Voting is the greatest evil of our time. By casting your vote, you are directly forcing your values onto other people by means of violence. The “representatives” you have voted for only holds their power of office due to the gunmen they command – may it be the police, the FBI, the military, or others. [...]
25Oct10
End the War.
By: John Russell
This is a heat map of every death that was contained within the leaked Iraq documents posted on Wikileaks. … and people wonder why I don’t vote?
By: Barry Belmont
Six men in Gateshead (UK) were arrested for posting the video below of them burning the Koran (Qu’ran). The relevant facts: The books were not people; The books were theirs; Freedom of expression exists. So far as I can tell, anyone is allowed to burn their own property (no matter what that property is) so [...]
18Sep10
Economics in One Lesson
By: Barry Belmont
In the coming weeks you’re going to be hearing all about the UNR Students for Liberty’s skirmishes with their student government (the ASUN). In fact, chances are you have already heard too much about it. But the reason we continue the fight, the reason we keep up the mockery is because ultimately it stands as [...]
1Sep10
Lucretius, the Libertarian?
By: Barry Belmont
No doubt you have come across Lucretius in your Humanities classes, perhaps even being so lucky as to have read his On the Nature of Things. Within it you will see one of the greatest expositions of Epicurian philosophy, intricate poetry, and systemic doubt in authority in all of history. A perfect example of this [...]
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Posted in Libertarianism, Political Philosophy, The State
Tagged Free market, Lucretius
Tagged Free market, Lucretius
23Aug10
Ron Paul on “The Mosque”
By: Barry Belmont
I’ve hated the debate about the “Ground Zero Mosque” for the three or so weeks it’s been in the public sphere of discourse. Everyone’s kind of got an opinion, kind of doesn’t: it seems like half of those who comment on it are not entirely sure what they’re talking about, while the other half is [...]
By: Barry Belmont
Go figure. Despite the fact that it’s slow, cumbersome, and protects users as much as tissue paper, government officials in the good ol’ UK have decided to keep Internet Explorer 6. Government, after all, likes to take it slow, be cumbersome, and protect its users as much as tissue paper. Next you’ll be saying that [...]
23Jul10
Has the World Gone Mad?
By: Barry Belmont
Sometimes I just don’t understand. I try really hard, I do, but sometimes it’s not enough. Take for instance these three interrelated stories: Government can’t avoid religion. This is in response to a question concerning terrorism and counter-terrorism. The author’s more disreputable conclusions is that to stamp out the ‘bad’ Muslims in the United Kingdom, [...]
18Jun10
Fifty Years of Peace: 1958-2008
By: Barry Belmont
