http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ Free For All - The Free Liberal Blog en-us kevin@rollinsit.com 2008-05-15T11:57:25-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003341.php A Sunday Night Social Debate * May 18, 2008 * 4:00-5:30pm at the Galaxy Hut Presented by the Center for Liberty and Community Jan Helfeld will argue in favor of limited government as the optimal system for achieving human happiness.... 3341@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ Events 2008-05-15T11:57:25-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003339.php Most "Free Liberals" support property rights. That said, reasonable, pro-liberty people can disagree over the concept and enforcement of intellectual property. Most fair-minded people also understand the concept of proportionality in punishment. That brings us to Los Angeles where the... 3339@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ Rule of Law 2008-05-13T20:51:22-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003338.php Gene Healy of the Cato Institute doesn't like the exercise of presidential power. Nor do I. He itemizes the dangers of president-as-messiah here. I think he's largely correct. Still, those with wonkish proclivities might want to view politics as a... 3338@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ Politics 2008-05-13T06:48:04-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003336.php Barack Obama has given free liberals another reason to cheer his candidacy with his humane views on medipot: As the candidates prepare for a May 20 primary in Oregon, one of 12 states with a California-style law, Sen. Barack Obama... 3336@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ Politics 2008-05-12T12:01:54-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003333.php Ever wonder where today's "imperial presidency" came from? Columnist George Will made the case recently that Harry Truman's presidency should be viewed as a turning point in presidential power. Salient reasons for Will's argument include the undeclared Korean War without... 3333@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ Rule of Law 2008-05-11T11:33:35-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003329.php Or rather, John Derbyshire, does so for National Review. The review is here. It's positive. But not as positive as Derbyshire was about the book later. -MT... 3329@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ 2008-05-07T10:50:49-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003326.php From the Atlas Economic Research Foundation: Ugandan Journalist and founder of an independent newspaper in Kampala , was arrested on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at his office. A bold advocate of free speech and a champion in promoting the dangers... 3326@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ A Better World 2008-05-02T13:21:22-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003324.php You end up thinking that governmentisgood.com. (h/t Goldberg) Maybe Dr. Amy missed a little piece entitled "What's So Great About Government?" by Yours Truly? (Actually, it looks like his site has been up for a while . . . .)... 3324@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ 2008-05-01T17:19:26-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003322.php Here's the book, and here's the top-sellers list. A bestselling cult-leader. Whodathunk? H/t, as usual, to David Freddoso. I hate to keep stealing his posts, but he's on top of the libertarian scene, it seems. Here are his most recent... 3322@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ Politics 2008-04-30T15:52:35-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003321.php The powers that be don't like to be hassled. (H/T Eric Dondero).... 3321@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ Rule of Law 2008-04-29T09:54:56-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003318.php On his show today, during the bottom of the 4:00 (Eastern) hour, Hannity was talking to Serena (sp?), a delegate to (?) the NV GOP convention (and the daughter [?] of Las Vegas talk radio personality Alan Stock) about the... 3318@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ 2008-04-28T16:48:55-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003316.php If you believe that Rachmoninoff and Vermeer were "objectively" the greatest composer and painter ever, and you only wish to date like minded people, there is hope. See here. -RC... 3316@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ Very Silly 2008-04-28T06:26:57-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003315.php FYI: Michael Hirsh's “How the South Won (This) Civil War” was given the inaugural "WEeding Award" today, for its misuse of the first-person plural. Since the misuse of words like "we" (as when one speaks in the first-person of some... 3315@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ 2008-04-27T09:19:26-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003314.php Liberty Coalition's Aaron Titus on ABC 7 News:... 3314@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ Individualist Values 2008-04-25T19:30:49-05:00 http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/archives/003312.php After Dr. Foldvary's article (Ethanol subsidies starve poor kids) and seeing a report on Comcast News about the rising cost of "organic" and "environmentally friendly" food -- and headlines like "Era of cheap food ends as prices surge" (h/t Drudge)... 3312@http://www.freeliberal.com/blog/ Economics 2008-04-24T12:43:20-05:00