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Research Readings
I’m trying to get through the rest of Eugene Rogan’s The Arabs: A History and Steven Gregory’s Devil Behind the Mirror for classes, but I’ve also stumbled across what looks to be a pretty fascinating...
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The World of the Inuktitut
Check out this sweet map of the Eskimo world today. It is broken down by linguistic groups. I wonder if these linguistic groups consider themselves ethnically distinct as well as linguistically...
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The Volcker Rule
Paul Volcker is a man of considerable stature, and not just because he’s six feet, seven inches tall. He gained a reputation for courage and plain talk as chairman of the Federal Reserve System under...
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Rebirth of Competitive Federalism
Before I begin I have a confession, I am a Party man. That being said, I have ties to the Liberty movement beginning when I was at Florida State and I am well-versed in Libertarian Theory and the...
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From the Comments: China and the Future of Nationalism
Riffing off of my recent post on Chinese porn searches, Dr. Delacroix writes: This piece is opening a big closed book about contemporary China. Many Western intellectuals keep pretending that Chinese...
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FDR, Uncle Fred, and the NRPB
In Ayn Rand’s epic novel Atlas Shrugged, government officials regulate the economy through something called the Bureau of Economic Planning and Natural Resources. She clearly chose that name to reflect...
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Homosexual Marriage
[cross posted at Facts Matter] I don’t care much if homosexuals, a small percentage of the population, gain the right to marry. (The right to marry? What kind of a right is this?) In general, I don’t...
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Cyprus, the EU and Competing Currencies
There have been many critiques over the European Union from many different quarters over the decades since its inception. With the seizure of cash from customers of banks in Cyprus, the worst threat...
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A Conservative
Why I Am One The bizarre bohemian bilge that plagues conventionally left-wing schools of thought, whether from Marx or Rawls or Chomsky, is just not for me. For the most part anyways. Since I’ve become...
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Has Foreign Affairs Been Reading NOL?
Hello all, I signed up for a pretty challenging final quarter here at school, so my postings will probably be scarce for the next two or three months. It seems Foreign Affairs, one of the more sober...
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From the Comments: Federalism, Local and Global
From a post of mine on Native American sovereignty, and prompted by the thoughts of readers, I muse a little more: Hank, Thanks for the great link. My few thoughts, I am not so sure that Native...
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La mort d’un jeune homme, le verdict, la montee du fascisme, le racisme.
[Cross-posted at Facts Matter] Je suis desole pour le manque d’accents et de cedilles. Avec mon logiciel de traitement de texte americain ils sont simplement trop difficiles a former. Introduction Fin...
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A Compulsory Education Abolitionist’s Thoughts on Common Core
I was homeschooled since the fourth grade for religious, political, and practical reasons. I know quite a bit about public education “bugaboos” (Nixon’s term when referring to national standardized...
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A Problem with Political Authority
As a libertarian with deep anarchist leanings, I have plenty of problems with political authority myself. Nevertheless, I find the society in which I live to be libertarian enough, and that any...
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Secession Within the US?
“Yeah, why not?” would be my answer to this question. Apparently, it’s a question being asked more and more lately in some states. I wouldn’t mind seeing a federal republic with twice or even three...
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Cruz Barn Burner: Strawman or Paper Tiger?
Commentary Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) burned the barn to the ground with his 21 hour ‘fauxlibuster’ this week on the Senate floor. Supporters of Cruz’ increasingly libertarian voice relish his...
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Statists applaud death of unarmed mother amidst faked Gov’t shutdown
Bedlam in Goliath. Commentary by: L.A. Repucci Shots were fired in the Capitol today after a lone female fled a checkpoint in her car. A child was in the woman’s vehicle, now presumably orphaned by...
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Imperialism or Federalism: The Occupation of South Korea
A recent op-ed in Foreign Policy highlights South Korea’s very successful rent-seeking campaign in regard to US military services: When it comes to taking charge of coalition forces here on the Korean...
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The Federal Shutdown, the Debt Ceiling and an Extremist’s Morning After
The fake government “shutdown” is already over. I hardly had time to enjoy it. I was just beginning to make a list of federal services that are “non-essential” according to the federal government...
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Does the New York Times read NOL?
Parag Khanna definitely reads Notes On Liberty. From his latest op-ed in the New York Times: Devolution is even happening in China. Cities have been given a long leash to develop innovative economic...
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