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Rand Paul, Neo-Con Thug

By On November 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Kentucky senatorial candidate Rand Paul, the son of 2008 Republican presidential contender Ron Paul, is not as principled as his father, it appears.

In a recent statement, Rand Paul said that terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay prison, many of whom have been ordered released on a lack of evidence, do not [...]

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In Reluctant, Partial Defense of ACORN

By On September 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The community organizing group ACORN has been on the ropes after the release of a series of seemingly damning videos in which employees appear to lend cause to a prostitute and her pimp. ACORN employees are shown instructing the undercover couple how to skirt paying taxes and secure a loan to house [...]

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The Law by Frederic Bastiat (Part 3 in a series)

By On July 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This is the third installment of a live-blogging series on Frederic Bastiat’s The Law. Past posts in the series may be found here and here.

The Idea of a Passive Mankind

This fallacious idea of the state as the primary motivator of progress was repeated during his day, Bastiat said. In one Frenchman’s account, “Whatever [...]

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The Incoherence Of ‘Consequentialist’ Libertarianism

By On June 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment

For the “consequentialist,” the political ends justify the political means. In promoting the greatest good, ethical rules are inconvenient obstacles to sacrifice to a higher goal, as the Bureaucrash Crasher-in-Chief has conceded. “Look, you cannot support the Free Market and ignore the concept of trade-offs.”

That thinking has led him to make such statements as [...]

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