Term Limits (refresh for more)
- Suppressed Measure Woulda WonArkansas politicians and their cronies were terrified by Issue 3. …
- Fear and Freedom“If Libertarian Gary Johnson doesn’t win the presidency,” I posted …
- To Do Item #1It’s been a while. In the early 1990s, citizens in …
- Trump Should Look to PeruDemocracy can degrade into other things, even strong-man rule. To avoid such …
- Seventh Time’s the Charm?“You have to give the public something,” explained termed-out former …
Popular Posts (refresh for more)
- A Fraction of a Reaction“A little dab’ll do ya.” That was from Brylcream, not …
- Seriously Not SeriousWhile one segment of the voting public regards President Donald …
- Congress’s KingPolitics today reveals a troubling dialectic. Thesis: President Trump boasts …
- Greenlighting SocialismCan we blame U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), really? A …
- The Anti-Orange Man CultHow do you know you are in an end-time cult? …
Edward Snowden
- The Turn-on-a-Dime’s DifferenceOver two out of five. The first articles I saw …
Today in Freedom
On May 8, 1899, Austrian-English economist and philosopher Friedrich August von Hayek was born. He signed the bulk of his books written in the English language as “F.A. Hayek,” and is best known for The Road to Serfdom, The Constitution of Liberty, The Fatal Conceit, and many essays, several of them widely cited, including “Individualism, True and False” and “The Use of Knowledge in Society.”
Years earlier, on the same date in 1873, English philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill died. Now best known for On Liberty (1859) and Utilitarianism (1861), he was and is considered one of the most important economists and philosophers of the Victorian age, with other classics including A System of Logic (1843) and Principles of Political Economy (1848). Mill’s letters to his wife were edited into book form by Hayek.
On May 8, 1946, two Estonian school girls (Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel) blew up the Soviet memorial which stood in front of the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
Thought of the Day
Honour is a great check upon mankind: But where a considerable body of men act together, this check is, in a great measure, removed; since a man is sure to be approved of by his own party, for what promotes the common interest; and he soon learns to despise the clamours of adversaries.
David Hume, “Of The Independency of Parliament,” in Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary (1741-2; 1748).
Steal This Meme
Memes (refresh for more)
- Salman Rushdie on Free Speech“The moment you limit free speech, it’s not free speech.” …
- You had one job America. . .
- Free Trade, Tolerance and Cooperation…Free trade, tolerance and cooperation will lead inevitably to peace and …
- Madison on Perpetual War“Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, …
- June 4, 1989Remember Tiananmen Square