The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on…

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The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate...

The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate...

A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say...

A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say...

The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid...

The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid...

The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade...

The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade...

I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other...

I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other...

What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of...

What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of...

It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's...

It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's...

As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people...

As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people...

It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profitable...

It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profitable...

We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security...

We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security...

Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the...

Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the...

I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.

I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.

Today, human civilization is drowning in a sea of lies.

Today, human civilization is drowning in a sea of lies.

The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than...

The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than...

Beloved friends and comrades... the national Libertarian Party is dead.

Beloved friends and comrades... the national Libertarian Party is dead.

Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses.

Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses.

Government is waging war against the people.

Government is waging war against the people.

Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and...

Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and...

I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at...

I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at...

I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation...

I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation...