RODERICK T. LONG: Socialism Is Here At Last!- July 6, 2008 cross-posted at Austro-Athenian Empire I&146;ve finally finished posting Francis Tandy&146;s 1896 individualist anarchist work Voluntary Socialism. Chapter 9 defends the occupancy-and-use theory of land ownership, and criticises the Georgist alternative. Chapter 10 is a critique of intellectual property. Chapter 11 criticises the assumption that workers&146; cooperatives would dominate the post-capitalist economy. Chapter 12 takes on the postal monopoly. Chapter 13 defends education...http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/52036.html DAVID T. BEITO: Gordon Prather on Iran's Nuclear Program- July 6, 2008 Here is a youtube of Scott Horton's interview of Gordon Prather on Iran's nuclear program (or lack thereof):http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/52025.html STEVEN HORWITZ: Happy Birthday to US- July 4, 2008 Some very brief thoughts of mine on the day over at Western Standard, a very nice and quite libertarian Canadian site. Cross-posted at The Austrian Economists.http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/51985.html SHELDON RICHMAN: Getting Rights Wrong- July 4, 2008 It's the Fourth of July, the day we ought to contemplate and rejoice in Jefferson's radical declaration of the "self-evident" truth that all individuals are equally endowed with "certain unalienable Rights, ... among these ... Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Alas, the day cannot be one of unmitigated joy since we have again been reminded that the purported protectors of our liberties have little understanding of those rights. We thus live under constant threat from the very people.http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/51984.html SHELDON RICHMAN: From Rebels to Sheep- July 4, 2008 On this July 4th I observe with shame this news from my town, Conway, Arkansas, as reported in the Democrat Gazette this morning: A con artist posing as an undercover drug cop struck twice in Conway within the past week, stealing hundreds of dollars from unsuspecting victims. Conway Police Department Lt. Danny Moody said the man flashed a fake badge and told his victims to turn over their money. The cash was involved in a previous drug deal, he said, and may be contaminated with &8220;drug.http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/51983.html DAVID T. BEITO: Liberty and Power Ranked as a Top Liberal Arts Professor Blog- July 4, 2008 Get out the champagne. We now officially belong to the academic elite of blogs. Online University Reviews has selected Liberty and Power as one of top 100 Liberal Arts Professors blogs.http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/51981.html DAVID T. BEITO: Welcome Ralph Raico!- July 4, 2008 Liberty and Power is honored to welcome Ralph Raico as a member. Raico is professor emeritus at Buffalo State College and a legendary figure in the history of libertarianism. Ralph is a fine scholar, dynamic speaker, and long-time friend. Among his many accomplishments, Raico (a former student of Ludwig Von Mises) translated Mises&8217; book Liberalism into English and served as editor of the New Individualist Review. During the 1960s, the Review, which had both Milton Friedman and...http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/51979.html DAVID T. BEITO: The McCainObama Echo Chamber- July 3, 2008 In the last two days, both Obama (here) and McCain (here) have called for a bigger military. Here is what Obama said: But we need to ease the burden on our troops, while meeting the challenges of the 21st century. That&8217;s why I will call on a new generation of Americans to join our military, and complete the effort to increase our ground forces by 65,000 soldiers and 27,000 Marines.http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/51934.html DAVID T. BEITO: The FBI Chief Laments Heller- July 1, 2008 Robert Mueller, the director of the FBI, is upset about the Heller decision. No doubt flanked by armed FBI agents, he declared that &8220;weapons harm people, and more often than not they harm the people carrying them.&8221; It is understandable that Mueller would think this. It was his agency, after all, that gave us the legendary Lon Horiuchi, a graduate of the Barney Fife School of Marksmanship.http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/51886.html RODERICK T. LONG: You Need Some Blood On That Resume- July 1, 2008 cross-posted at Austro-Athenian Empire So the pundits (including people who are usually smarter) are howling because Wesley Clark made what ought to be a patently obvious and uncontroversial observation: &147;I don&146;t think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.&148; This, apparently, amounts to &147;belittling&148; McCain&146;s war record. Huh Even for those who regard McCain&146;s war record as a valuable achievement, how is it...http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/51852.html |