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  • Jul 2, 2007

    By the Numbers

    by Liberty and Power

    [cross-posted at Austro-Athenian Empire]

    In the latest (August 2007) issue of Liberty, Bruce Ramsey writes:

    A libertarian blog considered the argument, raised by antisecessionists, that a region can’t secede without paying back some common liability to the nation. The most obvious one is the national debt.

    The blogger asked the reader to accept that argument for a m

  • Jul 1, 2007

    Support from the left for Ron Paul on the Fed

    by Liberty and Power

    Leftist Mike Whitney has written an interesting article here on the Fed's role in the Bear Stearns meltdown. He concludes his essay by quoting Ron Paul who"summed it up best when he said":

    "From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the burst of the dot.com bubble; every economic downturn suffered by the country over the last 80 years can be traced to Federal Reserve policy. The Fed has followed a co
  • Jul 1, 2007

    Scott Horton: King of Internet Radio

    by Liberty and Power

    As some of you know, I listen as often as I can to Scott Horton's daily radio show. It is an essential source to keep track of ongoing developments in American foreign policy. But Scott's fans are not limited to libertarians. Tom Sumner, a well-respected critic of Bush's run-up to the war, writes the following:

    Times they are a changing, my friends), but I would like to point to Scott Horton

  • Jun 28, 2007

    Congress Shall Make No Law . . .Unless It Makes One Anyhow

    by Liberty and Power

    According to a June 28, 2007, report by CNSNews.com,"Amid a new push by Democrats in Congress to regulate talk radio―a medium dominated by conservatives―a Republican House member [Mike Pence, R-Ind.] has introduced a measure aimed at undercutting those plans. . . . If Democratic proponents get their way, the Fairness Doctrine's requirements would be codified in law and be stronger than a regulation by the FCC. Pence's proposal, which he is calling the Broadcaster Freedom Act, would
  • Jun 27, 2007

    Legislator Cheney

    by Liberty and Power

    [cross-posted at Austro-Athenian Empire]

    Dick Cheney’s claim that he is not part of the executive branch is silly, but his argument for that conclusion is worth addressing.

    Cheney claims that the Vice-Presidency is unique in embodying both executive and legislative functions (the latter being his Presidency of the Senate with the right to cast tie-breaking votes), thus belonging strictly to neithe

  • Jun 26, 2007

    More on Finklestein

    by Liberty and Power

    Cathy Young at Reason has this report. Her credibility is excellent, IMO, so I feel like my semi-informed reactions a couple weeks ago were justified.
  • Jun 25, 2007

    MAKE YOUR NOMINATION: BEST LIBERTARIAN/CLASSICAL LIBERAL ACADEMIC BLOG CONTEST

    by Liberty and Power

    Liberty and Power is now taking nominations for a poll to choose the following:

    Best Libertarian/Classical Liberal Group Academic Blog. As the sponsor of the poll, Liberty and Power is not eligible to participate in this category.

    Best Libertarian/Classical Liberal Individual Academic Blog.

    Best New Libertarian/Classical Liberal Group Academic Blog. The blog, which is also eligible for the best group blog category, must have been founded on or after October 1, 2004

  • Jun 23, 2007

    Ron Paul, Jeffersonian

    by Liberty and Power

    Support for Ron Paul is turning up all over the place. Here Jeff Taylor, a left-wing Democrat, has some encouraging words to say about Paul's candidacy.

    "Another option for those of us who like popular sovereignty, justice, and nonviolence is Ron Paul. He is the only GOP presidential contender who opposes the Iraq War, the U.N. Security Council, and the Patriot Act. It's true that some liberal Democrats cannot swallow his
  • Jun 22, 2007

    Augusto Giuliani

    by Liberty and Power

    Michael I. Niman on Rudy:"Giuliani’s disdain for freedom of speech is best exemplified by the case of Robert Lederman, an artist who specializes in drawing caricatures of Giuliani as a dictator and depicting his policies as transforming New York into a police state. Lederman was arrested 40 times during Giuliani’s reign for displaying his art at political demonstrations and on the streets of New York. Lederman was nev