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 –…
Libertarians
City, Libertarians
Neither More Nor Less
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
Free Markets, Libertarians
Reason.tv: John Mackey’s Conscious Capitalism
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
Libertarians, School District
Reason.tv: Unlocked and Cracking the Education Monopoly
by JOHN ADAMS •
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.…
Libertarians
Reason.tv: Libertarian Party Chairman William Redpath Tells All
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
Libertarians
Manger Suggests Palin as 2012 ‘Libertarian’ Presidential Candidate
by JOHN ADAMS •
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,…
Libertarians
Reason.tv: Live from the September 12 Taxpayer March on Washington
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
Libertarians
David Harsanyi: Civility is Overrated – The Denver Post
by JOHN ADAMS •
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.…
Libertarians
Reason.tv: No American Should Have to Choose Between Health Insurance and Getting Drunk
by JOHN ADAMS •
Reason.tv observes the stark choice some Americans face, every day — health insurance or getting drunk? Following my earlier post, immediately below, with a video on the large number of uninsured who can afford insurance but choose other purchases instead, I’ve posted this brief video. The short video outlines the choices for some of those…
Free Markets, Libertarians
Reason.tv: Get Some! How to Fix America’s Health Insurance Crisis
by JOHN ADAMS •
It’s video Thursday at FREE WHITEWATER, and here’s a provocative video from Reason, explaining how the number of uninsured in America could be reduced by half, without a single government program. It’s provocative because the popular notion that all of the uninsured are in the same predicament — they can’t afford coverage. That’s not true.…
Economy, Free Markets, Libertarians, Planning
Reason.tv: Government Providing ‘Country Roads to Serfdom’
by JOHN ADAMS •
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,…
Libertarians
TV – Newsday – John Stossel from ABC’s 20/20 to Fox Business Channel
by JOHN ADAMS •
John Stossel, a well-known libertarian reporter at ABC’s 20/20, will leave for his own program, with additional airtime, at the Fox Business Channel. (Fox has more than one channel: the business channel is separate from the older news channel.) Stossel’s a fine reporter; his new program will be well-worth watching. See, John Stossel from ABC’s…
Economy, Free Markets, Libertarians
From Reason.tv: Bjorn Lomborg — What’s the Best Way to Live with Global Warming?
by JOHN ADAMS •
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,…