Towards a Better Way

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Why should a major news anchor admitting to lies be a more grievous offense than telling them? The answer lies in the relationship of the mainstream press to government power.

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Christians who support the welfare state, the warfare state, and the police state are in no position to judge the members of another faith.

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It is necessary for the government to attach specific incidents of violence, or potential violence, to a nebulous, shadowy “other” that the people do not understand, and will fear. It is necessary for us, therefore, to repudiate the idea of that collective “other”.

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Feinstein's objections to her committee being monitored may be regarded as almost petty when compared to what she would have the American people suffer in the name of “national security”. We shouldn’t blame her. Feinstein is, after all, a politician—a member of the political class, for whose existence hypocrisy is absolutely necessary.

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It is precisely during times of crisis that the market is most needed. The market, understood as a network of freely-chosen exchange between those who need things and those who can provide them, represents the sum of all human ingenuity. It is a problem-solving megamind, irreplicable by any means imposed upon society by force.

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Journalism on the report has tended to focus on its most “shocking” details. I suggest that the most important things about the program are not in those details, and the report may actually be concealing them by directing our discussion towards sensationalism and partisan accusation. So here are five of the government’s biggest lies about the torture program that most likely won’t be discussed widely.

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The one thing that distinguishes the state from all other organizations is that it is a territorial monopoly that maintains its territory through legalized violence. It will not suffer meaningful competition within the services it claims the sole right to provide, and especially not when others do well what it does poorly. Competition makes the state look bad, every time. That is what has happened in Ferguson, Missouri since the night of November 24, when a group of civilians, calling themselves the Oath Keepers, began standing guard around local businesses against rioters and looters. You may have heard of the...

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Since a St. Louis grand jury decided not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the August 9 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the court of public opinion has freely shared its own verdict. This includes the libertarian community, which seems to be split. That in itself is not unusual: as we all know, libertarians love to argue. But I find the reactionary nature of the disagreements to be unusual, and also disturbing. Some reflexively defend Wilson because Brown was “a thug”. Some reflexively condemn him because he is a cop. Others argue over the nature of the evidence....

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Preaching to a choir featuring dozens of former Clinton aides and staff in Little Rock on Saturday, the ex-Pres appealed to the relative economic good times that characterized his tenure in the White House. In what may have been a shrewdly calculated move, Clinton dedicated plenty of energy towards affirming his wife's statements in opposition to "trickle-down economics". That term, especially when it refers to the economic policy of the Reagan administration, is almost universally derided among liberals, and opposition to it is sure to fire up Reagan loyalists among conservatives. Unfortunately, the term serves as a convenient trap for...

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

Critical Thinking vs. the State Jun 12, 2015

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

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

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

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

Citizenfour Reveals a Weakness in State Propaganda Mar 12, 2015

I Choose My Own Way To Burn Feb 21, 2015

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

Brian Williams: A Necessary Sacrifice to the State-Media Complex Feb 12, 2015

Statist Christians: Look to Thine Own Eye Before Judging Islam! Jan 15, 2015

Rejecting Collectivist Narratives about Terrorism Jan 9, 2015

The Necessary Hypocrisy of Dianne Feinstein Dec 20, 2014

No, Uber Critics: Eliminating Consumer Choice Is Not a Good Idea. Dec 19, 2014

5 Lies the Government Wants You to Believe About Torture Dec 12, 2014

The Oath Keepers Make Government Look Bad (Not That Government Needs Any Help) Dec 2, 2014

Libertarians are Missing the Point on the Darren Wilson Case Nov 25, 2014

How Bill Clinton (and Everyone Else) Gets “Trickle-Down Economics” Wrong Nov 18, 2014