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The Logic of Personal and Political Liberty
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Available Episodes (274)
How to fall in love with government all over again..!
State programs often start well, and then fail in the long run - here are some reasons why
Nagging the state is like wagging your finger at the mafia. Here's a better approach.
State power is *great* for the amoral minority. Here's why it always grows (please note: public recording; lower quality)
Inevitably, Libertarians have to address the question of religion...
Inevitably, libertarians have to address the question of religion...
We all have to deal with non-libertarians - how can we do that most productively?
We all have to deal with non-libertarians - how can we do that most productively?
An analysis of the power structures of socialized medicine
Bread and circuses! Why the state loooves to subsidize sports
Logical problems with a 'right' to health care
Practical problems with a 'right' to health care
What is the real purpose of the drug wars? - Part 1 (If you think the State doesn't like drug users, you might be surprised)
What is the real purpose of the drug wars? - Part 2 (If you think the State doesn't like drug users, you might be surprised)
An analysis of the escalation of state power
The role of race in state power (Part 1) - Feeding on artificial divisions
The role of race in state power (Part 2) - Divided we fall!
A primer to share with baffled friends
What does conformity pay these days?
An initial analysis of two kinds of clubs
A subsequent analysis of two kinds of clubs
It's only a party for those in power
Using the argument from morality against the welfare state
Some thoughts on 9/11
The complexities of alleviating poverty (Part 1)
The complexities of alleviating poverty (Part 2)
Returning Marx's 'come hither' stare
Politics and false dichotomies: the pendulum that smashes freedom
An economic analysis of symbiosis
Benevolence, charity and the welfare state
A public analysis of private practices
Helping the poor is not for amateurs
The round trip of the trade dollar
How is government protection working out?
The factories of irrationalities
The factories of irrationalities
The moral and practical effects of school vouchers
What might free market schools look like? (Some possible alternatives to 14 years in jail)
Answers to the most common objections/questions (Feel free to distribute this to those baffled by your weird beliefs..!)
The beam and the mote... Chomsky and state violence
A free market analysis of abortion
False confessions: War and the soul of a soldier
So you've been offered a subsidy... Should we steal back from thieves?
Property, Predation and Conservation: The 'problem of the commons' applied to the State
So long, and thanks for all the fish! (...with all due respect to the late, great Douglas Adams!)
Understanding public self-interest (If private citizens don't care about preserving property, why would bureaucrats?)
The problem of the commons (An article written for www.lewrockwell.com)
Retirement Savings Plans and State Corruption
If you think that the state exists to protect you, think again!
How the government destroyed one of the greatest natural resources in the world.
The argument from morality and state slaughterhouses
A cost/benefit analysis of the police force
Farewell to a great libertarian
Two theories as to why socialism is considered less vile than fascism
Two theories as to why socialism is considered less vile than fascism
Everyone argues that we need the government to control violence - In fact, having a government ensures violence will always increase!
The heart and soul of State corruption
The heart and soul of State corruption and the fall of Rome
A more formal article regarding how the state expands violence
How market capitalism protects children better than any other system
The tricky task of raising a soldier (or, the umbilical cord-ite)
As you can imagine, since it is a government program, it is neither foreign nor aid
A tasty medley of foreign aid disasters
OK, OK, so you think that a free society needs a standing army? Weeellll....
A marine calls me out...
Relativism and the government - responding to a variety of 'justifications'
What effect does a truly free market have on racial and cultural bigotry?
Effective arguments against wars both contemporary and historical
Guns: do they control violence, citizens or the state?
Guns: After the theories, come the facts
Guns: How does gun control affect the decisions of criminals?
So it's like this - the government sort of takes out a 'contract' on you...
CIA archives help us understand the 'social contract'
The base illogic behind theories of social contracts
How to find common ground during libertarian conversations
How to find common ground during libertarian conversations
Learning to loathe a legal fiction
Surfing the political divide on a wild wave of base hormones!
Why do we even have a problem? Hmmm, could that be the acrid stench of state power I smell?
How the media created its own problems with regards to property rights
How an anarchistic society deals with intellectual property
The joys of debating with geographical bullies
How the state transforms capitalism into mercantilism
Failing to see the forest for the trees...
An article on the evils of conforming to the majority
The moral science of human movement
Problems and Solutions
An examination of what political questions *really* mean
Darling Karl and the evil exploiters
Why is Marxism so successful?
Are market prices objective or subjective?
Sure, that was the next topic you were expecting, right?
How incarceration could function without a state
Foreign policy and moral payback
Why we are blind to moral reciprocity
A fascinating article on war profits...
A theory as to why my article 'Stateless Prisons' made people so upset!
Hello, they lied...
A brief history of bloody displacements
A tale of near-limitless courage and integrity...
Oh, I guess the state CAN turn on you after all
What is the morality of participating in the State?
The many lessons to be learned from a 13-year court battle...
What horrors do fears of global warming mask?
Removing the silencers from the guns of governments...
Does less government really mean more crime?
Canada's bloodlust and four-winged birds...
Awww, c'mon - it's only the difference between a state 99% smaller and 100% smaller - what's the bid deaaaal?
Small state, huuuuge error!
Does 'eternal vigilance in the defense of liberty' ever work?
How our masters keep us on a foggy leash
Watch as moral superheroes take on feeble senators...
Updates on the latest trends...
Some subtle and explosive topics...
The differences between a free press and statist mouthpieces...
Notes from a battle in Afghanistan
Treating the poor with respect...
Unraveling the contradictions between choice and punishment
It's the nations united against the citizens
It's the nations united against the citizens
A review of the book 'Losing Ground' by Charles Murray
A review of the book 'Losing Ground' by Charles Murray
Minority problems and state power
The question to ask statists is not 'whether' the state should continue, but 'how'?
So, you want to get rid of abortion, and can't use the state...
Anarchism and the elderly... (note: shouted out for your listening convenience!)
An explanation for my 10-15 year prediction of collapse?
Well, *something* is being controlled, brother, but it ain't price!
You do not need to convert people for the world to be free.
The power of votes in the free market
A moment's pity for those in power...
Billy G Versus the DOJ
Helping our statist friends understand our view of tolerance
How to solve the 'free rider' problem in national self-defense...
A theory about conditions for the inevitable escalation of evil
A theory about conditions for the inevitable escalation of evil
Who has the power to hurts us more, the state or our family?
Religion, war, the rise of evil and, yes, Virginia, Free Will!
Less decapitation = more capital!
The ethics of compelled promises, and fantasy elf governments
Loving your libertarian neighbor, and not being consulted about war...
How to love the majority like they never hurt you...
A short, more formal article
How the Chicago Boys got down with Chile
A deep and essential problem I cannot solve...
The start of a very, very troubling idea...
The final logic of a very, very troubling idea...
An examination of one ivy leaguer
Will higher gas prices lead to the development of alternate fuel sources?
Ways to view the virtues of the sons of Abraham
Some counter-science to the fear-mongers
OK, why would I have such animus against these two institutions? The long historical view...
Here's a hint about human corruption - and an invitation for empathy!
A teacher finally tells his students the truth...
Finally, some honesty from a politician announcing his candidacy...
A recruiting colonel comes clean with potential recruits...
A cop 'fesses up with potential recruits...
A brief history of belief and disbelief continued...
The longitude and latitude of freedom's capital
If you think that anarchy is something to be feared, take a look around...
Continuing dispatches from the war on terror
Ummm, is that John Kerry creeping up through the waving grass?
What will the bloodshed cease? The answer is easy.
How brave I was when I approved of war...
The root of statism is our view of children
The root of statism is our view of children
What is the difference between the draft and a 'voluntary' army?
One is the shark, the other the blood, the result a feeding frenzy on your freedoms!
From a speech given in Toronto, 1pm, Nov 4 2006
Thoughts on the ethics of hanging Hussein
One of the most vile intellectual positions
Pearl Harbor - Unprovoked?
The central moral and logical problems of patriotism
From one of my articles...
The victors wrote the history, and they weren't consumers!
Booms, busts and depressions - the Austrian School explains!
Booms, busts and depressions - the Austrian School explains!
How money could work in a truly free society
My heart aches for the Iraqis
Logical and moral problems with government ownership
Government corruption and workaholism
The balance of power...
The criminal media
The ultimate statist answer to every complex problem
An exhausting topic...
What governments reveal about society
The more things change, the more they stay the same...
Cooperation is the basis of nature
Shockingly, some actual current events...
Is it really the 'free rider' problem, or something just a little less complex?
Just because it's a party, doesn't mean it's fun...
Just because it's a party, doesn't mean it's fun...
Should I hurl myself into the fire of the state?
Our British cousins show us how it's done!
Throwing a bone to shivering prisoners
Logic and dungeons
The soldier's greatest friend, and reasons for having children
The 'Excalibur' of Democracy
8-20 billion dollars goes buh-bye
A theory of state and corporations
As the State grows, the birthrate falls...
Criminals - sub-human animals our wounded humans in need of aid?
Logical problems with the practice of imprisonment
What sort of person *wants* to become a prison guard? The evidence is clear...
Modern medieval scholastics deify Reagan
What are 'rights'?
Congressman Ron Paul and the future of freedom
The state is not inefficient for everyone...
The list is almost endless - but one phrase sets you free!
When you shoot someone with this magical weapon, they spout not blood, but virtue!
A soldier's wounds, a family rescue, animal rights and the universal mind...
The tickertape parade that will not happen in our lifetime...
War crimes and appeasing girlfriends
A turning point in my life...
What passes for 'debate' in the mainstream media
Murder is murder is murder is murder is murder...
Why is America so violent?
Really? They wage war and make prisons but they'll protect seal pups? :0
The state is not just inefficient, it is anti-efficiency!
Sometimes, the body is only visible in the chalk outline...
Ron Paul, crushing fantasies, religious mothers, helping others become philosophical, and the pause that refreshes!
Are state subsidies a good solution for 'social goods'?
A new article...
A few snippets of thought...
Withdrawing from Iraq, a fan of Uncle Joe, Agnosticism/Catholicism and Stef's manipulations! ;)
A cry for reason
A rational finger-point
Nit-picking at moral theories, a circular friend from the Netherlands, and a potential framework for the Ron Paul debate!
A Ron Paul supporter and I go head to head
Slavery was ended by political activism - shouldn't we take the same approach?
How family dynamics affects the desire for political activism
A testable methodology for determining the validity of political activism that you can try yourself!
A testable methodology for determining the validity of political activism that you can try yourself!
Why our philosophy is going to win
A listener supplies evidence
The violence that violence does to ethics
My perspective on a recent debate
Notes from the front lines of the Marxist tide
An obvious example of educating the poor for free...
Talking philosophy to girlfriends, forging nations in blood, and the pillaging of parents
I piggyback on Wilt's prose...
Politics as addiction
Dealing with a core illusion
Some thoughts on the current visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the US
The pathologies of late empire
I chat with Scott Horton
Some not-so-staggering hypocrisy from the Mayor of Toronto
The moral nature of our moralists...
Coming out of the closet...
Words on war
Remembrance Day, the ethics of fistfights and the wisdom of toddlers
The necessary steps to bring it down...
The latest from Iraq
Every argument I've ever had with a statist distilled...
Lessons from the horror movie 'Lions for Lambs'
Sooo, some youtubers had some, um, questions...
A 42-minute red pill... (audio to a video)
Can the individual save the system?
How to disprove political skeptics...
Sad cops, sexual tension, nihilistic friends and self-consciousness...
Soldiers and mothers, fleeing minefields, extracting principles and a call that has NOTHING to do with my girlfriend... ;)
Ron Paul's latest ad, the nature of evil, and 'helping' in the kitchen...
So close - and yet so far?
Don't give up hope - liberty is at hand! :)
The endless lies and pomposities of empire...
Responses to a listener's theory that taxation is voluntary.
Why has libertarianism been such a constantly disappointing cluster-frack?
Why has libertarianism been such a constantly disappointing cluster-frack?
Why has libertarianism been such a constantly disappointing cluster-frack?
A last-minute request to join a live radio show...
An examination of the pluses and minuses post Super Tuesday...
Aiming high on 'youtube'... ;)
Two examples of moral corruption...
