Libertarians, be cheerful — Goldwater speaks against oppressive big government, in Boy on Bicycle, one of his 1964 campaign commercials. From the Museum of the Moving Image.
Libertarians
Economy, Free Markets, Libertarians
Saving Social Security: Run, Sonny, Run
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s the final segment of a five-part series from Reason.tv entitled, Saving Social Security. The animated video comes from Lineplot, a company that creatively describes financial topics. I posted the first of the series, Pimp My Walker, on October 4th, the second part, Boom Baby Boom! on October 11th, the third, Policy Warrior on October…
Libertarians
ACLU on the “Constitution-Free Zone” of the United States
by JOHN ADAMS •
The ACLU has a page describing how encroachment of federal power has produced a virtual “Constitution-free zone” for American citizens — almost 200 million — living near the so-called borders of our country: Using data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, the ACLU has determined that nearly 2/3 of the entire US population (197.4 million…
Economy, Free Markets, Libertarians
Saving Social Security: Broken Trust
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s the fourth part of a five-part series from Reason.tv entitled, Saving Social Security. The animated video comes from Lineplot, a company that creatively describes financial topics. I posted the first of the series, Pimp My Walker, on October 4th, the second part, Boom Baby Boom! on October 11th, and the third, Policy Warrior on…
Libertarians
Barr Against the Bailout: Linking McCain to Big Government
by JOHN ADAMS •
Libertarians
Libertarian Barr’s Path to a Greater Margin: Disaffected Republicans
by JOHN ADAMS •
As one might have expected, Libertarian Bob Barr’s appeal to a greater-than-normal percentage of the vote for the LP depends on an appeal to disaffected Republican small-government conservatives. Barr made that appeal explicit yesterday, as recounted in an AP story entitled, “Libertarian Barr Says McCain Can’t Win Presidency.” Here’s Barr’s pitch: “Sen. McCain will be…
Free Markets, Libertarians
Defending Freedom: Update
by JOHN ADAMS •
Yesterday, I published a post entitled, “Defending Freedom: Welch vs. Weisberg,” in which I described the reply of libertarian Matt Welch to Jacob Weisberg’s attack on libertarian philosophy in Slate. Welch handled the issue well, I thought, and now he has an update, in which others take on Weisberg’s argument. He links to nine other…
Free Markets, Libertarians
Defending Freedom: Welch vs. Weisberg
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over at Reason’s Hit & Run, Matt Welch responds to the big-government loving author of In Defense of Government, Jacob Weisberg of Slate. Weisberg, in a Slate post entitled, “How the Financial Collapse Killed Libertarianism” contends that The best thing you can say about libertarians is that because their views derive from abstract theory, they…
Free Markets, Libertarians
Defending Freedom: Boaz vs. Meyerson
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over at Cato@Liberty, David Boaz posts “Gods That Fail,” in response to Harold Meyerson’s Washington Post column, “Gods that Failed.” Boaz defends capitalism against Meyerson’s contention that “Today, conservative intellectuals might want to consider writing a tome on the failure of their own beloved deity, unregulated capitalism. ” (The titles of the columns are plays…
City, Free Markets, Libertarians, Police
The Different Standard
by JOHN ADAMS •
Sometimes a story about one topic reveals more about another. In Pewaukee, there have been chronic concerns about the temperament and conduct of that community’s police chief. In early August, the Pewaukee City Council requested that the city’s Police and Fire Commission remove police chief Gary Bach from office. Among the Common Council’s charges against…
Economy, Free Markets, Libertarians
Saving Social Security: Policy Warrior
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s the third part of a five-part series from Reason.tv entitled, Saving Social Security. The animated video comes from Lineplot, a company that creatively describes financial topics. I posted the first of the series, Pimp My Walker, on October 4th, and the second part, Boom Baby Boom! on October 11th.
Libertarians
Bob Barr on CNN’s American Morning
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s a video showing Bob Barr’s appearance on CNN’s American Morning. Barr critiques the other candidates, as though he were a commentator, and not a candidate himself. He’s also blunt the way a Congressional candidate might be, and without the manner of a national candidate. (I although I hear that Barr thinks well of himself.) …
Libertarians
Bob Barr Video Ad
by JOHN ADAMS •
Economy, Free Markets, Libertarians
Reason‘s Carnival of Posts Against the Bailout
by JOHN ADAMS •
Reason has a fine, single post linking to their many posts and videos against the federal bailout. The post is entitled, “Read Up on the Bailout and More Before Monday’s Opening Bell Signals More Losses!” It lists nearly twenty posts against the bailout, making a sound case against significant expansion of federal power. Among them…