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- The crusade to humiliate women takes a sinister turn
34 views | published by Brian Martinez on February 21, 2012
If a law currently up for vote in the Virginia House passes this week and is signed by Governor Bob McDonnell, it will require many women seeking an abortion to be... - Is an involuntary samaritan good? And can libertarians support a "good samaritan" law?
10 views | published by Geoffrey Allan Plauché on February 22, 2012
This post is a slightly revised version of two comments I left on the Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog in response to Matt Zwolinski's post "What We Can Learn from Drowning... - Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation
9 views | published by Stephan Kinsella on October 18, 2011
The politics of the left-oriented Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, like that of the right-oriented modern Tea Party movement, is not very well defined. But one of the things... - Was the American Revolution Really about Taxes?
7 views | published by Stephan Kinsella on April 14, 2010
Albert Esplugas blogs the following magnificent quote from Niall Ferguson's Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global... - Can the 1 percent accept “enough”?
6 views | published by Stephan Kinsella on February 22, 2012
From Salon: Can the 1 percent accept “enough”? The rich can't stop trying to justify exorbitant salaries for everyone from Wall Street bankers to college...
Last 7 Days
- FBI arrest man in terrorist plot organized by the FBI
77 views | published by Geoffrey Allan Plauché on February 18, 2012
That's a more accurate title for this news story: "FBI arrests Virginia man suspected of plotting attack on Capitol." What the FBI is doing is called entrapment. No, worse,... - SOPA is the Symptom, Copyright is the Disease: The SOPA wakeup call to ABOLISH COPYRIGHT
62 views | published by Stephan Kinsella on January 24, 2012
Over at C4SIF, I've blogged quite a bit lately about SOPA and PIPA and the recent Internet blackouts and other protests against these bills, which threaten free speech and the... - The crusade to humiliate women takes a sinister turn
62 views | published by Brian Martinez on February 21, 2012
If a law currently up for vote in the Virginia House passes this week and is signed by Governor Bob McDonnell, it will require many women seeking an abortion to be... - Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation
45 views | published by Stephan Kinsella on October 18, 2011
The politics of the left-oriented Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, like that of the right-oriented modern Tea Party movement, is not very well defined. But one of the things... - On the Austrian Theory of Money, a Reply to David Graeber
35 views | published by Akiva on September 14, 2011
David Graeber and Robert Murphy have been debating the validity of the monetary regression theory. They seem to be talking past one another. Graeber is assuming that... - The Myth of Anti-War Democrats
29 views | published by Brian Martinez on February 8, 2012
Of all the policies of the Barack Obama administration - one of many which began under the Bush regime and has been continued, even expanded, by his successor - I think the... - Was the American Revolution Really about Taxes?
28 views | published by Stephan Kinsella on April 14, 2010
Albert Esplugas blogs the following magnificent quote from Niall Ferguson's Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global... - Do it for the children (and troubled pop stars)
25 views | published by Brian Martinez on February 12, 2012
I suppose it's only logical - in that twisted, perverse way unique to the state - that if the president can now detain citizens indefinitely without trial for suspected... - The New Slave Masters
20 views | published by Robert Wicks on April 18, 2010
Welcome to the new, more egalitarian America: we are all niggers now. Wendy McElroy has a piece about the horrifying case of a badged criminal killing two sisters by crashing... - Top 10 Libertarian Books for Christmas 2011
18 views | published by Norman Horn on December 7, 2011
Every year, I like to construct a list of some of the best books released in the past year and a few a others that are worth recommending at any time. Of course, this is my...
Last 30 Days
- SOPA is the Symptom, Copyright is the Disease: The SOPA wakeup call to ABOLISH COPYRIGHT
963 views | published by Stephan Kinsella on January 24, 2012
Over at C4SIF, I've blogged quite a bit lately about SOPA and PIPA and the recent Internet blackouts and other protests against these bills, which threaten free speech and the... - Fears of Decentralization
409 views | published by Robert Wicks on February 8, 2012
Many libertarians, perhaps most notably Thomas E. Woods, support the decentralization of power from the federal government, including the power of nullification. Many people... - Self-ownership and Teeth-ownership in Communist China: A Lesson for Confused Libertarians
308 views | published by Stephan Kinsella on January 26, 2012
A recent NPR feature, The Secret Document That Transformed China (h/t Vijay Boyapati), tells the fascinating story about one of seminal events at the dawn of the modern... - The Myth of Anti-War Democrats
207 views | published by Brian Martinez on February 8, 2012
Of all the policies of the Barack Obama administration - one of many which began under the Bush regime and has been continued, even expanded, by his successor - I think the... - Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation
207 views | published by Stephan Kinsella on October 18, 2011
The politics of the left-oriented Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, like that of the right-oriented modern Tea Party movement, is not very well defined. But one of the things... - Do it for the children (and troubled pop stars)
200 views | published by Brian Martinez on February 12, 2012
I suppose it's only logical - in that twisted, perverse way unique to the state - that if the president can now detain citizens indefinitely without trial for suspected... - The Disingenuous "Liberty Isn't the Only Value" Attack by Liberals and Conservatives on Libertarianism
105 views | published by Stephan Kinsella on January 17, 2012
In recent years and months, both Austrian economics and libertarianism have received increased attention and criticism. The more recent attention is probably in part due to... - Rothbard and Rockwell on Conservatives and the State
103 views | published by Stephan Kinsella on January 26, 2012
Rothbard, in For A New Liberty: The idea of a strictly limited constitutional State was a noble experiment that failed, even under the most favorable and propitious... - Articles
101 views | published by admin on May 26, 2010
The Libertarian Standard is closed to outside article submissions for the time being. We will resume publishing outside articles when one of us has both the time and the... - Was the American Revolution Really about Taxes?
94 views | published by Stephan Kinsella on April 14, 2010
Albert Esplugas blogs the following magnificent quote from Niall Ferguson's Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global...
All Time
- Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation
3,478 views | published by Stephan Kinsella on October 18, 2011
The politics of the left-oriented Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, like that of the right-oriented modern Tea Party movement, is not very well defined. But one of the things... - Somin on Gary Johnson and Ron Paul: A Reply
3,352 views | published by Matt Mortellaro on May 25, 2011
Ilya Somin over at The Volokh Conspiracy, it seems, is no more a fan of Ron Paul now than he was four years ago. His criticisms remain about the same. This time around,... - The Property And Freedom Society -- Reflections After Five Years
3,077 views | published by Hans-Hermann Hoppe on June 10, 2010
When I first envisioned the idea of this Society, more than 10 years ago and then still a society without a name, I had direct experience with only two other ... - Krugman, Keynes, and the Uncited Austrians
2,256 views | published by Wirkman Virkkala on April 8, 2010
Apparently, Paul Krugman has never read the work of Ludwig von Mises and F.A. Hayek. Chortling on The New York Times blog, he yammers away in this manner: Many of the... - About
2,055 views | published by admin on March 30, 2010
We are -- for the most part -- Austrian and Rothbardian-influenced libertarians. We love justice, individual liberty, civilization, and truth. We hate the State, war, and... - Another U.S.-Inflicted "Ground Zero" in Pakistan
1,825 views | published by William N. Grigg on August 23, 2010
If opinion polls are reliable at all, most Americans are too enthralled by the manufactured outrage over the so-called Ground Zero Mosque to notice that the government... - 9/11/01: Shocking, Unsurprising
1,716 views | published by Wirkman Virkkala on September 11, 2010
Nine years ago today, early in the morning, I woke up to my radio alarm. Usually, classical music woke me. This time, the radio announcer urgently related the horror that an... - Great Libertarian Quotes in Robert Heinlein
1,690 views | published by Norman Horn on June 6, 2010
Yesterday on LewRockwell.com, Jeff Riggenbach posted a short essay entitled "Was Robert A. Heinlein a Libertarian?" It reminded me of how much I enjoyed Heinlein’s... - Articles
1,621 views | published by admin on May 26, 2010
The Libertarian Standard is closed to outside article submissions for the time being. We will resume publishing outside articles when one of us has both the time and the... - Justice for All Without the State
1,417 views | published by David J. Heinrich on June 5, 2010
Writing on The American Conservative website, Daniel McCarthy argues in "Anarcho-Distributism" that the so-called state of nature that libertarians discuss would not...
