On Sunday, November 3rd 2013, I’ll be back in Keene, New Hampshire. I will be discussing the moral and tactical implications of the use of force in the fight for liberty with Ian Freeman of Free Talk Live, and Derrick J Freeman, of Peace News Now. Keenevention your opportunity to explore New Hampshire in the fall…...
Since the seizure of Silk Road, and the arrest of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged mastermind of the online drug market, aka Dread Pirate Roberts, the United States Federal Government has alleged that he took part in at least two murder for hire plots. Both of the alleged plots, involved a government agent pretending to be…...
Earlier this month, after being expelled from the Free State Project for writings they claimed “exceeded the limits of defensive force”, I challenged Stefan Molyneux to stand for the FSP in a debate on the use of force. After all, if what I said was so violent and dangerous, surely the best way to deal…...
Last night I had a terribly brief discussion about society with some family members. Within 15 minutes I was asked about energy, environment, education, foreign policy, and economics. Of course, I had answers for their questions, but these are complicated subjects when you have to deconstruct 60 years of government propaganda from a man’s mind…....
Since when is violence considered intellectual? Since when does one person own the thoughts of another? Since about 400 years ago, as it turns out. I really like this subject because it was one of the last aspects of statism that I clung to before embracing the far clearer moral compass of voluntarism. If we…...
Libertarian Infighting is a Good Thing. I recently posted a message requesting suggestions for my next article, and a reader posted about libertarian infighting… “How division among various freedom groups will be our undoing unless we work together”. So I decided to write the exact opposite. But I’m not just doing this to be…...
In recent and not so recent controversy surrounding the question of force, the question of proportionality often comes up. In a recent article I discussed some extreme examples, mostly for fun, but let’s take a closer look at the question of proportionality of force. Surely others have opined on the subject, but in pursuance to…...