Peace Through Statism?
Apr 17Ken MacLeod has expressed sympathy for anarchism in his novels; but on his blog today he writes this: We already know how to have peace over large areas of the Earth, and that is by having large states covering those areas. … The combat death rate for men of military age in typical stateless societies [...]
Guide for Statists: How to Argue Against Libertarians
Apr 17If they advocate the abolition of some government program from which they personally benefit, call them hypocrites. If they advocate the abolition of some government program from which they don’t personally benefit, call them selfish.
Without the Gaoler We Should Soon Want for Gruel
Apr 16I’ve often noticed how right-libertarian criticisms of left-libertarians look a lot like statist criticisms of libertarians in general. My bud (I was going to say “my compadre” before I found out what it actually means) Stephan (who, I must in fairness point out, is by no means a right-libertarian across the board, but who nonetheless [...]
This Mystery Was Even Greater Than That of the Potholder
Apr 14When I was fourteen I wrote this happy little story. This week, over three decades later, I wrote this brief sequel.
Amazon Goes Straight
Apr 13Amazon.com recently started tagging gay-themed books as “adult,” meaning they’re removed from sales rankings and don’t show up in general searches. (Conical hat tip to Neil Gaiman.) According to Amazon management, it was a glitch. According to Amazon employees, it wasn’t a glitch. At times like these it’s worth remembering that there are other places [...]
Nuclear Bomb Levels Paris, Many American Tourists Killed
Apr 12From the news coverage in this country you’d think that the U.S. was the only country having a problem with Somali pirates; the in some respects much worse crises that ships from other countries have been facing at the same time have received virtually no mention. Even the Guardian – a British rather than American [...]
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