All Posts Tagged With: "mass murder"

Senseless

Do people really want to know why, on January 8, 2011, in Tucson, Arizona, a young man named Jared Lee Loughner engaged in mass murder? I submit they do not. Politicians, psychiatrists, pundits, and the press univocally assert that Loughner’s deed is the “senseless” product of mental illness. This belief in a nonexistent mental disease [...]

21Apr2011 | Thomas Szasz | 20 comments | Continued

A Property-Rights Theory of Mass Murder

Stephen Carson, a software engineer, writes independently from St. Louis. This article is condensed from “Killing and Stealing: A Property-Rights Theory of Mass Murder,” which first appeared in The Independent Review, Winter 2007, and was reprinted in Opposing the Crusader State: Alternatives to Global Interventionism, edited by Robert Higgs and Carl P. Close (The Independent [...]

1Sep2008 | Stephen W. Carson | 1 comment | Continued

I, Government

I am government–the institution known the world over to all who pay taxes, get subsidies, and face regulation. Coercion is both my vocation and my avocation; it is in my very nature to compel others to do that which they otherwise would not do. My nature should then be of great concern to you as [...]

1Oct2002 | D.W. MacKenzie | 1 comment | Continued

Visiting the Killing Fields

Phnom Penh, Cambodia—The white monument juts up 40 feet or so, dominating the surrounding fields and trees. From a distance it looks like it could commemorate most anything—a military victory, important statesman, or historical event. But this monument is different. It is filled with skulls.

1Aug2000 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | Continued

When Bullies Take Power

Life is Beautiful, winner of Academy Awards for best foreign language film and best actor (Roberto Benigni), is a remarkable movie. This story about a Jewish father’s attempt to shield his son from a Nazi concentration camp is perhaps the most powerful movie ever made about the Holocaust. The movie makes a stunning impression precisely [...]

1Jun1999 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | Continued

Murderous Nostalgia

Doug Bandow, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author and editor of several books, including Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World. Among America’s more significant actors and singers was Paul Robeson, born a century ago. His centennial is being celebrated with film retrospectives, [...]

1Nov1998 | Doug Bandow | 2 comments | Continued

The Seen and Unseen in Gun Control

The heinous shootings by young people at public schools around the country have predictably renewed calls for more gun control. Advocates of gun bans commit a classic fallacy that is usually associated with economic policy. But it fully applies to all government policy, including gun control. In the nineteenth century, the French economist Frederic Bastiat [...]

1Oct1998 | Sheldon Richman | 3 comments | Continued

Rudolph Rummel Talks About the Miracle of Liberty and Peace

Since the late nineteenth century, most intellectuals have embraced the illusion that government could somehow be tamed. They promoted a vast expansion of government power supposedly to do good. But the twentieth century turned out to be the bloodiest in human history, confirming the worst fears of classical liberals who had always warned about government [...]

1Jul1997 | FEE Admin | 1 comment | Continued

    • © Copyright 2011 Freeman - Ideas on Liberty. All rights reserved.

    53 queries. 1.143 seconds