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Who Killed Bambi?

Like all libertarians, I recognize the clear Second Amendment right of individuals to bear arms. Although I’m not heading out to hunt this weekend, I wish those who do so a good time and good prospects. I also know that our hunting culture – very much a part of our heritage on this continent –…

Neither More Nor Less

In my last two posts, Whitewater’s Best Hopes and The Invitation to Come to Whitewater from Contemporary America, immediately below, I discussed the opportunities that immigrants and students offer Whitewater. Although they’ve been met with acceptance in many quarters, they’ve been met with stubborn and self-destructive opposition from a few. Once here, and living and…

Reason.tv: John Mackey’s Conscious Capitalism

http://www.reason.tv/video/show/915 Here’s a description accompanying the video: When he started his first organic food store in Austin, Texas in 1978, Whole Foods Market CEO and co-founder John Mackey had no idea that he would eventually usher in not just a revolution in how we shop but what we buy. If you dig being able to…

Reason.tv: Unlocked and Cracking the Education Monopoly

It’s video Thursday at FREE WHITEWATER, and here are two videos on parental choice in education. The first is entitled, “Unlocked,” and describes the fight of parents for a better education for their children. It now has a companion film called “Cracking the Education Monoploy,” about that same fight. I’ll post both videos, in order.…

Reason.tv: Libertarian Party Chairman William Redpath Tells All

Over at Reason.tv, there’s a video originally recorded in July in which William Redpath talks about the Libertarian Party. There are millions of libertarians in America; there are far fewer members of the Libertarian Party. LP meetings are often divided between left and right libertarians, and on other arcane issues. That division is part of…

Manger Suggests Palin as 2012 ‘Libertarian’ Presidential Candidate

Long-standing libertarian Phil Manger has suggested Sarah Palin as a libertarian presidential candidate. She might run as an independent, a libertarian-oriented Republican, or (although this wasn’t Manger’s suggestion) a member of the LP. Under any scenario, she’d receive more votes than 2008 LP candidate Bob Barr if she did run as a presidential candidate. See,…

Reason.tv: Live from the September 12 Taxpayer March on Washington

Here’s a description accompanying the video: Are the Tea Party protesters a small group of radical freakazoids or a large crew of taxpaying regular joes who are fed up with government spending, Democrats and Republicans, and business as usual? Reason.tv fanned out through the crowd and the backstage of the September 12 Taxpayer March on…

David Harsanyi: Civility is Overrated – The Denver Post

Over at the Denver Post, David [not Daniel!] Harsanyi has a great column on how civility is overrated. Harsanyi’s right: A “focus on civility is meant to cloud another issue. Let’s not confuse personal civility with political civility. A ‘civil’ citizenry can mean a pliable citizenry, waiting – sometimes forever – to speak their minds.…

Reason.tv: Government Providing ‘Country Roads to Serfdom’

It’s video Thursday at FREE WHITEWATER, and here’s a video from Reason.tv’s Rough Cut blog, about the failure of government spending to improve conditions for West Virginia. Here’s a description accompanying the video: For decades, West Virginia has looked to the government to solve their economic problems, only to find themselves falling further behind. Today,…

From Reason.tv: Bjorn Lomborg — What’s the Best Way to Live with Global Warming?

Over at Reason.tv, there’s an interview with Bjorn Lomborg, asking, What’s the Best Way to Live with Global Warming? Here’s a description of the interview: What’s the best way for humanity to reduce suffering from man-made global warming? No individual has been a stronger voice for rational cost-benefit analysis on this issue than Bjorn Lomborg,…