IRS scandal nothing new: Targeting dissenters is bipartisan
TAMPA, May 16, 2013 ― The IRS targeting conservative groups for audits and enforcement actions is the… [more]
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had right to remain silent only after he confessed
TAMPA, April 24, 2013 – Civil libertarians seemed to have cause for relief on Monday as reports were… [more]
How do we know Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a witch?
TAMPA, April 22, 2013 – Predictably, neoconservative politicians have already called for Boston Marathon… [more]
The Bill of Rights was written for Dzhokar Tsarnaev
TAMPA, April 20, 2013 – 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev is in custody.… [more]
Obama right: Boston Marathon bombing possibly not terrorism
TAMPA, April 16, 2013 – Conservative critics immediately criticized President Obama’s initial statement… [more]
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IRS scandal nothing new: Targeting dissenters is bipartisan
TAMPA, May 16, 2013 ― The IRS targeting conservative groups for audits and enforcement actions is the latest scandal for a federal government that is so out of control that even the lapdog media are starting to sound libertarian while covering it. But targeting dissenters is nothing new and certainly not an innovation by the [...]
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had right to remain silent only after he confessed
TAMPA, April 24, 2013 – Civil libertarians seemed to have cause for relief on Monday as reports were released that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been formally charged with the crime, given a Miranda warning and assigned counsel. Some prominent officials, including U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, had called for Tsarnaev to be treated [...]
How do we know Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a witch?
TAMPA, April 22, 2013 – Predictably, neoconservative politicians have already called for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be treated as an enemy combatant, meaning that he would not enjoy the constitutional protections afforded criminal defendants in civilian courts. Pundits and blog commenters have echoed the sentiment that “terrorists don’t deserve due process” or [...]
The Bill of Rights was written for Dzhokar Tsarnaev
TAMPA, April 20, 2013 – 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev is in custody. Assuming that Tsarnaev is indeed guilty of these crimes, a very real threat to public safety has been taken off the streets. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the Tsarnaev brothers have taken the last vestiges of [...]
Obama right: Boston Marathon bombing possibly not terrorism
TAMPA, April 16, 2013 – Conservative critics immediately criticized President Obama’s initial statement about the Boston Marathon bombing because he did not classify the crime an act of terrorism. “We still don’t know who did this or why, and people shouldn’t jump to conclusions before we have all the facts. But, make no mistake; we [...]
The absurdities of the income tax
TAMPA, April 15, 2013 – Being a libertarian, I agree that all taxation is theft. I hope that someday the human race “progresses” to the point where coercion, even to purchase “protection” from the official mafia, is held in contempt. But of all of the possible ways to rob us, the income tax is by [...]
Korean fiasco highlights U.S. foreign policy failures
TAMPA, April 9, 2013 – It would be the stuff of a Peter Sellers satireif there weren’t for nuclear weapons and 26,000 American troops needlessly in harm’s way. A tiny dictatorship that has to cook the books even to call itself “third world” has the world’s “lone superpower” dancing on a string. It is a fitting [...]
More anti-libertarian nonsense: libertarianism failed African-Americans
TAMPA, April 6, 2013 ― If my colleague Chris Ladd had written the usual, libertarians-are-racists screed, it would be unworthy of a response. But he didn’t. In fact, his piece “How Libertarianism failed African Americans” is a thoughtful and philosophically consistent argument that clearly disclaims any accusation that libertarianism is inherently racist. But it’s still nonsense. That [...]
Even libertarians wrong on Monsanto Protection Act
TAMPA, April 3, 2013 ― While the high priests in black robes were hearing arguments on gay marriage, President Obama quietly signed the continuing resolutions act that keeps the federal government operating in the absence of a budget. Buried inside the bill was language that has become notoriously known as “the Monsanto Protection Act.” The [...]
More anti-libertarian nonsense: Libertarians are heartless
TAMPA, March 28, 2013 – This week’s anti-libertarian nonsense is “libertarians are heartless.” There are many variations on this theme. Libertarians oppose government-run education so they must not want poor people to get an education. They oppose government-run healthcare so they must want poor, sick people to die. They oppose government-subsidized housing so they must [...]
Black robed high priests to rule on gay marriage
TAMPA, March 26, 2013 – No satire could approach reality when it comes to the federal government. While its two “polar opposite” political parties continue their standoff over whether the federal budget should increase $2.5 trillion or $2.4 trillion over the next ten years, its supposedly apolitical arm will begin deliberating over who is allowed [...]
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