Libertarianism basics: a classic thought experiment
Join PieInTheSky as he runs this tiny ship aground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle.
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Category: Federal Power
How Predictive Analytics Simultaneously Improves and Ruins Your Life
An inside look at Predictive Analytics that will both thrill and terrify.
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Borders and immigration: a view from Romania
Disclaimers and such things: I thought for a good while about writing some thoughts on this issue. I see it as quite thorny and not as black and white as most people present it, irrespective of sides. Of course calling things complex or not black and white is usually a bullshit non-argument. Better said, I am not completely sure where I stand on it. So instead of trying too hard, I just wrote some thoughts to get some feedback as it were… It is not my best writing ever, so keep that in mind.
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Another #Calexit update
Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch #Calexit happen! It’s not going to happen!
Our National Conversation is a ‘Shit Hole’: A Rant
Just Say’n is fed up! Is he the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules?!
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Scenes from a Wasteland: Ground Zero for the Carnage of the Government Shutdown
A sentence worse than death: to grow up and live a shell of a life surrounded by death and rot! And all because the damn Republicans shut down the government!
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End of The Road – Truckers are soon to be replaced by Robots, but the State has already been Roboticizing The Driver
Gordilocks tempts us all to become OTR drivers!
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OK, I lied…More on Catalonia.
Sully, remember how I said I wouldn’t write anymore about Catalonia? I lied…
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A Comparison of Cabotage Maritime Regulations Worldwide – Part 3 (of 3)
Continuing to elaborate upon my previous themes on Maritime Regulation/Deregulation. (here, here...
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A Comparison of Cabotage Maritime Regulations Worldwide – Part 2 (of 3)
LT_Fish casts his gimlet eye on Cabotage Law, Pt. 2
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A Comparison of Cabotage Maritime Regulations Worldwide – Part 1 (of 3)
LT_Fish on maritime regulations with respect to cabotage.
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What are Rights? An Encore
Trshmnstr philosophizes further on the nature of natural rights.
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Civil War II: A reflection on my hot take from May
trshmnstr re-visits his May article about the antifa movement
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Why Dreamhost is our host
SP explains.
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The (Small-l) Libertarian Case For a Non-Libertarian President
What is libertarianism’s best strategy to gain a legitimate amount of power nationally (and then happily cede it to the people)?
Sloopy believes there is a third, and overlooked, option.
#CalExit 2, The CalExiting
Just when you thought #CalExit was over it’s back…and weirder than ever.
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Can We Unfuck Representative Government?
Libertarians and classical liberals look at our current electoral system as a fixed choice between Crips and Bloods. Is there an alternative?
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The states and grand juries, Part Three: Reformers weaken, and in some cases destroy, the right to a grand jury
“When Dr. [Samuel] Johnson defined patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, he ignored the enormous possibilities of the word reform.” – Roscoe Conkling
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The states and grand juries, Part Two: Historical vignettes of grand juries under siege
Rather than give a comprehensive history of the victories of “reformers” who curtailed grand-jury rights in state after state, let me attempt to give some historical vignettes, and tie these vignettes together with some semblance of narrative coherence. Then later, I’ll give an account of the triumph of the reformers in their battle against the grand jury.
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James Comey: Jilted Lover or Spineless Chump?
Comey is gutless or Comey is grinding his axe. I’ve made my decision. Please discuss yours in the comments.
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