Last Friday, there was a protest rally in Whitewater, along Main Street, and over one-hundred fifty people attended. See, Scenes from a Whitewater Rally, 3.18.11. That’s a large number for Whitewater — especially on a Friday evening as work was ending — and larger in ways worthy of mention. First, the pro-union gathering was one…
Liberty
Freedom of Speech, Liberty
‘Thugs,’ ‘Pickets,’ and Other Absurd Claims
by JOHN ADAMS •
Whitewater’s tired, stodgy town fathers, and chief bureaucrat, aren’t really conservative or liberal: they’re simply reactionary. So when a few working people came to town, to protest lawfully near a politician’s house, one read about this as though Whitewater were besieged by barbarians by pickets(!) from Milwaukee. That’s Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Madison, Wisconsin — as…
Economy, Government Spending, Liberty, School District
Extended Contracts for the Whitewater School District
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over a month ago, I wrote a first take on the politics of cuts to state shared revenue. See, Cuts to State Shared Revenue: Whitewater’s Politics of It All (First Take). Much has happened since then. Of the school district, I noted previously that There are so many better and higher tasks than labor disputes,…
Freedom of Speech, Liberty
Scenes from a Whitewater Rally, 3.18.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Liberty
A Rally in Whitewater on Friday, March 18th
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s a chance to exercise the freedom of assembly in defense of the freedom of association. On Friday, March 18th, there will be a rally at the Main Street bridge in Whitewater, near Cravath Lakefront followed by a town hall meeting at the Whitewater City Council chambers. Here’s more about the event, from a public…
Liberty
Nobel Prize Winner Mario Vargas Llosa on Freedom in the Middle East
by JOHN ADAMS •
Libertarians, Liberty
The Libertarian Position on Unions: In Support of Freedom of Association
by JOHN ADAMS •
For all the talk about where different groups stand on collective bargaining and the right of freedom of association, a bit of clarity on where Libertarians stand. (Not where conservatives or liberals think Libertarians stand, but where we truly and wholeheartedly stand.) Here’s a message from the chair of the LP, excerpts of which I…
Free Markets, Libertarians, Liberty
Lessons from Atlas Shrugged
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s a fine video about what the videographer learned from Atlas Shrugged. I’m a libertarian, rather than an Objectivist (as I’d guess the videographer is), but the video offers an appeal to both groups. (Libertarianism is a political view, of individual rights and limited government, and has no inherent suspicion of religion, as Objectivism does.…
Law, Liberty
Concise video on the Rule of Law
by JOHN ADAMS •
Free Markets, Liberty
Long live the American dream
by JOHN ADAMS •
Liberty
Creating a Free State: Filmmaker Christina Heller on Building a Libertopia in New Hampshire
by JOHN ADAMS •
One day we’ll have one in Wisconsin, too. Tired of waiting for a libertarian United States of America? Maybe the answer is to start small. Enter Libertopia, a documentary by director Christina Heller and producer Craig Goodale that follows three guys’ attempt to make one state free. Heller sat down with Reason.tv’s Ted Balaker to discuss…
Freedom of Speech, Liberty, Politics, Press
Lament of the Chicken Littles
by JOHN ADAMS •
There are lot of people who are very sure that protests in Madison are proof of a disordered society. They’re quick to wail and cry that the sky is falling, and that these protests are the end of Polite and Civilized Society as Understood by Polite and Civilized People. They sky’s not falling; society’s doing…
Freedom of Speech, Libertarians, Liberty
Wendy Kaminer: Free Speech, Free Markets, and Barriers to Civil Liberties Coalitions
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Free Markets, Libertarians, Liberty
Sundry Libertarian Themes
by JOHN ADAMS •
I’ve had an eclectic set of posts lately, perhaps more even than usual. Someone asked me if there’s a theme to them, and there is. These recent posts reflect a libertarian view (although not exclusively a libertarian one.) I’ll list some posts, with a few remarks on each. First, what do we believe? Libertarians support…