Philosophy of Liberty (May 8, 2006)
The Philosophy of Liberty (Original Post)
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For A New Liberty, by Murray Rothbard (May 6, 2006)
Read it online at mises.org: For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray N. Rothbard The price at Amazon.ca: (Original Post)
Continue reading →Poppy eradication in Afghanistan? (May 1, 2006)
Canada treads dangerous line over poppy eradication in southern Afghanistan www.canada.com, April 23 ’06 But uprooting the plant from which opium and heroin is derived is not the kind of image the military wants to cultivate here as it tries … Continue reading →
What About Darfur? (May 1, 2006)
What About Darfur? The case against intervention Justin Raimondo, www.antiwar.com, May 1 ’06 From a realistic point of view, there is nothing U.S. military intervention can accomplish in Sudan except to make things far worse. (Original Post)
Continue reading →The Individual or the State? (May 1, 2006)
The Individual or the State? Butler Shaffer, www.lewrockwell.com, May 1 ’06 Drawn from the thinking of such men as John Locke, John Stuart Mill, and other advocates of individually-centered political philosophy, the social contract theory is premised upon each person … Continue reading →
China Trade (April 15, 2006)
Canada joins growing battle on China parts import policy (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060414.RCHINA14/TPStory/Business) www.theglobeandmail.com Ottawa said China put in place measures last year that cause tariffs on parts imported for assembly of complete vehicles to be higher than the tariff that applies to … Continue reading →
Mad-Cow (April 15, 2006)
Canada Mad-Cow Results Expected Sunday www.tmcnet.com, April 14 ’06 Test results of Canada’s latest mad-cow case are expected by Sunday, said a Canadian Food Inspection Agency, or CFIA, representative. As a Canadian, I would like to hear some reassurances from … Continue reading →
WTO (April 15, 2006)
WTO Partly Backs Canada in Lumber Row www.latimes.com, Reuters, April 14 ’06 I think only Canadians should be deciding what our government’s forestry and trade policies are. Why is there an international organization that interferes in this? (Original Post)
Continue reading →Afghanistan (April 15, 2006)
Afghanistan battle kills 41 Taliban: governor (http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-04-15T131324Z_01_ISL5160_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-AFGHAN-VIOLENCE-COL.XML) ca.today.reuters.com, April 15 ’06 Afghan forces and coalition helicopter gunships attacked a suspected Taliban hideout in southern Afghanistan, triggering a fierce battle that killed 41 militants, a provincial governor said on Saturday…. Taliban … Continue reading →
Farm Subsidies (April 7, 2006) with comments
Update March 30, 2015: I guess I really don’t feel the same way now. Ideally there shouldn’t need to be subsidies. It just means government interference, which can often be a bad thing (might be a good thing in theory … Continue reading →