Social Issues

Token Libertarian Girl | Military Spy Drones Coming to Your Backyard Soon

  These unmanned aircraft would be the government spies in the sky. Military drones could soon be in your background taking pictures and videos of your private activites. Uh, yeah, where is this in the Constitution?

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Jordan Owen | Defending Ayn Rand

 

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Sheldon Richman | The Myth of America’s Laissez-Faire Past

  In 1888, at the height of the Gilded Age, a rather prominent American said some startling things. First he observes: Our cities are the abiding places of wealth and luxury; our manufactories yield fortunes never dreamed of by the fathers of the Republic; our business men are madly striving in the race for riches, [...]

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Alana Muller | Optimism Should Be at the Top of an Entrepreneur’s Checklist

  Optimistic entrepreneurs are the most successful kind. They are energetic and fun to be around, and it is exciting to be party to their startup endeavors. Sure, they require a good heaping dose of realism, too, but their passion and conviction ooze through every pore of their being and their enthusiasm is downright contagious. [...]

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Optimism IS The Hidden Asset

  Optimism The hidden asset Among the topics that young people study before they enter the workforce is calculus, the mathematics of change and motion. While training in calculus is undoubtedly valuable, I believe that training in optimism is also important. Just as it is good discipline to solve problems like the velocity of a [...]

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I would vote YAY on Bill C-26: The Citizen’s Arrest and Self-defence Act

  As it is well known self-defence is a right in any free society, and, thus we should be able to use it to defend person and property. For it is by citizen’s helping with those whom are commiting harm, and, force against others that will lesson the tax burden toward peace officers. In addition [...]

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Token Libertarian GIrl | House Passes CISPA to Destroy Internet Privacy

House passed CISPA last night. This is a nightmare bill that will destroy Internet privacy. Sources: Campaign for Liberty letter against CISPA: http://www.campaignforliberty.org/profile/7788/blog/2012/04/25/c4l-letter-hil… CISPA Roll Call (thanks to Campaign for Liberty): http://www.campaignforliberty.org/profile/7788/blog/2012/04/26/cispa-roll-cal… “Like” me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JulieBorowski Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/JulieBorowski Please like, share, and comment

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Yaron Brook | Monopolies

  Once again as is customary with Objectivist-featured vidoes I am not one, but, this is a very good video on the ideas of monopolies in a free market.  

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Yaron Brook | What is Crony Capitalism?

  I am NOT an Objectivist, and, I have some serious issues with objectivisms Ayn Rand, but, this is a great video on the differences between Capitalism and Cronyism/Corporatism        

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Libertarian Think Tanks never spoke for me

  There has been a recent scuffle with libertarian think tank Cato in The States with Koch Industries wanting to take over the think tank more or less. During this time it has brought me to an interesting place, and, a position that I need to make clear. I was not spoken for by Cato, [...]

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