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  • E. Lee MacFall

America doesn’t have a gun problem. It has a violence problem. Jun 26, 2015

Guns are being used as a scapegoat to disguise the true source of the problem, which is our reliance on political violence to solve our problems.

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Critical Thinking vs. the State Jun 12, 2015

Not every "authoritative" claim is trustworthy. But we are all capable of critical thinking, even if we don't know much about the subject at hand.

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Everyone is Useful: An Argument against the Basic Income Movement May 25, 2015

The basic income movement has given up human creativity and labor as a lost cause, underestimating the problem-solving ability of each individual person.

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Personal Responsibility Comes before Social Reform May 14, 2015

A "we" made up of individuals who will not solve the problems in their personal lives cannot address those problems at a social level.

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Why it Doesn’t Matter Whether Rand Paul Is a Libertarian Apr 23, 2015

While others argue over who gets to be in charge of the government, you can be taking steps to render the government irrelevant.

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For Privacy or Transparency, Bitcoin Benefits Liberty Apr 1, 2015

The story isn't that Silk Road agents Force and Bridges were corrupt. The story is that they were caught, and that Bitcoin’s public ledger is responsible.

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Overconfidence is the Source of “Empire Humor” Mar 28, 2015

This is completely in step with a government that both fears and also despises the people. Their fear drives them to ever-greater overreaches of power; their arrogance leads them to think they are invulnerable to public outrage.

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Citizenfour Reveals a Weakness in State Propaganda Mar 12, 2015

Despite their support for government on most issues, Hollywood liberals can often be counted on for at least token opposition on some issues, mostly those involving war, and the infringement of civil rights. But as anyone who pays careful attention to mainstream politics is aware (and if you aren’t included in that category, don’t worry; you aren’t missing out on much of importance), even that token opposition seems to wane whenever a self-proclaimed “liberal” is in office. The antiwar movement that characterized Democratic and liberal opposition to the Presidency of George W. Bush lost momentum as soon as President Obama...

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I Choose My Own Way To Burn Feb 21, 2015

In the final balance, the cost of not speaking out against great evil is greater than the cost of suffering the wrath of that evil.

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Obama Admits to Relying on Violence. Shocking! Feb 14, 2015

The idea that the President of the most powerful nation-state in the history of nation-states should rely upon the coercive ability of the world’s strongest military comes as a complete surprise.

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