[cross-posted from libertarianism]

The Libertarian Party is calling for more cooperation between Federal, state and local law enforcement to battle the scourge of child pornography:

"FBI Chief Robert Mueller was correct when he said we are losing the war on child pornography," says Libertarian Party Executive Director Shane Cory, referring to comments made by ( Read more... )

OK, here's the scenario:

I took ikilled007's advice and set aside a sizable store of gold.  The apocalypse has arrived: the dollar has completely collapsed, the economy has been decimated, and the nation's cities lie in smoldering ruins after months of food riots and looting.  I drive out of my heavily fortified bunker, which used to be my basement before ( Read more... )

[cross-posted from libertarianism]

Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen answers a question posed by Brian Doherty: ". . . did this libertarian movement-this tightly-knit group of economists, novelists, publishers, philosophers, think tankers, and politicians whose story I tell-actually accomplish anything of unquestionable significance?"

Cowen's answer: "Yes: ( Read more... )

[cross-posted from libertarianismSo I ran down to my neighborhood King Soopers tonight for some decongestant to battle a nagging cold.  I grabbed a card from the shelf (as the real thing is now kept in the pharmacy) and went to the counter to exchange it for a box of 12-Hour Sudafed ( Read more... )

1. Open borders are a threat to national security.This is a fallacy for several reasons.  For one, we face both external and internal terrorism threats, neither of which consists of the people currently crossing the U. S.-Mexico border.  Mexicans aren't radical Islamists or racist white Christians.  Some may be criminals and members of violent gangs ( Read more... )

The debate over abortion will circle endlessly around the question of when the fetus is granted personhood. This will never be answered to everyone's satisfaction ( Read more... )

I read this story to Alex the other night:

( Li Chi Slays the Serpent )

lord_thoth and I have begun a lively exchange over the merits (or lack thereof) of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ( Read more... )

In response to this postYou realize of course what will happen if libertarians ever control government, right ( Read more... )

[cross-posted from libertarianism; thanks to tuesdays__grace for the vector]

I really wanted to believe this was a troll, another virus infecting a panicked liberal blogosphere, but apparently it isn't.

A draft of a bill currently before the Health Finance Commission in Indiana would make it illegal for unmarried women to become pregnant through artificial means ( Read more... )