Tag Archives: libertarianism

we all admit the existence of exploiters

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1604, 3rd September, 2010
I’m in the awkward position of being a pretty radical libertarian.  Given the opportunity, I would whittle down government interference in the economy down to zero.  And by government interference in the economy, I mean any attempt to redistribute income by force from the rich to the poor, or from the poor to the rich.  [...]
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ftc regs find their way into biblioblogging

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1552, 23rd August, 2010
I was reading a review of the New English Translation of the Septuagint reviewed by Craig of Simul Iustus et Peccator (or is that simul eustis?  But I digress.)  It’s a good review of an awesome translation.  But I’m not writing this post to comment on someone commentary on a translation of a translation.  No.  [...]
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kingdom come — murray rothbard on the politics of the millenium

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1736, 17th August, 2010
The original post can be found here.  In it, my favorite libertarian writer, Murray Rothbard, attempts to shed some light (from his atheist anarchist perspective) on what relationships exist between the various Christian philosophies of the millennial reign of Christ, and the libertarian movement.  Enjoy. PS:  For those interested in more reading, follow the link [...]
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henry giroux on laissez-faire: the prototypical left-statist critique of right-statists

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1608, 19th July, 2010
The truth is definitely kept out at truth-out.org, where Henry Giroux has recently written an article entitled “The Disappearing Intellectual in the Age of Economic Darwinism.”  It’s a typical left-statist propaganda piece, lashing out against right-statism and mistakenly calling it laissez-faire.  The article contains no small amount of bashing of its enemies as a bunch [...]
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against the libertarian pro-abortion argument

By mitchell b powell | Published: 2030, 5th April, 2010
You must read the conclusion at the end of this article before commenting. The more I try to think through the consequences of and reasons for various policies, the more libertarian I become. Libertarianism comes in varying degrees, but regardless of what exceptions one might add, the root of libertarianism is the belief that we [...]
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why we like less law

By mitchell b powell | Published: 0131, 31st March, 2010
I’m a social conservative.  I believe in upholding traditional standards of personal morality–financially, socially, and sexually.  And yet
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a society of criminals . . .

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1356, 26th February, 2010
. . . is the title of this article.  I won’t endorse everything in the article.  After all, that would make look like something of an extremist, because the article ends with these searing words: There is nothing wrong with telling people that taxation is robbery, that regulation is trespass, that drug laws are assault [...]
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