews.com's Fred Lucas who dared to point out a Congressman cannot serve in the un-paid board position reportedly offered to Sestak if he refrained from running against Senator Arlen Specter.

Yet another reconquista photo album the MSM won’t print

On Saturday, thousands of reconquistadors descended on Phoenix to carp about how awful America is — and to publicly protest in ways that Mexico bars illegal aliens within its own borders from doing.

Communist Front Wants Gitmo Closed

The President of the World Peace Council, Maria do Socorro Gomes has slammed the US government for maintaining in Cuba the Guantánamo naval base "against the will of the Cuban people."

Another Sham Stimulus Bill

Given the choice between retaining power in the short term or doing what's right for America, which would you choose? Most Americans, I believe, would be willing to sacrifice a great deal for their country, and this willingness to sacrifice has always been the great pillar of American democracy. Unfortunately, there is no fondness for sacrifice in Washington

Leave Them Tubes Alone

As there is no real problem with the Internet, it's not surprising that some of our top minds have been working diligently on a solution.

The Sons and Daughters of Liberty

Today, the government has once again passed laws and implemented policies that are an affront to the traditional civil liberties of the American people. In their overweening arrogance, the political elite have wrested from the people control over entire sectors of American society. With profound contempt for the principle of limited government embodied in the Constitution, the elite proclaim a right to control the health, education, and welfare of a citizenry whose national existence is a testament to the yearning of people to be free from government control of their lives

America's Death by Professor

Where professors rule, life is cruel. Elite professors have routinely championed thugs and butchers. Ivy League campuses and at least three of Obama's czars continue to extol the virtues of communism, "a totalitarian and bloodthirsty theory that killed one hundred million people in the 20th century."

Rand Paul and the Zombies

The Left is going after Rand Paul over the 1964 Civil Rights Act.  Why, Rand Paul secretly wants to repeal it, they say, which means we’d have segregated restaurants all over again.  Now any non-hysteric knows a segregated restaurant would be boycotted and picketed out of existence within ten seconds, but we’re supposed to fret about fictional outcomes from the repeal of a law that will never be repealed.  And certainly we cannot question the 1964 Act, since our betters have decided the matter is closed.

From Banning Books to Banning Blogs

The Obama administration has announced plans to regulate the Internet through the Federal Communications Commission, extending its authority over broadband providers to police web traffic, enforcing “net neutrality.”

The Coming Sedition

The gangster government now in control in our nation’s capitol is a grim and repugnant reminder that freedom, at best, is ephemeral. At worst, it’s a myth. In fact, true freedom – like true capitalism – has never existed anywhere on this planet. Rest assured that those with an insatiable lust for power will never allow either to occur.

The boldest experiment in doing away with dictatorial government was the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and perhaps the most important words in that document are: "whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it"

Cap and Scam

Were you aware that Americans have a collective obligation to stop kicking challenges to the next generation and join the White House in supporting "sweeping" and "transformative" legislation? I thought so. These days, there are few higher callings

The Real Reason the Left Loves Illegals

The left wishes to use the illegals as a battering ram against the American polity, the same as they used labor, and blacks, and every other group they ever encountered. Illegals will become a new protected class, with privileges and entitlements denied the rest of the populace (including, ironically, current members of previous such classes). They will be discouraged from learning English, as occurs today under the doctrine of "bilingualism," to assure that they remain a separate presence. A vast bureaucracy will arise to "assist" the new citizenry, funded with billions -- oh hell, make that trillions, this is the Obama era -- and staffed with sociologists, ethnographers, psychologists, and other disciplines unimagined today. All will be of the same political persuasion. A permanent crisis atmosphere will be generated around the new class.

Che and the Workers

Humberto Fontova
The hero of so many leftists was not really what they think him to be.

The 14th Amendment is Going to Cage Us All

Ross Kenyon’s experiences protesting SB1070 in Arizona and the dangers of focusing primarily on racial profiling.

 

 

 

 

 

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There was Pogo, a level-headed, pure-hearted possum overflowing with good will. It would have been a Pogo-like child who told the emperor he was wearing no clothes.

‘There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand.  Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tiny blasts of tiny trumpets, we shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us.’

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7/25/2010

"I wish it need not have happened in my time,' said Frodo.
So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
J.R.R. Tolkien

7/15/2010
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
Tom Paine

6/26/2010

Now is the time more than ever when we must put our Trust and Hope in the Lord. Or would you rather trust the US Government?

6/20/2010

I don't think of it as hits so much as the content of the site. I mean the weather gets hits.

6/19/2010

“If they come for your guns you better dig a hole and put somebody in it. There ain't no need to crown a king I just hope I am not the last man standing”

“Last Man Standing”
Song by Drew Landry

6/18/2010

A cynic once said that while a petty thief will find himself behind bars or dangling from the end of a rope, the most powerful criminals are those who run the jails and operate the gallows. The corporatist plutocracy controlling our country is determined to make a prophet of that anonymous cynic. 

6/17/2010

The government that was formed from the time of the founding fathers has become a system of feudal lords who control the people through their bureaucracy. But now the people are in revolution against these self-appointed lords. The water has finally gotten too hot.

6/16/2010

The virtual newsroom is the internet, twitter, texting, talk radio, desktop publishing and the web.The MSM does not have the power they once did; they think they still do. Its one thing to be stupid but its another thing to be stupid and think your smart. A journalist's main job is to act as a watchdog on the government. This is what Jefferson tells you should do.

6/15/2010

Its hard to be an honest man in an dishonest world

6/7/2010

Hard times are coming there is no doubt. One thing certain about life is the bill always comes due. How it gets paid, that is to be determined. Its going to be real ugly. How we decide to deal with it will decide if we will have a future.

6/2/2010

To come this far in such a short time. A year ago it was Sarah Palin,Resist.Net, Campaign for Liberty. Now its Rothbard, Lew Rockwell, Thomas DiLorenzo...The quest for liberty in its purest form continues...This is the Final Fight for Freedom I have no doubt. I have become so disillusioned with both parties. It is time for a third party or even better no parties. Washington warned of these "factions" as he called them.

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Public vs. Private

  The two terms have always confused me. In general, public means the people considered as a whole, the populace, the citizenry, etc. Private, on the other hand, refers to particular individuals. So public ownership means ownership by everyone, which is a bewildering concept, to say the least. Private ownership, on the other hand, is straightforward: this is MINE. But is it?   Politicians are prone to speak of certain impressive government...

A Lion in Daniel's Den

    The abrupt termination of the distinguished, six-decade career of Helen Thomas, after she expressed her opinion about Jews on May 27th, has something fishy about it. There are layers of deception to be uncovered, and since nobody else has removed them, I will make the attempt. You read it here first.   Until that day, there had been no more highly respected member of the "White House Press Corps," that club of sycophants who...

"Free Market Capitalism" is an Oxymoron

"Big business has been a creature of the state from the beginning.  And genuinely free markets would operate as dynamite at the foundations of corporate power." 

Overthrowing the Government: As American as Apple Pie

Kevin Carson on the topics of July 4th, Chris Matthews historical illiteracy and more.

In the Religion of 100% Americanism, Ignorance is Strength

Kevin Carson critically analyzes Bill Kristol’s stance on Obama’s brinksmanship with Iran.

This is America. We Speak Whatever Language We Dadgum Well Please Here

Kevin Carson: “The idea that there should be some single “official” language in each country is one of the more pernicious things associated with the rise of the modern nation-state.”

Without Adjectives

Anna Morgenstern discusses the state, anarchism and more.

The Power in Money

Dave Chappell dismisses the myth that money is inherently corrupting or bad.

We Can and Will Achieve Liberty: A Review of Porcfest 2010

Alex R. Knight III: “Porcfest 2010 at Lancaster, New Hampshire – an annual event put on by the Free State Project – and which I recently had both the pleasure and honor to attend, was quite an enlightening picture of where the Freedom Movement is at, how it has grown, and where it’s going.”

Obama Misses the Afghan Exit Ramp

"Worse still for Obama, in replacing McChrystal with the popular Petraeus, who outnumbers Obama about 100 to zero in merit-badges-on-left-breast, he has given the sainted general the option of eventually calling for more and more troops and firepower lest we “lose” in  Vietnamistan — sorry, I mean Afghanistan."  

America Detached From War

" In a sense, our wars abroad could be thought of as the equivalent of so many drones.  We send our troops off and then go home for dinner and put them out of mind. "  

Anti-War Radio – Ann Wright

Wright talks about the Israeli government’s treatment of people in Gaza and her own experience in trying to deliver humanitarian aid there.

The Crisis of Confidence and the News Media

"In 2003, according to a Gallup poll, only 36 percent of those surveyed believed news organizations 'get the facts straight.' That percentage fell to 29 percent in 2009 (Pew Research Center), while in the same year, only 19 percent felt that the press 'dealt fairly with all sides.'" 

Whither Capitalism? Only When There is No Government

"While state capitalism, so called, may involve direct participation in the marketplace by government – as in a fascist state – is there any effective difference when, in a so-called democracy, governments levy taxes, impose regulations and restrictions, create inflation through fiat currency creation, and distort markets by both sanctioning and subsidizing certain businesses and industries at the expense of others?" 

Medical Marijuana Poses Problems for Parents in Custody Disputes"

While those laws can protect patients from criminal charges, they typically haven't prevented judges, court commissioners or guardians ad litem from considering a parent's marijuana use in custody matters — even in states such as Washington, where complying patients 'shall not be penalized in any manner, or denied any right or privilege,' according to the law."

Big Media, Big Government, Big Lies

"In my 30 years fighting for the truth about the POWs knowingly abandoned by the Nixon administration, I have repeatedly witnessed an eager partnership between the officials who make national policy and the media that is supposed to cover them—not to cover-up for them."

Blocking The Cleanup Effort

you'll clean up the Gulf on the feds' terms, on the feds' schedule, with the feds' approved equipment and people...or it won't get cleaned at all."

Lieberman Defends Emergency Net Authority Plan

Because there are virtually no limits on the president's emergency power, which can be renewed indefinitely, the densely worded 197-page bill has encountered criticism from industry and civil liberties groups, which have worried about the ability to shut down parts of the Internet and raised concerns about 'the potential for absolute power.' (The sole limit is on warrantless wiretapping.)"

Uptick in Violence Forces Closing of Parkland Along Mexico Border to Americans

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu told Fox News that violence against law enforcement officers and U.S. citizens has increased in the past four months, further underscoring the need to keep the 80 miles of border land off-limits to Americans.

How to Fight Back against Public Unions: A Primer

What is to be done?

We have reached a potential turning point in the relationship of public employee unions and the electorate they ostensibly serve. Over the past year, there has been a steady drumbeat of criticism focused on public unions and the havoc they have wrought on our public finances. Governments -- city, country, state, and federal -- are drowning in red ink Our taxes are flowing to ever-voracious government workers (whose own ranks are growing steadily while the private payrolls shrink); they are better compensated than private workers in comparable positions.


Gov. Bobby Jindal Orders National Guard to Build Barrier Wall Off Louisiana Shore

How dare he oppose
Comrade O

Eight weeks into the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of the Mexico, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has told the National Guard that there's no time left to wait for BP, so they're taking matters into their own hands.

A Libertarian Travels Through South America

Ross Kenyon’s observations of police powers, corruption, visas, etc..

Revolution in Cuba: Free Markets

Alex R. Knight III speculates about whether liberalization of the Cuban state might lead to its demise.

Minarchism

Small Government you got to love that

In civics, minarchism (sometimes called minimal statism, small government, or limited-government libertarianism.) refers to a political ideology which maintains that the state's only legitimate function is the protection of individuals from aggression, theft, breach of contract and fraud.(Such states are sometimes called night watchman states.) Minarchists defend the existence of the state as a necessary evil,but assert that it may only act to protect the life, liberty, and property of each individual.

Stateless U. and C4SS’s Long Term Vision

Anarchy has a vision?

“My vision of anarchy is a vision of peace, of non-aggression, and I think people can interact peacefully in all sorts of non-commercial ways. For instance, while the Tannehills tend to think of security services as provided by for-profit companies, I like to point out that we’re likely instead, in a stateless society, to see such services as provided by a combination of for-profit companies, not-for-profit companies, cooperatives, volunteers, and self-help.”

Will The Real Rascists Please Stand Up

Branding those of us who support illegal immigration reform as racists is a tactic used for years. The logic goes something like this: Deflect attention away from the issue if your position is weak and factually challenged. That the success of this tactic is contingent upon a dim-witted citizenry speaks volumes about the lack of respect that some politicians have for the intelligence of people like you and me. Unfortunately for them, facts are facts.

Rand Paul and Positive Law in a Stateless Society

I've previously mentioned one of the biggest drawbacks of a reformist approach to implementing libertarian ethics is that politics makes you stupid — because by looking at things in terms of government policy, you tend to lose the ability to explain and advocate something very important. Now Rand Paul is getting his nose rubbed in it — and I'm quite pleased by this, because electoral politics is a wrong turn for the libertarian movement and the sooner libertarians realize this the better.

Memorial Day: Remembering the Dead

Anna Morgenstern discusses Memorial Day from an anarchist perspective.

The State and the Energy Monopoly

Darian Worden on how politicians and connected industries control the energy market.

Libertarianism and its discontents

Anna Morgenstern offers an anarchist critique of the statist critique of libertarianism.

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No More Western Way of War

Andrew Bacevich explains why the military traditions of Israel and America no longer lead to victory.

Enjoy the Silence

Peter Wood on the quest for quiet in a world of noise

Iranian Defector Returns to Tehran

Philip Giraldi on "kidnapped" nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri -- and what his re-defection means for the CIA.

The Troubles I've Seen

Stuart Reid, who survived an IRA bombing, ponders the cost of justice.

Perils of the Public Reading

Bill Kauffman on the dread of the empty lecture hall -- and the suprising example of the Gang of Four.

Kucinich, Ron Paul: Get US troops out of Pakistan

Joining Kucinich on the bill was Ron Paul, a Texas Republican who espoused libertarian views during his failed 2008 bid for the presidency.Paul said the US military has "significantly increased" its operations in Pakistan, without providing figures.

Mises U.

Become a graduate. You can get the best economic education for free, says Gary North.

Secession, Nullification, and Passive Non-Cooperation

We will gain our freedom through principle, not politics, says Scott Lazarowitz.

Pro-Peace Populists

Populists must be cautious as movements can easily be co-opted by the power centers of the two monopoly parties.  For example, Neo-Con-in-Prada, Sarah Palin, is attempting to hijack the Tea Party for Republicans; therefore, Progressives are sickened by the sight of them.  Meanwhile, Chief of Staff Rahm “Hitman” Emanuel tells the Progressives that they are "f--king stupid" not to swallow Fascist Healthcare.

The Predatory Feds

Glen Beck is Wrong!

At least about Lincoln

Glenn Beck on the Fox News Channel and think he has done an admirable job of smoking out and identifying the shockingly hardcore, radical socialists who dominate the Obama administration. He has also done a generally good job talking about the libertarian founding principles of America, how they have been lost, and our duty to regain them. But he has been absolutely abysmal when discussing the subject of Lincoln

Obama the Socialist Fascist Communist

Scott Lazarowitz on all his real views.

Thou Shalt Kill

Laurence Vance on the American Patriot's Bible.

The Murderous Fed

Tom DiLorenzo on inflation and war.

Repeating a Government Disaster

Walter Williams on Obama's failed hero, FDR, and his long, long Great Depression.

The New Eugenics

And the rise of global scientific dictatorship. Article by Andrew Gavin Marshall.

A History of Hubris

Bush's preemption doctrine wasn't created out of thin air.

What Happened to Harry Reid?

Tom Tancredo recalls when the Nevada senator was an immigration restrictionist.

The Tyranny of the Bench

by Murray Rothbard

One of the fatal flaws in the concept of "limited" government is the judiciary. Endowed with the compulsory monopoly of the vital power of deciding disputes, of ultimately deciding who can wield force and how much can be wielded, the government judiciary sits as an unchecked and unlimited tyrant.

The War on Michael Steele

The War Party is conducting this pre-emptive strike on Steele to send a message to dissenters. In Krauthammer’s phrase, it is now a “capital offense” for a Republican leader not to support the Obama troop surge and the Obama-Petraeus policy. Yet a majority of Americans oppose the Afghan war. And the point made by Steele about the futility of fighting in Afghanistan has been made by columnists George Will and Tony Blankley, ex-Rep. Joe Scarborough, Ron Paul, and antiwar conservatives and moderates.

Liberty or Power

Lew Rockwell on parallel lives: Rothbard and Greenspan.

Overthrowing the State

Peacefully. Article by Murray N. Rothbard.

Public School Lies

John Taylor Gatto on what really matters for children and the future of civilization.

Hedging the Coming Apocalypse

Jim Rogers and Marc Faber have planned their moves. Article by Bruce Watson.

The Fraud of War

Ron Paul on the "war on terror."

New Jersey Slasher  

Taking on public-sector unions and the activist court have earned Christie high marks with conservatives, but what has really sent their minds daydreaming about a presidential run is the way he has handled a hostile press. Asked recently about his “confrontational style” by liberal columnist Tom Moran, Christie fired back, “You know, Tom, you must be the thinnest skinned guy in America. … If you think that is a confrontational tone, you should really see me when I’m pissed.” Christie explained that he was elected to office to have an argument. “They believe in bigger government, higher taxes, and more spending. I believe in less government, lower taxes, and empowering local officials elected by their citizens.”

Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century

TomWoods makes the case that there actually is another option – one that the powers that be (and their government-run schools) don’t want you to know about. Nullification– the act of rendering unconstitutional laws null and void, or inoperative, on a state level – is, as Thomas Jefferson put it, the "rightful remedy" in response to acts of undelegated power by the federal government, and Woods lays it all out in brilliant fashion.

More Obama 'Stimulus' Is Coming

He can choke our economy, says Peter Schiff.

Oozing Oil

It's as natural as sunshine, says Erwin Haas.

Krugman Warns of Depression

Because governments aren't Soviet enough! Article by Bill Anderson.

The Republic Is in Danger

Ron Paul on the struggle for America's destiny.

Arizona vs. “Birthright Citizenship”

Don’t miss Arizona Sen. Russell Pearce’s TAC piece today, in which he argues against the federal government’s (and immigration lobby’s) expansive interpretation of the 14th Amendment. Are children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants entitled to automatic citizenship? That was never the intention behind the amendment, and Pearce attacks the idea that a stricter interpretation would tear apart immigrant families. Read the article here.

Poll: 61% of Coloradans want Arizona law in Colorado

A majority of Colorado voters would like to see the state pass an immigration bill modeled on the controversial law in Arizona that makes it illegal to be in the country without proper documentation. A Denver Post/9News poll conducted in conjunction with The Tribune showed that 61 percent favored a similar law

Americans Are Barely Hanging on

They're worried sick about the economic future, and rightly so, says Gary North.

Police State Rule #1

The mundane must submit. Article by Will Grigg.

Thinking of Buying Silver?

Bill Sardi on the advantages, and disadvantages.

The Slippery Slide to Tyranny

The US is on it, says Thomas Sowell.

Gold vs. the Greenback

Ron Paul on the shaky world financial system. A podcast with Lew Rockwell.

Oh No!

101 scary thoughts about the American economy, from Gary North.

Against the Wishes of the Power Elite

A gold economy has begun, says Bill Sardi.

Subverting Peace and Freedom

Murray Rothbard on government war and foreign policy.

The 2010 Silver Buying Guide

Silver has been sizzling and causing lots of buzz in the industry. Investors are excited.

Part of the hubbub is due to its current run. Since its February 8 low, silver has roared ahead 22.4% (through June 21) and has doubled from its November 2008 low.

Good Luck and Good Hunting?

Chris Maloney on government assassination squads.

Which End, if Any, Is Near?

Some people have always occupied themselves in crying out that the end is near. This sort of thing has been going on for millennia. But lately, it seems to me, the volume of such doom-saying has risen markedly. Websites that feature apocalyptic forecasts have grown like weeds on the Web, and at least one well-known libertarian site has shifted from more analytical material to heavy doses of gloom-and-doom. An odd aspect of this increasing tendency toward Chicken-Little-ism is that it now comes for the most part in two completely different versions. Let’s call them the Left Version and the Right Version.

How Government Makes Millionaires
Ritzy pension plans and other perks mean state employees make double what their private-sector counterparts earn.

The Repellent Neoconservatives

Murray N. Rothbard on what threatens us.

Bailing Out From Bailouts

Keynes is back--or is he?

Defending the Speculator

"Kill the speculators!" is a cry made during every famine that has ever existed.

Uttered by demagogues, who think that the speculator causes death through starvation by raising food prices, this cry is fervently supported by the masses of economic illiterates. This kind of thinking, or rather nonthinking, has allowed dictators to impose even the death penalty for traders in food who charge high prices during famines. And this is done without the feeblest of protests from those usually concerned with civil rights and liberties.

Rothbard's Legacy

The One and Only

Tributes to Murray N. Rothbard are often taken up with a listing of his accomplishments. This is because he was so astonishingly prolific that there seems to be many scholars with that name.

As soon as you describe him as an economist, you recall that he wrote some ten large volumes on history. But describe him as a historian and you suddenly recall that he made large contributions to political philosophy. But as soon as you begin talking about his libertarianism, you recall again that he wrote vast amounts of technical economic theory.

Freedom is Color Blind

Too many racial arsonists like Sharpton, Jackson & La Raza scream 'racism' as easily as they take a breath. I'm tired of the media outlets including (all-white) MSNBC calling me a racist. So I wrote this little 'kiss my countryass' piece. Hope you like it. All the best... Joe Dan

Challenge to the Tea Party

We’re not talking about the old, worn out Marxist idea of class struggle between simply the rich and the poor. The real class struggle is between the makers and the takers. The makers are you — the productive class, both workers and honest business people. The takers are the politically favored elite, from both government and business, that get rich by means of special favors from the government and tax dollars. The takers can also be called the political class. They’re parasites. They don’t earn their wealth. They use government to take it from the makers, the productive class.

Honoring Warriors, Rethinking Wars

As for America’s Civil War, this quarrel will never end. Did not the South have the same right to secede from the Union as the 13 colonies did to secede from England? Did Lincoln have the right to use blockade and invasion to drive Old Dixie down? His predecessor James Buchanan did not think so.

Immigration: Slightly Different Take

A few thoughts, that will probably get me lynched, on the immigration of Mexicans:Immigration is not something Mexico did to the United States, but something the United States did to itself. Decades ago it changed its laws to favor Latin immigrants, gives immigrant children born in the US citizenship, avidly employs the illegals, forbids police to check their papers, give them social services and schooling, establishes “sanctuary cities,” and in general does everything but send them engraved invitations. And then expresses surprise when they come.

Civil Rights and Total War

William Sherman's march to the sea, writes Victor Davis Hanson approvingly, was a war of "terror" intended to destroy an aristocratic Southern culture he hated because of its impudence in resisting the central government's authority.

The Pen Strikes Again

I was merely using your own method of argumentation against you to make a point that it is a ridiculous and highly unproductive practice to name call and use personal attacks to make your point; The fact that you felt you had to defend yourself proves my point.

 

 

 

The Conservatives

More Rich Americans Renounce Their Taxzenship

They don’t want to be looted any more.

Liberty and Religion

Chris Opperman on Tom Woods, nullifiction, and subsidiarity.

Gold Coin Sellers Angered by New Tax Law

So every time a member of the public sells more than $600 worth of gold to a dealer, Piret said, the transaction will have to be reported to the government by the buyer.

Alinsky, Stalinsky, It's Still the Same Old Agitprop

Stalinism is no stranger to the American left. It is part of its very being.

Magical Education and the Slide into Third-Worldism

Though the U.S. is indisputably a first-world nation, this is not the typical human condition.

Clarice's Pieces

I know that it's hard for non-lawyers to comprehend the nuanced and complicated issues which face the Attorney General and his aides, so I'm taking time this week to do just that.

Raising Your Indirect Taxes

There are currently two pieces of tax legislation that have been introduced into Congress that will affect virtually every person in the United States.

Corrupting Hatred


To the followers of the Reverend, the Imam, and the Minister...

Life vs. Feminism

Any time anyone comes to you trying to justify something in the name of the "lesser evil" -- call her on it.

Ann Coulter Goes Antiwar?

Most boldly, Coulter ridicules the notion that it is patriotic for Americans to support all of their government’s wars. But now I hear it is the official policy of the Republican Party to be for all wars, irrespective of our national interest.What if Obama decides to invade England because he’s still ticked off about that Churchill bust? Can Michael Steele and I object to that? Or would that demoralize the troops?

The Tea Party is Mostly Pro-Choice and Pro-Gay: Knowing That Matters

Since the early Reagan years Republicans have managed to hold together an unholy alliance between big business, libertarians, and moderate/conservative faith voters. It's time we did a better job of knowing our enemy to help ensure the upcoming political battles of '10 don't end in disaster.

Gallup poll: More Americans identify themselves as ‘extremely patriotic’

The seeming increase in patriotism is interesting because given the state of the economy, every-increasing dissatisfaction with the federal government and the ongoing wars in Iraq in Afghanistan, one might expect a decrease.

Michael Steele Turns Antiwar?

As Daniel Larison argues, Michael Steele’s recent remarks describing the Afghan mess as “a war of Obama’s choosing” and ridiculing the president’s decision to send more U.S. troops into the conflict — “has he not understood that you know that’s the one thing you don’t do, is engage in a land war in Afghanistan?” — do not spring from hidden reservoirs of non-interventionist sentiment. Indeed, Steele has already “clarified” his position. The RNC chairman was reflexively attacking a Democratic president’s policy; it just happened to be his foreign policy, in this case.

House Passes DISCLOSE Act and Imperils Free Speech

Those hurt the most will be conservative organizations that already operate on extremely tight budgets. As for conservative bloggers, the Left has had us in their crosshairs for a long time. The bill has far reaching effects "by potentially allowing the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to regulate political speech on the Internet. " So, don't be surprised when the penalties will be so high that we'll shut up and go away.

Chris Matthews: 'Is Sarah Palin The Most Important Republican In The Country?'

A truly extraordinary thing happened on this weekend's "The Chris Matthews Show": the host asked his panel if former Alaska governor Sarah is the most important Republican in the country right now.What made this even more surprising was how his guests -- CNN's Gloria Borger, Politico's John Harris, the BBC's Katty Kay, and former "CBS Evening News" host Dan Rather -- seemed to feel she was.Most bullish on Palin was Rather who said, "I wouldn't underestimate her...If she decides to run, it would be hard to bet against her for the nomination."For his part, Matthews played a little bit of a misdirection with his viewers by predictably bashing Palin during the program's introduction

Throwing Rocks

Throwing Rocks On Monday, June 7, 2010, at 6:30pm, a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed fifteen-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereka in a concrete channel alongside the Rio Grande.

The Gaza Blockade: A Dialogue

The Gaza Blockade: A Dialogue Alternative views on the wisdom and legality of Israel's blockade of Gaza.

A Conservative Kid Tries To Survive In California Schools

A Conservative Kid Tries To Survive In California Schools My name is Sam Besserman, I'm eleven years old, I live in Beverly Hills, California, and ever since I can remember I have been subjected to political bias in school.

The Emerging New GOP Leadership

Fortunately, the elections that have already begun this year show that the American people are up to overcoming this challenge. Those elections reveal America reaching beyond the political establishment to select new leaders from the grassroots who not only recognize but themselves represent that fundamental American exceptionalism that Barack Obama denies even exists.

Judas Must Have Been a Republican

Betrayal is not uncommon for the Republican leadership.

Mike Pence and the Winning Back of America

As the political landscape shifts, one Congressman in particular is helping lead us forward to win back America.

Where's the Navy?

Currently the U.S. Navy is a virtual non-participant in the operational execution of stopping the oil leak. More

Why Israel and the U.S. Are in Crisis

Pamela Geller
How did it come to this? More

A Snakebit President

But Mr. Obama is starting to look unlucky, and–file this under Mysteries of Leadership–that is dangerous for him because Americans get nervous when they have a snakebit president. They want presidents on whom the sun shines.

WikiLeaks Preparing to Release Video of Alleged U.S. 'Massacre' in Afghanistan

As the founder of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks remains underground in fear that the U.S. will detain him, the site is preparing to release a leaked video of a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan

"Tea Party" 2.0

Tea Party 2.0: The Block Captain RevolutionPundits opine that we’re losing momentum, losing support, losing steam; “they just peaked too soon.”Not True. Not by a long shot.Years from now, historians will look back at the Tea Party Movement and divide it into two primary eras. Tea Party 1.0 was about the birth of the

Who Owns the Land, Anyway?

Following the Mexican War (1846-1848), the United States annexed one-third of Mexico's territory. If you count Texas, whose admission to the union in 1845 largely precipitated the war, we took well over half of Mexico. That would include Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah. So who holds title to any part of this planet we humans live on for a spell, this place we call home?

The Original Mr. Anti-Establishment: Ronald Reagan

He changed the way America felt about itself

To be more precise, they thought him an extremist, un-electable, an ultra-right wing nut, dumb, ignorant and, more to the point, not one of their crowd.

U.S. Hawks Suddenly Discover The Futility of NATO

Duh which way did they go

For most of the last twenty years, NATO has functioned as the vehicle and the pretext for continued U.S. involvement in European affairs despite the obsolescence of the alliance after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Hawks and interventionists have ...

Corn Flakes

The ethanol lobby is capitalizing on the BP disaster to push for more subsidies. Don't fall for their scam.

The Anti-Appropriations Committee

An old-way plan to curb spending and realign politicians' interests.

Individual Rights vs. Federalism

Conservatives and libertarians split over how the Bill of Rights applies to states.

Let Them Eat Snack Cakes

Israel allows junk food into Gaza--but no cement.

Why Does Britain Need a Military?

Simon Jenkins proposes a cut to the armed forces -- all of them.

New Film, ‘The Lottery’: Unions Destroying American Education

Why do they got to hate the kids?

For teachers unions the kids are in last place on the list of priorities.

Conservatives v. Libertarians

They really shouldn't be called conservatives at all

It’s hard to imagine a greater victory for the conservative legal movement than the Supreme Court’s 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, which overturned D.C.’s ban on handguns. Not only did the Court definitively settle the long-contested question of whether the Second Amendment secures an individual right to keep and bear arms, but it did so using the language of “originalism”—the school of thought, long championed by conservatives, that says the Constitution should be read according to its original public meaning.

What if 20 Million Illegals Left?

The Protected Class are not American

In California, if 3.5 million illegal aliens moved back to Mexico, it would leave an extra $10.2 billion to spend on overloaded school systems, bankrupt hospitals and overrun prisons. It would leave highways cleaner, safer and less congested. Everyone could understand one another as English became the dominant language again.

Losing the War of Ideas in Afghanistan

Death by a Thousand Cuts

If one listened to Counterterrorism Advisor John Brennan's speech Wednesday last week or read the National Security Strategy released the following day, the Obama administration believes al-Qaeda and its affiliates to be nothing more than stone cold murderers, undeserving of the legitimizing title of jihadists. But if this is true, then the recent Pentagon Report Toward Progress and Stability in Afghanistan reveals that upwards of three million Afghans support or sympathize with the narrative of these murderers. 

Roadmap Solution

A congressman with a plan imagine that!

As noted in the introduction, this proposal is a comprehensive plan for restructuring health care, the Federal health entitlements, retirement security, and Federal taxation to put the Federal budget and the U.S. economy on a sustainable path. Its aim is not to back away from the missions of these programs and activities, but to fulfill them – which can only be done through reform.

The Roadmap Plan

Paul Ryan a Republican with a plan than makes sense

For the past year, Washington’s leaders have taken an already unsustainable budget outlook and made it far worse. They have exploited Americans’ genuine economic anxieties to justify an unrelenting and wide-ranging expansion of government. Their agenda has included, among other things, a failed, debt-financed economic “stimulus”;  an attempt to control the Nation’s energy sector; increasing domination of housing and financial markets; the use of taxpayer dollars to seize part ownership of two nearly bankrupt auto makers; and, of course, the planned takeover of Americans’ health care, already heavily burdened, manipulated, and distorted by government spending and regulation. This domineering government brings taxes, rules, and mandates; generates excessive levels of spending, deficits, and debt; leads to economic stagnation and declining standards of living; and fosters a culture in which self-reliance is a vice and dependency a virtue – and as a result, the entire country weakens from within.

Had Enough Yet?

For each of us who demands nothing more from the civilization we live in — and contribute our efforts to — than absolute ownership and control of our own lives (and, as Ayn Rand noted, the products of our lives) there has been nothing but increasingly bad news for as long as most of us can remember.