The Foundations of Rights and the Capitalism of Law

In this post I will discuss the nature of rights and the principles of homesteading and consensual exchange. This is certainly a more fundamental issue than the one discussed in a previous post, in which I described how a system of law can arise out of the network of contracts between people in a free [...]

Coming Up Next – Mark your calendar!

Wow, do we have an exciting month of events coming up! There are tons of things going on, so please make sure to mark your calendar and to pay close attention to our Facebook group events as they are added! Here is what’s going on up until the end of April… Monday 3/30 – Concealed [...]

Scary News for Political Documentarians

Something has disturbed me recently. A few of my well-intention liberal filmmaker friends have professed the desire to have our media nationalized (and in particular, our cinema). The dangers of a nationalized media should be clear (just take skim over a little Nazi history and you’ll quickly see what I mean). Once the government has [...]

Join Me at Mises University

Hey Everybody, If anyone has a free week in late July/early August, I would strongly encourage applying to Mises University. I applied earlier this month, and just got word of acceptance last week. The application process is simple, and the deadline has been extended. By the way, here is the link to the event: http://mises.org/events/110 [...]

The Nature of Ethics

I noticed there hasn’t been much activity here in a while. I’d better post something! This is a section from the book I’m writing on the nature of ethics. As you recall when I gave my presentation, I had a section on the nature of ethics, and after I described ethics in general I applied [...]

Libertarian Purity Test

A good while back, one of LL’s former members, Andrew Glass, posted a link to a libertarian purity test on his facebook profile. It’s a lot of fun to take, and gives a good indication of just how radical one is, in terms of the libertarian spectrum. The test ranges from a score of 0-160. [...]