Steven Horwitz has an interesting post at L&P that discusses the distinction between parental socialism and paternal socialism, and the roots of the former, in the light of work done by James Buchanan. Ayn Rand even gets a favorable mention and credit where credit is due. Chris Matthew Sciabarra chimes in in a comment to the post. I left only a brief comment as well, but I’ll probably be blogging on this subject more in the future as it bears a strong relationship to my research into autonomy.
This is a little late, but for those who haven’t yet heard of the sci-fi/western tv series Firefly, the Serenity movie, or the new trailer for the movie, here it is. Here’s the Serenity movie website, where you can find an earlier trailer and a blog. Here are two Firefly, the tv series, websites: 1 , 2.
I first saw Firefly when it aired on Fox, although I only saw a few episodes. A couple of months ago I bought the DVD set and, I must say, loved every single episode. I am very much looking forward to September 30th when the movie comes out. Fans may want to get in line for the book adaptation of the movie, and check out the visual companion, and this anthology of essays about the tv series.
Roderick Long has posts on Firefly and Serenity here, here, and here.
The surveillance state continues to grow. See Radley Balko’s post at L&P for the latest disturbing direction government policy is taking.
