July 2010

Why Can’t LeBron Get Any Love?

by Wilton Alston July 27, 2010

“People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people.  What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.”~ Oscar Wilde I have an admission to make:  I didn’t watch any of ESPN’s coverage of “The LeBron Decision.”  I don’t remember [...]

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New Copyright Rules Released

by Norman Horn July 26, 2010

Intellectual property, especially copyright and patents, is purely fictitious, a construction of the State. Stephan Kinsella has definitively proved such in his paper Against Intellectual Property. Nevertheless, the US government continues to prop up this inefficient and unethical practice. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, many lives have been ruined by the bad side of [...]

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Intellectual Thievery

by Manuel Lora July 26, 2010

Statism + legislation = destruction and unintended consequences: … Jon “Maddog” Hall wanted to try to preserve some deteriorating piano rolls, but discovered (much to his annoyance) that copyright may be getting in the way. He points out that many old player piano rolls are deteriorating, and the small group of remaining collectors are hoping [...]

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“Getting Past” Race

by Robert Wicks July 25, 2010

NYTimes.com has an article about, the Obama election notwithstanding, Americans’ hysterical reactions to racial issues. There have been many articles and blog postings lately about whether or not this is “post-racial America.” I think the furor over Shirley Sherrod’s speech is a clear indication that race is as much a current issue as ever. This [...]

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Statists are a virus

by Michael Barnett July 23, 2010

I’d like to share a revelation that I’ve had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify statists and I realized that you’re not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you statists do not. You move to an area [...]

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IP, Black Markets, Praxeology & Violence

by Manuel Lora July 22, 2010

Mises.org has recently published an article that I co-wrote with Daniel Coleman where we attempt to answer why unlike every other black market, “info-trafficking” remains peaceful: Unlike most black markets, the black market for information is characterized by peace and stability. There is a near-perfect harmony between the supply and the demand for movies, music, [...]

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Stefan Molyneux’s “Libertarian Parenting” Series

by Stephan Kinsella July 21, 2010

Stefan Molyneux, of Freedomain Radio, has recently had a very interesting series of interviews on “libertarian parenting”. The three guests (so far?) were me, my fellow TLS blogger Gil Guillory, and just today, David Friedman. The MP3s for the first two, and the YouTube videos for all three, are below. All three had different perspectives [...]

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