Where there is no market economy, the best-intentioned provisions of constitutions and laws remain a dead letter. Ludwig von Mises Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God. Thomas Jefferson I was once asked by an advocate of citizen disarmament what I thought of 'gun control,' ... as I framed my answer, he added, 'Give me the short answer.' 'Okay,' I answered, 'if you try to take our firearms we will kill you.' Mike Vanderboegh
Unforeseen Contingencies is back in action! I've been remarkably busy with too many other things, hence the hiatus. My online commentary has been limited to comments on Ace of Spades HQ, Powerline, FEE , and Babylon Bee, often under nomes d'internet. Time to rectify that.
In a recent conversation, it came up that a fairly well-known libertarian writer had effectively argued that true freedom means one is unrestrained in exercising one's will, except to the extent that one leaves others similarly free, and therefore the extent of morals is this libertarian ethic. If something is freely chosen and violates one else's rights, it is therefore good. It's the "and therefore" that's the rub.