In a previous post, I have said that the progress of rights is constrained by two principles, that of homesteading and consensual exchange. The first says that property may not be acquired from nature without demonstrating ownership in some way. Originally this must require altering it some obvious way, but as a society develops a [...]
Libertarian Movie Night: Barry Cooper’s Never Get Raided
This coming Monday, April 27th at 8pm in ETC 2.114 we’ll be having a libertarian movie night. Join us as we watch Barry Cooper’s “Never Get Raided” DVD, the second installment of the “Never Get Busted” series. In it we’ll learn how to protect our homes and marijuana plants from law enforcement, and how to [...]
Finding Amusement in a Liberal’s Rationale
Browsing through Facebook the other day, I found the following status posted on a liberal associate’s page: “Regarding these Tax Tea Parties i thinks its interesting people are willing to use public roads, send there children to college using fed. assistance, drink clean tap water, use public parks, and sleep well knowing they have fire [...]
Statism and the State of Nature
In this post I discuss some differences between libertarian theory and theories of the state, particularly concerning ideas about the state of nature. The state of nature is a standard thought experiment for political philosophers in which we try to imagine a time before people had organized themselves and try to imagine how a [...]
Robert Butler to speak at next meeting
Monday 4/20 – Robert Butler speaks at Libertarian Longhorns / YAL Meeting Originally we were scheduled to have author Tom Mullen speak at LL/YAL, but we unfortunately had to cancel this event. Instead, we will have Robert Butler from the Texas LP speak on Outreach and Volunteer Management for campaigns. This is a unique opportunity [...]
Daily Texan rally call for the SGFS protest at the Capitol
Austin Reggae Fest
10 Things I Hate About Taxes
The Cost of Interventionism
Free Markets are the Only Solution
The UT Ayn Rand Club is sponsoring an interesting talk tonight and asked if we would help them promote it a little. The title of the talk is “The Financial Crisis: Free Markets as the Only Moral and Practical Solution,” and the speaker Yaron Brook. Facebook Event Link with Time and Location Details. Event Description: [...]

