Power vs. People in the Digital Age
The government seems determined to turn out the lights on the digital age. And this is with or without SOPA or the other bills …
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What Does Liberty Really Mean?
It is at times useful to imagine how a truly laissez-faire society, one entirely emancipated from the shackles of state coercion, might exist and …
The Monetary Metal that Just Won’t Die
For more than one hundred years, governments have been trying to kill gold’s role in the monetary system. They’ve dreamed of a day when …
The Race for the Coolest Stuff
A staple of action/thriller movies like the Mission: Impossible and the James Bond series is that the government agencies have all the cool gadgets, …
Two Views of the Internet
The barely-defeated legislation called SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) hit out of the blue and caused a global scramble among the smart set to …
The Twelve-Year Sentence
You look at the parade of mindless dopes and dopers that make up the Occupy protesters and think: What is wrong with these people? …