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Crime, Punishment, Libertarianism, and Responsibility
Libertarianism is not just about freedom. It’s also about personal responsibility. For instance, you should have the freedom to consume drugs, but it’s not society’s responsibility to subsidize you if...
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A Growth Agenda for the Developing World
Back in early 2009, the Center for Freedom and Prosperity released this video to explain the universal recipe for growth and prosperity. The core message, if you want to skip the six-minute video, is...
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A Simple Lesson about Gun Control
Because of moral, constitutional, and cost-benefit reasons, I’m not a fan of gun control. So I don’t like proposals to restrict the right to keep and bear arms. That being said, some anti-gun...
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Oregon and Drug Legalization
I don’t like illegal drugs and I’ve never consumed any, not even marijuana. But that’s because of my staid preferences, not because politicians made them illegal. That being said, I oppose the War on...
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Gun Control Epiphanies
I periodically highlight folks on the left who are sensible on the issue of gun control, either because they realize it is a bad idea or because they at least recognize that it is an impractical idea....
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Defending Hunter Biden (and Donald Trump)
Like so many politicians from both parties, Joe Biden and his family have figured out how to personally profit from big government (one of the many reasons why Washington is a “wretched hive of scum...
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British Columbia and Drug Legalization
Proponents of drug legalization are dealing with good news and bad news. The good news is that there’s been a steady shift in favor of marijuana legalization. The weed is now legal in many states...
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The United Kingdom, Free Speech, and Dual Criminality
I’m lucky to be an American, where there is a 1st Amendment that protects free speech. And, unlike some other parts of the Constitution, the courts have done a decent job of protecting that right. The...
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Defending (One Version of) Class Warfare
I normally despise people who promote class warfare. Assuming someone has earned money honestly (and not via cronyism, bailouts, subsidies, protectionism, or industrial policy), I don’t care if that...
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Three Cheers for Private Firefighters
While I have a few opinions related to fires and natural disasters (government firefighters are usually overpaid, FEMA shouldn’t exist, etc), I’m not going to comment on how government officials in...
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