H.L. Mencken: Individualist and Libertarian Essay by Murray N. Rothbard: H. L. Mencken: The Joyous Libertarian Selected quotations: “It is, perhaps, a fact provocative of sour mirth that the Bill of Rights was designed trustfully to prohibit forever two of … Continue reading →
Story about Richard Perle from November, 2002 War, Whatever www.mirror.co.uk, Paul Gilfeather, Nov 21 ’02 “…Dr Richard Perle stunned MPs by insisting a “clean bill of health” from UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix would not halt America’s war machine… … Continue reading →
Antiwar.com is constantly updated with international news and anti-war opinions from both right and left, and its main hard-edged articles are grounded in libertarian principles. Not all conservatives believe in global military domination and imposing “democratic” revolution on sovereign nations … Continue reading →
Ontario Libertarian Party Resists Anti-Smoking Bill The Ontario Libertarian Party held a Smokers Night meeting in Vaughan on January 12. Libertarian principles were explained very effectively at the meeting. One way of understanding libertarianism is to try the World’s Smallest … Continue reading →
Social Engineering vs. Freedom – CEO’s Scared of Marijuana Decriminalization Drug Use in the Workplace pierrelemieux.org, Pierre Lemieux, Dec 20 ’04 A response to the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and their opposition to the decriminalization of marijuana. (Original Post)
Continue reading →Iraq: Proposal for U.S. Death Squads ‘The Salvador Option’. The Pentagon may put Special-Forces-led assassination or kidnapping teams in Iraq. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6802629/site/newsweek/) www.msnbc.msn.com, Michael Hirsh & John Barry of Newsweek, Jan 10 ’05 “NEWSWEEK has learned, the Pentagon is intensively debating … Continue reading →
Iraq and Libertarian Objections to War (original version: 2002) 2014 note: Just to avoid giving the wrong impression: At the time I wrote this (2002), I didn’t realize that Ayn Rand’s foreign policy views may have been hawkish and inconsistent … Continue reading →
2014 note: my attitude towards some of these organizations has changed quite a bit since this post. Asia Earthquake and Tsunamis Relief, December 2004 Donate here to the Canadian Red Cross www.redcross.ca Ottawa 67’s, Ottawa Senators/Corel Centre and Canadian Red … Continue reading →
Governments at their Worst: Cambodian Killing Fields The Cambodian Killing Fields www.dithpran.org, The Dith Pran Holocaust Awareness Project “On April 17th, 1975 the Khmer Rouge, a communist guerrilla group led by Pol Pot, took power in Phnom Penh, the capital … Continue reading →
Gasoline Taxes Facts on Gasoline www.energy.gov.ab.ca, Alberta Department of Energy, May 2004 “There are two federal gasoline taxes, a 10¢/L federal flat tax, and 7 percent GST applied to the entire purchase price. Alberta has a flat 9¢/L tax since … Continue reading →