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The brilliant libertarian economist Milton Friedman has died at 94 years old of heart failure. This man made strides in advocating libertarian economic principals and his work – along with that of his son, philosopher and economist David D. Friedman – has been referenced in this blog on numerous occasions. ...

A bunch of racists. . .a band of thugs. . .a pack of hate-filled bigots. I agree with all such descriptions of the British National Party (BNP), and such opinions could only be reinforced by a BBC documentary a year or so ago that brought us some rather nasty undercover ...

According to Glenn Beck, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the leader of Iran, is a fricking nutcase with an apocalypse wish on the world. This show, Glenn Beck Exposed, airs tonight on CNN Headline News network. In an interview today Beck described getting CNN to air this program as one of the biggest ...

As I write, Donald Rumsfeld has resigned. More details in the news media. Pew Research Center says that libertarians make up 9 percent of the U.S. Electorate. About 2 percent of the electorate vote for the Libertarian Party, which means that about 7 percent of the electorate are what we ...

It is almost unanimously agreed by experts that the trans fat found in partially hydrogenated vegetable oil is one of the most harmful foods we’re putting in our bodies. Yet, like so much else of what is unhealthy to eat, the stuff tastes so damned good; SO damned good that ...

Boobs. This is the T-shirt for the campaign for the candidate of the Libertarian Party for Governor of Alabama, Loretta Nall: I’m not altogether sure that the best place to sell sex is Alabama, considering stories like this. But it sure makes me proud to be a libertarian! John Wright ...

Without wishing to beat a dead horse, the above link is worth a click. John Wright

One should never write when one is angry. But sometimes it’s the best way to get a point across, and this lame-assed story for Rolling Stone by leftwing goon Robert Dreyfuss has given me cause to hurl something heavy through my computer screen with rage. The attention of this blog ...

On the previous post, my tribute to Colonol Jeff Cooper, a rather interesting debate was emerging in the comments section until late last night (UK time), when some comments were deleted. I’m looking into this, since the author obviously did not want their comments removed. The post is now shut ...

Colonol Jeff Cooper, philosopher, author, history instructor, adventurer, columnist – widely recognised as the father of the Modern Technique of handgun shooting – died on Monday peacefully at the age of 86. This is a man who made a mark. (Actually, he made thousands of .45 caliber holes, if we’re ...

Central to Michael Moore’s ‘documentary’ Bowling For Columbine was his theory that Canada is so much safer than the United States because of its laws restricting gun ownership and requiring tighter control, and his implication that firearms should be therefore restricted in the same way in the United States. That ...

New York CitySeptember 11th, 2001 We must never forget.

1) Labor Day and the New York Times Yesterday was Labor Day in the United States, an annual, national dedication to the social and economic achievements of America’s working public. In an age when the science of economics seems to mystify the Left, an age when some popular ideologies seem ...

The leader writer for the Guardian must be a Fat Bastard incapable of controlling his or her urge to buy and eat food. Last week Fat Bastard lamented that government wasn’t doing enough to help people stop eating too much and claimed that “there is a great deal the government ...

In a blog recently I was challenged for being inconsistent in my views. Yeah, I know: blasphemy! I had criticised the Roman Catholic Church for it’s policy on condoms, and my intention had been to criticise the inconsistency, incoherence and factual inaccuracies of the RCC’s moral policy. However, perhaps due ...

“And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddlin’ kids!” There are two main points I wish to make about the capture this morning of Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS). The first is to ...

Tony O’Neill, head chef of the Merchant Hotel in Belfast, was absolutely mauled by Andrew Tyler, a representative of the organisation Animal Aid, during a debate about the culinary delicacy foie gras on Radio Ulster’s Sunday Sequence Programme. The mauling was brutal and bloody. It was real tiger and zebra ...

You’d think the Robin Hoods of the political left would be content with stealing money from the living, but oh no. They just love to mug the dead too. And oh such pleasure they take in it. I speak of course of inheritance tax: the tax on the dead. Stephen ...

Earlier this week Jenni Murray, a BBC radio 4 presenter, made plans with three friends to assist each other to die if any of them is diagnosed with a debilitating and incurable disease or disorder. Assisted suicide is illegal in Britain, so this certainly raises interesting points. And, of course ...

A few weeks ago, media reports surfaced which accused Apple Computer of employing children in Chinese sweatshops to manufacture its iPods. The reports also alleged that working conditions were well below acceptable standards and that the workers were overworked and underpaid. The headlines were typically vicious: ‘China’s young make them, ...