The Buddhists Are Right

Apparently there is such a thing as reincarnation…

Honest Abe and the Civil War

The plot of National Treasure: Book of Secrets revolves around the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. When I heard Nicholas Cage’s character refer to Lincoln as “the man who brought this nation together,” I felt compelled to write a little bit about the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s legacy. Many myths surround the [...]

Nonsense in the News

More fun headlines from recent news articles.
Bolivians Ransack Bar District in Anti-Crime Move: Bolivians in El Alto wanted the government to criminalize bars and strip clubs in the area, because these businesses negatively affect the morals of the youth (how do you say “Footloose” in Spanish?). Anyway, the judge refused, so the mob took matters [...]

Not Yours to Give

If you still harbor any doubts about how far removed we are from the principles upon which this country was founded, just read the following speech from Col. Davy Crockett. “Not Yours to Give” was originally published in The Life of Colonel David Crockett, by Edward Sylvester Ellis.
One day in the House of Representatives [...]

Capitalism, The Government’s Patsy

Libertarian science fiction author L. Neil Smith once stated that “government is a disease masquerading as its own cure.” A quick look through the daily news is enough to confirm that observation. In story after story, I hear pundits decrying social problems and persistently failing to recognize the hand of government interference behind them. Instead, [...]

Time to Take Action on Immigration

Those of us living in Texas see the effects of immigration first-hand every day. And I for one am sick and tired of it! Let’s not allow political correctness to get in the way of an open and honest discussion of a very serious problem facing Texas today. We all know who we’re talking about [...]

Wars and Rumors of War

I wish I could claim that I sprang forth like Athena from the brow of Zeus as a fully-formed, principled libertarian. I did not. I considered myself a Republican ever since I was a kid during the Carter years, and after September 11th I was certainly willing to go along with the neoconservative agenda of [...]

A Cautionary Tale for Conservatives

Back when I still considered myself a Republican, I believed that my positions were oceans apart from those of my liberal friends. But now I see nothing but similarities between liberals and conservatives. Libertarianism has given me a radically different framework with which to view politics, and I would like to caution my conservative friends [...]

European Travels and a Passengers’ Bill of Rights

I just returned from a week in Europe – France and Finland. It was a good trip, and I came away with some good photographs. While in Helsinki, I came across the following:

There’s no shortage of this kind of “thinking” on my side of the pond either, but it did strike me that European libertarians [...]