Well, There’s Spam, Egg, Sausage, and Spam; That’s Not Got MUCH Spam In It
May 29Kevin Carson, in the new Freeman, on European “socialism” versus American “capitalism”: [S]ocial democracy treats privilege as normal and leaves it intact – then regulates it to make it bearable to the subordinate classes without altering its fundamental nature as privilege. But most of the positive aspects of the European model simply duplicate what could [...]
Travelin’ Man
Mar 08This semester is shaping up to be the most conference-intensive I’ve had. In January I had a double conference in La Jolla (a Liberty Fund on contemporary classical liberal thought, followed by a workshop on John Tomasi’s forthcoming book Free Market Fairness) and an IHS conference in Fredericksburg. Then this past weekend was my department’s [...]
R.I.P. Dwayne McDuffie
Feb 22I’m saddened to learn of the (evidently sudden and unexpected) death of comic-book and animated-film author Dwayne McDuffie. A longtime writer for both DC and Marvel Comics (among others), McDuffie also played the chief role in developing the “Milestone” line of characters and situations created by black artists and licensed (rather than sold) to DC [...]
A Slightly Less Unknown Ideal, Part 2
Feb 03Sheldon’s American Conservative article on left-libertarianism is now online.
A Slightly Less Unknown Ideal
Jan 31The newest (March 2011) issue of The American Conservative features an article by Sheldon Richman titled “Libertarian Left: Free-Market Anti-Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal.” It discusses, inter alia, the Center for a Stateless Society, the Alliance of the Libertarian Left, Murray Rothbard, Ayn Rand, Roy Childs, Karl Hess, Thomas Hodgskin, Benjamin Tucker, Gabriel Kolko, Kevin Carson, [...]
Ad Valorem, Aïda, and Oligarchy
Nov 30I’m back in the frozen north (relatively speaking). Various items, in no particular order: 1. The following proposal appeared on the Nov. 2, 2010 Alabama ballot: Proposed Statewide Amendment Number One (1) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that the provision in Amendment 778, now appearing as Section 269.08 [...]
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