Two years before the real campaigning begins, America’s class of politicos is convinced former First Lady Hillary Clinton will take up the quest for the jackass nomination. After stints as both a U.S. Senator and Secretary of State, Clinton is
Politics 
Give Me a King
Leftists today find themselves in a terrible contradiction. On one hand, they hold to the rigged principle that society needs governing by a domineering state. The commoners are not to be trusted so it takes badges and guns to maintain
The State and the Death Penalty
The Maryland House of Delegates recently passed a measure to repeal the state’s death penalty. It’s expected Governor Martin O’Malley will sign the bill into law, making Maryland the 18th state to ban capital punishment. As a true blue liberal
Ron Paul’s Advice to Canada
Reprinted from the Globe and Mail Editor’s note: This is an unabridged transcript of Paul Koring’s interview with Ron Paul. An edited and condensed version appeared in The Globe on Monday. Ron Paul, the plain-speaking libertarian from Texas whose three
Boobus and Trivial Concerns
Nothing stinks more than the sanctimonious stench of the average news watcher. This widespread group of self-described “informed voters†takes comfort in the half-hour nightly news they habitually watch before flipping the television set to gawk at personalities more interesting
The Collectivist Mind Game, Part 2: Demonizing the Opposition
Reprinted from the American Thinker Part 1: Demonizing the Non-Compliant Most modern-day leftists in Western countries have abandoned the idea of a violent revolution, having replaced it with “the long march through the institutions” as part of the culture war
The Beauty of the Market
Last spring, I went to put a set of summer tires on my vintage BMW alloy wheels, but this routine operation did not turn out as planned. The e-mail below gives a fairly complete account of the event. I sent
The Public Sector Impact on Ontario’s Debt Woes
The motto of the province of Ontario is Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet which, translated from the original Latin, means: “Loyal she began, loyal she remains.” This is an homage to the province’s historical affiliation with the monarchy of Britain. However,
The Future of Liberalism
[This article is excerpted from Liberalism, Chapter 4] Editor’s Note- This is the last chapter of Liberalism. If you have been keeping up with our reprinting of chapters, you have read the whole of the wonderful text! The Future of
Justin Trudeau and Equality of Opportunity
Justin Trudeau is the perceived front-runner for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. On Saturday, he released a public statement outlining some of his proposed policy initiatives. In this statement, he asserts that his party “must be a
The Curious Case of the Non-Libertarian, George Jonas
Reprinted from LewRockwell.com George Jonas is an editorial writer for the National Post, a Canadian newspaper (somewhat similar to the Wall Street Journal in overall outlook). On January 19, 2013, he wrote an essay entitled “Don’t call me a libertarian.”
Liberalism as a Party
[This article is excerpted from Liberalism, Chapter 4] 5. Party Propaganda and Party Organization When liberal ideas began to spread to central and eastern Europe from their homeland in western Europe, the traditional powers?the monarchy, the nobility, and the clergy?trusting
Influence of Immigrants on Culture & Obama
About 80% of those who I did engineering with in India are in the US. These are hard-working, disciplined, very well-educated people. They work in top companies and pay their taxes. They follow the law. They live in nice houses.
Parliamentarism, Special Interests, and Classical Liberalism
[This article is excerpted from Liberalism, Chapter 4] 3. The Crisis of Parliamentarism and the Idea of a Diet Representing Special Groups Parliamentarism, as it has slowly developed in England and in some of her colonies since the seventeenth century,
Jim Flaherty on Canadian Tariffs
On Wednesday, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, responding to a Senate Finance Committee report urging a “review of Canadian tariffs†to address the ongoing Canada-U.S. price gap, remarked: We’ve been looking at our tariff situation carefully, particularly with respect to consumer
The Loss of Trust in Political Leaders
Reprinted from GaryNorth.com When Ron Paul left the House of Representatives, this created a vacuum. Libertarians only had two representatives over the last 60 years: Howard Buffett and Ron Paul. That is not a lot of representatives. These days, the
Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty
[Originally appeared in Left and Right, Spring 1965, pp. 4-22. The reprint of this article is occasioned by the startlingly uncritical attitude American conservatives have shown toward the consolidation of state power that has been unleashed since the atrocities of
Liberalism and Political Parties
[This article is excerpted from Liberalism, Chapter 4] 2. Political Parties There can be no more grievous misunderstanding of the meaning and nature of liberalism than to think that it would be possible to secure the victory of liberal ideas
Teacher Oversupply or Pupil Undersupply
My high school education spanned a now unusual five years, over an even more unusual two continents and three countries. I started in the south European backwater that is Macedonia for my first two years, took my “junior year†in
In defense of Rodney Bowers
On page 4 of last Monday’s Metro Toronto, journalist Jessica Smith detailed the heroic actions of Toronto chef and restaurateur Rodney Bowers, as he joined Vancouver chef and restaurateur Mark Brand’s effort to address poverty in his community. The Brand-Bowers plan to
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