Freedom lives at UT Austin
I saw Rango to enjoy the combined hijinks of Jonny Depp and other cartoon animals, and in this I was not disappointed; however it was not at all the most memorable aspect of the experience. Rango led me to entirely unexpected places. It is not simply a cartoon about a lizard, but a journey into [...]
The New My Little Pony Show I recently watched an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic that, I thought, sheds a lot of light on the mentality of the statist upper class. For those of you who inexplicably have not been watching this new show, let me explain the premise. The show takes [...]
Wants and Needs A typical characteristic of libertarians that is rarely found among other people is an assumption that it is desirable, possible, and practical to bring universal theorizing into politics. Libertarians desire a theory of politics that can be applied everywhere, to all societies, to all people, no matter how differently they should feel [...]
For over a decade, the manga series One Piece has delighted Japanese readers young and old, as well as the Americans fortunate enough to be clued into it. It is the best-selling manga series of all time, with over 185.6 million copies sold. Its author, Eichiro Oda, is the best-selling author in Japanese history, and [...]
Meet Gustave. Gustave is the world’s largest Nile crocodile. Over 20 feet long and around 2600 pounds, Gustave is believed to be between 60 and 70 years old, and during that time has developed one of the most impressive resumés of badassery ever. He has personally killed more than 300 people, which makes him one [...]
Among libertarians, self-ownership is generally held to be a moral absolute. Under this view, it is not permitted ever that one person may be owned by someone else, even if he should attempt to sell his body voluntarily. The nonaggression principle and the self-ownership principle may be seen as equivalent or one may be seen [...]
It is disturbingly easy for arguments originally employed on behalf of the free market to be turned against it. In this article I hope to redeem the concept of competition, which perhaps more than any other argument has been corrupted into the service of the state. Rather than as a peaceful, cooperative, and ordered network, [...]
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