Archive | May, 2008

Why Liberty?

At the recent Libertarian Party Convention, Anthony Gregory gave a great talk on supporting the principles of liberty.  In short, it’s not politics.  It’s right vs wrong.
Here’s an excerpt:

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Foreign Aid, Freedom, and Myanmar

Laurence Vance at the Mises institute has an excellent post on the immorality of forced government-to-government foreign aid – with a focus on the tragedy in Myanmar.
Here’s an excerpt:

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Another Casualty of War: The Economy

by Rep Ron Paul
This week, as the American economy continued to suffer the effects of big government, the House attempted to pass two multibillion dollar “emergency” spending bills, one for continued spending on the war in Iraq , and one increasing spending on domestic and international welfare programs.  The plan was to pass these two [...]

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The Presidency: Executive or Imperial Branch?

by Ivan Eland
More memos recently have surfaced that were written early in the Bush administration by John C. Yoo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel — the man who gave us the administration’s horrifyingly narrow definition of torture. As difficult as it is to believe, the recently released memos are even scarier than [...]

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Who Is Responsible for the Housing Bubble?

by Rep Ron Paul
The House passed two bills attempting to rehabilitate the housing and mortgage market this week.  There doesn’t seem to be any shortage of criticism and blame for the bad decisions, and rightly so.
Lenders and banks do share much of the blame for the overheated market.  Lending standards were relaxed, or even abandoned [...]

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