Archives for July, 2008

I recently visited the local hotbed of activism, my dry cleaners. While picking up a stack of clean shirts, I noticed their new sign: “Read Banned Books.” As a libertarian, I was inclined to say “right on!” After all, the free exchange of ideas is the first line of defense against tyranny, hence ranking the [...]

Not many free market libertarians would call Jesse Jackson a hero, but it’s time to consider that label. His impolite comments about Sen. Barak Obama are actually a cause for celebration. Sure, Jackson calls Jews “hymies,” and Obama the dreaded “n-word,” but the underlying frustration in his remarks shows that he is giving up, which [...]

If you haven’t already seen his TV ads, check out www.pickensplan.com. That is the web site of T. Boone Pickens Jr.’s plan to save the USA from its oil addiction. Pickens has used his considerable market and media savy to generate PR in such places as the Wall Street Journal Op-ed page for his big [...]

Denver is not the first choice for individualists, capitalists, Republicans, or Libertarians. Denver is a collectivist curiosity, a town where the enforcers of dirt on the sidewalk laws outnumber drugs sold in nightclubs laws by 6 to 1 (there are 6 of the former and 1 of the latter). I’ve lost track of the tax [...]