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Category Archives: Libertarian
Matt Welch: A Life Against the Emergency State
Matthew Lee Welch is born July 31, 1968 in Bellflower, California, and grows up in Long Beach. He attends UC Santa Barbara and leaves without a degree. Through his mother, Mary Bobbitt Townsend, he descends from Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus. … Continue reading
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The Embodied Expression Of The Elite Attitude
In his Oct. 7, 2024 “Israel Update” video with the Hudson Institute’s Middle East analyst Michael Doran, right-wing Israeli historian Gadi Taub selected this as his dumbest media commentary moment of the week: “[Journalist] Ilana Dayan speaking on CNN to … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Gaza, Israel, Journalism, Liberal, Libertarian, Politics, Populism
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The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities By John J. Mearsheimer
Here are some excerpts from this 2018 book: Political liberalism, in fact, comes in two varieties: what some call modus vivendi liberalism and progressive liberalism, a terminology I use throughout this book.11 There are basically two important differences between them, … Continue reading
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From An Editor At Reason Magazine
Libertarianism 2017! This is a young man who ostensibly wants a job someday, tweeting at professional women in his field under his own name pic.twitter.com/YSULm3Pjol — ElizabethNolanBrown (@ENBrown) July 29, 2017 Reason magazine editor Elizabeth Nolan Brown wants to ruin … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, Libertarian
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‘Rod Dreher reacts to Charles Murray’s snobby libertarian dismissal of Trump’
Rod Dreher writes: This is the thing that drives me nuts about libertarians. It is a philosophy that works for people who have a significant degree of self-control, or who at least have internalized a social ethic of self-control. That … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Libertarian
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Shmuly Yanklowitz Supports Human Organ Sales!
Jewish Libertarian writes: I checked Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz’s facebook page for I don’t know what reason. I almost never do that. I don’t know why I did just now. And THIS is what I find! Shmuly Yanklowitz now supports a … Continue reading
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Alex Tabarrok’s “Open Borders and the Welfare State” vs. Peter Schaeffer’s Comment Tsunami
Comments to Steve Sailer: * I just watched “Going Clear,” a documentary about Scientology, and the way the world inside the bubble of scientology apparently operates made me think that’s kind of what the world would be like if every … Continue reading
Posted in Hungary, Immigration, Islam, Libertarian, Rape
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A Jewish Libertarian Perspective
Chaim Amalek writes me: “Pesach is soon to be upon us, and all I see here are white nationalism posts. Nothing on how it feels for you, a Jew, to prepare for Passover. Nothing about Torah. Nothing. It makes Torah … Continue reading
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What’s Wrong With Kids Picking Berries?
I used to pick berries when I was a kid. I remember picking blackberries at Pacific Union College from age 11 on. Kids are good at picking berries. They’ve got the little fingers adept at reaching into vines and brambles … Continue reading
Posted in Libertarian
Tagged abc news, blueberry fields, child labor law, Dennis Prager, federal child labor law, federal investigators, strawberry growers
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The Dark Side Of Ayn Rand
I read Ayn Rand’s books as a teenager and they had a big effect on me. They fit in naturally with my narcissistic and selfish dreams of greatness. I wanted to life for myself and no one else. I wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Libertarian
Tagged ayn rand, cathy seipp, chronic fatigue syndrome, intellectual heir, la cienega, nathaniel branden, nonfiction writings, objectivist movement, personal elements, personality cult, philosophical premises, selfish dreams
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