February 2012
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Just got back from interviewing Matt Welch and...
The interview will appear in the next issue of YAR. They were nice and said many smart things about their new book. And their offices are awesome.
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anti-stateaaron asked: Who's idea was the photobooth because that was seriously awesome! Y'all had one of the best tables at the conference.
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Zero point one percent. Out of the 8,506,833... →
The Young Americans for Liberty chapter at the University of Cincinnati (I work at YAL’s national HQ, for those who don’t know) is suing their school over its absurd restrictions on free speech given that it is “public” property. Yeah, yeah, ideally there wouldn’t be public schools over which to have this fight, but as it stands, this is good stuff. More details:
On...
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“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded...”
– John Stuart Mill (via haereticum)
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“I can think of few things as pernicious as nationalism (disguised as...”
– Ricardo Perez
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thingsfrewyou asked: Hey, My name is michael! I just followed you cuz I'm really interested in the libertarian views and shrinking government and social constructions to make people more free and capable. I hope to learn a lot about libertarianism from yo blog!
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Anecdote: One time I was so uninformed I thought...
mermaidlostatsea answered your question: Help me out, tumblr libertarians?
Is it bad that i’m not familiar with a lot of those phrases?
Not at all! Just keep reading — you’ll get there. In the meantime, it doesn’t make you less principled, just probably a little newer to the game.
Fun story: My freshman year of college, I basically thought all the same things I think now,...
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So I had a tumblr-tastic weekend.
…aaaaand yes, I did actually just write “tumblr-tastic.”
I was speaking at/helping run the Young Americans for Liberty booth at the 2012 International Students for Liberty Conference here in Washington, DC. My presentation was 45 minutes of a fast but thorough (probably too thorough, knowing me XD) discussion of the finer details of mass emailing, earning media attention,...
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Help me out, tumblr libertarians?
I’m looking to make two comprehensive lists, and I need your assistance.
Can you tell me what kind of libertarian you are (minarchist, an-cap, classical liberal, etc.)?
Can you tell me some of your philosophical bases for your libertarianism (natural rights theory, utilitarianism, etc.)?
This is for a (pretty awesome, if I do say so myself) new project I’m working on right now. I...
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“Contrary to popular belief, the data show that democracies don’t go to war any...”
– Ivan Eland, “Provocations against Iran Follow a Rich Tradition”
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Will Iran be attacked? →
Sure as Hell looking that way. When will this empire end?
Washington has made tremendous preparations for a military assault on Iran. There is speculation that Washington has called off its two longest running wars – Iraq and Afghanistan – in order to deploy forces against Iran. Two of Washington’s fleets have been assigned ...
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In a moment of self-promotion vanity which is... →
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dereksinsanelyirrationaluniverse asked: Just curious if you've checked out the Mises institute.... I found your bog and instantly fell in love with it. Keep spreading the real facts :)
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“While Brazil and European countries are much freer than the US concerning...”
– Fernando Chiocca
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So who here's going to be at the ISFLC next week?
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conza replied to your photo: GPOYW. In other me-related news, I’m training for…
Treadmill. Laptop. Tumblr. Problem solved.
Come on, now, treadmill running doesn’t count. Inside air = sucky and the machine’s doing half the work for you! The ground isn’t going to conveniently move underneath me when I’m running that half marathon XD
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“I think we all understand that these values cannot truly find voice in our...”
– Barack Obama, 2012 National Prayer Breakfast
As you have probably figured out if you’ve been reading this blog for long or have checked out my other tumblr, I’m a Christian. Perhaps it’s for that reason that I find this excerpt in particular and the President’s whole prayer...
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What Thrives and What Dies During War? →
From the article comes this outline:
Main Street Economy: Land, Labor, and Capital Harmed By War
Retail business
Real estate and Insurance
Art and Entertainment
Airlines and capital intensive industries
Manufacturing and Non-defense capital goods
The Unregulated Economy: Technology and Entrepreneurship Harmed By War
Technology
Internet
Banking privacy
Small businesses
New businesses
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Sure, you can buy a cigar in Boston...if you're... →
The city of Boston has quietly banned all cigars which cost less than $2.50.
Translation: Blunts, no. Fancy Habanos, yes.
Second translation: Poor people smoking, no. Rich people smoking, yes:
The ban is effective February 1, 2012.
But for those upper class cigar aficionados, the elite few who are still allowed to smoke indoors at their pricey cigar bars, will still be able to purchase...
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12 Progressive Contradictions in Neoconservatism →
From the piece:
[W]hile neoconservatives are extremely vocal in their opposition to progressive domestic policies, they advocate a paternalistic approach to foreign policy.
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One must rabidly advocate “small government,” but blindly embrace a huge military as a part of the same government.
On a similar note, one must lionize the Founding Fathers’ vision of a decentralized federal...