Glenn Greenwald on the Massive Surveillance State

Glenn Greenwald has written a very good article about the sex scandal involving General David Petraeus. He explains how this massive su...

Are We Really Less Free Today? Sheldon Richman on the State of Liberty

Here is an interesting video I found featuring Sheldon Richman, editor of The Freeman.

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 ...

Voter ID Laws Threaten the “Democratic” Process

While I do not care for the concept of voting, since it represents a form of coercion, I've highlighted this issue on my blog in th...

The Tyranny of the State, Part 6: Terrorism

Introduction I am well aware that this post will be viewed as inflammatory, and seen as (statist) heresy, but I am confidant that once ...

The Arab-Israeli Conflict

I've recently been reading a few books about the Arab-Israeli conflict. For a few years I've heard about it on the news but had nev...

The Dangers of Blind Obedience to Authority

Glenn Greenwald has written an excellent article about peoples' tendency to acquiesce to authority figures, particularly those who ...

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...

How the US Rendered, Tortured and Discarded One Innocent Man, by Clara Gutteridge

In The Nation Clara Gutteridge has written a piece titled ”How the US Rendered, Tortured and Discarded One Innocent Man”. It is about h...

The Leaking of the Trans-Pacific Partnership “Trade” Agreement

It's been reported by Public Citizen that a new so-called “trade agreement” would undermine the laws and courts of various countries and...

American Media Plays Sock Puppet for U.S. Government About Civilian Drone Deaths

I know what you're saying: “What else is new!?” The media has almost always willingly spread government propaganda and supported the par...

The Tyranny of the State, Part 5 - The Constitution Is, Has, and Always Will Be Null and Void

Introduction The original idea for this post was going to be about how, in recent years, the government has steadily been creeping towards t...

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...

You May Not Agree with Hitler's Policies, But....

A perfect illustration of the absurdity of this argument. Related Posts: Why I Do Not Support the Troops

Welcome to the Surveillance States of America

In Glenn Greenwald's article today he writes about the Obama administration's attempts to get internet service providers to give the...

Government Propaganda About Iran

An interesting piece by Glenn Greenwald was published today. It can be read here. He relates the fact that high ranking Obama administration...

An Illustration of the TSA's Wastefulness, Corruption, and Uselessness

I was contacted by the creator of the following diagram illustrating the immense amount of government waste that is the TSA (Transportation ...

Some U.S. Officials Are Supporting a Terrorist Organization

An article at Salon.com by Glenn Greenwald reproduces two articles by Jeremiah Goulka, who exposes the facts that several “Washington offici...

The Trayvon Martin Smear Campaign Hints at a Larger Issue

I first heard about the following allegations the day I posted my thoughts on Trayvon Martin's murder. Several news outlets are reportin...