Recent Libertarian Standard Posts 
- Eric Holder Says Gun Owners Should “Cower” in Shame Like Smokers · January 10, 2013
The Attorney General’s exact words:What we need to do is change the way in which people think about guns, especially young people, and make it something that’s not cool, that it’s n … - A Response to 2nd Amendment Repealers and Other Gun-Control Nuts · December 21, 2012
[Originally published as a comment in response to someone who announced publicly on Google+ that he sincerely believed that, as radical as it may sound, part of the Bill of Rights should be repealed. … - Is NASA Positioning Itself to Become a Regulatory Agency? · September 19, 2012
NASA-Certified Space TaxiIt sure seems like that’s what NASA is doing. NASA has to do something in order to maintain its relevance as the space age dawns in the era of commercial space flight. N … - The Animus of the Nanny State · July 13, 2012
“Politicians treat firefighters like pawns. When my house burned down, I learned how valuable public servants can be.”That’s the tagline of an article on Salon.com titled “Than … - Admin Update: Ch-ch-ch-change-e-es! New Host, Community Forums, & More · June 22, 2012
First of all, our apologies to anyone who was inconvenienced or annoyed by any issues with our site recently, especially those who received a rapid-fire blast of several dozen tweets yesterday. WeR …
Mises Econ Blog Posts
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Admits the Space Shuttle Was Never About Science · July 23, 2011
Promoting science is a major reason often given in support of the space shuttle program and against ending it. But the space shuttle program was never about science, as astrophysicist and celebrity sc … - Ecofascism in the Name of Fending Off Ecofascism · September 16, 2010
Micah White at The Guardian writes of the growing danger of ecofascism or environmental authoritarianism. Some environmentalists, like James Lovelock and Pentti Linkola, want to put democracy on hold … - Murray Rothbard and Ron Paul Mentioned on NRO’s The Corner · June 20, 2007
Rothbard got a favorable mention on a National Review Online blog called The Corner. Ron Paul got a mention in the same post as well, in connection with Rothbard. About Rothbard, John Derbyshire wrote … - The T3 Tax: Laying Down the Gauntlet · June 12, 2007
Economist Ross McKitrick, who along with Steve McIntyre played a major role in discrediting Michael Mann’s “hockey stick” graph, has an interesting proposal for a carbon emissions ta … - Schoolhouse Rock: Pirates and Emperors (Or, Size Does Matter) · April 27, 2007
Here’s a fantastic video dramatizing the fact that pirates and emperors are really the same thing.Here’s a direct link to the video on YouTube. Find out more here Hat tip to Sunni for al … - Ancient Chinese historian recognized the market as a beneficial spontaneous order · July 26, 2006
Reading Don Lavoie and Emily Chamlee-Wright’s Culture and Enterprise, I was struck by the following percipient and eloquent observation by Chinese historian Ssu-ma Ch’ien (c.145-86 BC), ov …
