A Free Market is Not Unregulated

It's a common criticism of the “free market” that such a market is “unregulated,” thus, is chaotic. However, this is a complete mis...

Lysander Spooner: No Treason

Lysander Spooner was an individualist anarchist, a lawyer, an abolitionist, and an entrepreneur in the 19th Century. He is my favorite ...

A Friendly Debate with a Socialist

In the comment section of my post My Deconversion: From Statist to Anarchist I had an interesting conversation with a socialist who went...

“An Anarchist critique of Anarcho-Statism”: A Response

For those who are unaware, there is a rift between the various groups of anarchists, particularly those who believe that capitalism is a...

Is Anarchy “Natural?”

Some critics of anarchism take the following line of argument. They argue that if anarchism was a viable form of organization we would see d...

Poking Fun at Statism, Its Failures, and Its Puppets III

Here is a joke about government for science lovers: Lawrence Livermore Laboratories has discovered the heaviest element yet known to science...

Privatization, Viking Style: Model or Misfortune?

I've been reading a book titled Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power, by Jesse L. Byock. It's about the 300 year-long anarchy...

Peter Leeson Explains Anarchy

I found this very good video presentation about anarchism by economist Peter Leeson. I'd also recommend his paper titled Anarchy Unbound...

Poking Fun at Statism, Its Failures, and Its Puppets II

Here is another selection of pictures I liked on statism. The picture to the left in case it's not readable for you says: “Go to work. G...

Poking Fun at Statism, Its Failures, and Its Puppets

Below are a few pictures that don't need captions. As they say, a picture says a thousand words and each of them is instructive in the w...

Statism Contrasted with Theism

I happened to come across an interesting video that in many ways mirrors my views about the similarities between theism and statism. A few y...

The Inner Contradictions of the State, by Murrary N. Rothbard

The following is excerpted from Rothbard's larger work The Ethics of Liberty. A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH discussions of the necessity of gover...

The Fallacy of the "Public Sector,” by Murray N. Rothbard

I've been reading a lot of Rothbard's work lately and I am currently reading his massive Man, Economy and State, with Power and Mark...

Debating Anarchism: November 2011

I had a discussion about anarchism with Bret who blogs at anythingbuttheist.blogspot.com. This discussion took place on November 13th, 2011 ...

Anarchy Unbound, or: Why Self-Governance Works Better than You Think, by Peter T. Leeson

I came upon the work of economist Peter T. Leeson after reading the interesting book The Legal Foundations of Free Markets, edited by Stephe...

My Deconversion: From Statist to Anarchist

IntroductionI have blog posts dedicated to why I became an atheist and an anarchist, but I've never explained in much detail the thought...

Occupy Wall Street: The Sequel

I'd like to begin this piece by quoting a protester:Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a government of the people, by the peo...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: Conclusion

- Revised on July 18, 2012 I hope this series has been informative and clear for all who've decided to read it. My goal with the series ...

Debating Anarchism, July 2009

On an older post comparing Statism to Theism (which I've since updated here) I had a good debate with an anonymous fellow who respectful...

From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy The World

Because the mainstream media neglects to cover the protests taking place I thought I would share today's Democracy Now! broadcast so all...