Dark Knight Rises Review
Disclaimer: This article does contain some spoilers I watched the last Batman film by Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises, this past weekend. It was fantastic, and just as good as the other two movies in Nolan’s trilogy, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. These three movies, I believe, are among the best socio-political movies [...]
Libertarian Dictatorship?
Jesse Walker wrote an interesting article over at Reason about the notion by some libertarians that a transitional dictatorship could be a positive step towards liberty, specifically in regard to Hayek’s (qualified) praise of Chilean dictator, Pinochet. In general, I agree with his conclusion. Dictatorships are a messy business and they scarcely lead to more [...]
Left Libertarianism
Is Libertarianism Left or Right? I consider it of the Right (properly understood) but others have argued differently. Back in the ’60s, Murray Rothbard argued that it was Left, while socialism was in the Middle, and conservatism was Right. Karl Hess, Roderick T. Long, and many others have subscribed to this perspective of left-libertarianism; Hans-Hermann [...]
Libertarian “Illusions”
Jeffrey Sachs has gone to task to equate libertarianism with libertinism and hedonism. Libertarianism is the single-minded defense of liberty. Many young people flock to libertarianism out of the thrill of defending such a valiant cause. They also like the moral freedom that libertarianism seems to offer: it’s okay to follow one’s one desires, even [...]
Paleoism
Paleoism was a movement in the 1990s that sought to combine traditionalists (paleoconservatives) with a certain faction of libertarians (paleolibertarians). Lew Rockwell, a leader in this movement, wrote that it was an alignment with “the negative goal of opposing Republican moderates, neoconservatives, libertarian sellouts, and compromises on welfare and warfare, and the positive goal of [...]
What happened to the Conservative Movement?
The Conservative Movement used to be a movement of high culture and elitism. Across the Conservative spectrum, we had great intellectual minds that articulated the principles of conservatism in America. Today, the Conservative-Republican movement is largely a herdist movement that disdains intellectualism and whose ‘heroes’ are individuals such as Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean [...]
The Common Good and Social Justice
One of the primary objectives of society and of good government is to pursue the common good. Most people wouldn’t disagree with this objective. The point of contention is what exactly the ‘common good’ is. Many libertarians, and others that advocate free markets, believe the common good, if it exists at all, is merely “the [...]
Thoughts on Iowa
Over at National Review‘s Corner, Jonah Goldberg had this interesting post: For reasons that no doubt have to do with original sin, I happened to listen to Chris Matthews tonight chronicle the history of the Republican Party as a way to explain the “reasonableness” of Ron Paul’s foreign policy. He explained that the GOP has [...]
A Library of Liberty
Here are the books that I would recommend to anyone interested in the foundation for the philosophy of anarcho-monarchism. Works here included are those on American history, anarchism, libertarianism, central banking, war, and all sorts of other topics. American History Works about American history in general, but specifically about the colonial era, the Founding [...]
Whither Monarchy?
Just what exactly is so appealing about monarchy to an anarcho-capitalist? As most Americans know, monarchy is a laughable political system at best, and tyranny at worst, right? Can an anarcho-capitalist find appealing qualities both in the American Founding Fathers, themselves advocates of aristocratic republicanism, and in monarchism? I would argue yes, and yes. First, [...]
