Month: October 2019

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The Castle (and More Important) Edict of Fontainebleau

Merci à Rick Steves for a quick tour of the Chateau Fontainebleau; but dear Rick left out the most important note of history from it. 334 years ago–nearly to the day–Louis XIV issued his repeal of Henry IV’s Edict of Nantes with his Edict of Fontainebleau. No true, absolute king could have Huguenots running around…
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Mises v. Marx: AIER Just Put Out Some Amazing Stuff

The brilliance of these pieces: a rap video, a post rap video analysis of the winner, and then a sardonic yet accurate review of Marx the economist… It’s all here for you: 3 red pills–might want to take one at a time.   

Part of the Problem, 500–To Many, Many More

The great Dave Smith and Robbie “The Fire” Bernstein celebrated their 500th podcast episode for “Part of the Problem” doing what they do best: Combining the brilliance of libertarianism with their “funny-because-it’s-so-true” comedy. In the episode, both list the most influential thinkers who brought them to libertarianism from the left: Ron Paul, George Reisman, Tom…
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Who Was There for This Little Boy?

1. He was born with heroin in his system. 2. Weened off of drugs for the first few months of his life, he was placed in foster care with a relative. 3. An Illinois state court returned him to his demonic parents despite repeated reports of abuse and squalor inside the home. 4. Employees from…
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Owning the Earthly Goalposts and the Next Frontier

What is the left, left to do? When you own the culture—and everybody knows it, and as conservatives are left to watch the train as it has already left the station–new boundaries have to be drawn, goalposts moved. Progressives still have to be the bold, counter-cultural ones though. Remember when it was audacious to put…
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