John Wright | Free speech on terrestrial radio

At a time when the news is full of signs the government is growing and politicians are talking about expanding the federal bailout to $1.4 TRILLION, it could be easy to get pessimistic about the state of freedom in America. But a great article by Veronique de Rugy appeared in Reason today, which affirms [...]

This is the greatest video ever. Ever. Sarah Palin shows up to a turkey farm in order to honor the longstanding Thanksgiving tradition of pardoning a single turkey as Governor of Alaska and stops to talk to reporters while a turkey is fed into a grinder chute behind her. This, friends, is [...]

The reality that in the year 2008, in the era of YouTube and global broadband internet, satellite TV with hundreds of channels and high-definition, the DVR, Hulu and so much more, an era when people are living free lives choosing entertainment from a staggering array of sources, that to this day the broadcaster known as [...]

Now it’s her turn to tell her side of the story. The escort whose services were the downfall of New York Governor Elliot Spitzer, Ashley Dupre, speaks to ABC’s Diane Sawyer this Friday night in her first TV interview since the scandal.
This story was of particular interest to libertarians like me who don’t support [...]

In addition to some freelance work, a few months ago I applied for a position with the Dharma Initiative. After assessing my test results, Dharma has conferred upon me the position of Radio Operator. Ahead of the penultimate season premiere of ABC’s Lost at the end of January, we continue to find out [...]

All comments sections, past and present, are now open for comments again after we fixed an SQL database error (don’t ask). You don’t need to provide anything other than a screen name to post comments, so feel free! (Also, we’re libertarians so we’re not keen on censorship unless it’s disruptive.) Apologies for [...]

Libertarianism, like radio avertising in a down economy, is hard to sell.
It’s the most misunderstood political philosophy around. I can’t tell you how many times people have come up to me and said, “Yeah, but if we don’t have speed limits everybody will crash. You can’t just have a free-for-all.” When did [...]

So says a Los Angeles Times editorial today, and I couldn’t agree more:
The FCC [has] showed an alarming willingness to use government power to impose ineffective and discriminatory decency rules on broadcasters in the name of shielding children from profane or violent programming. More relevant to a bygone era’s media environment, such rules reflect how [...]

I’ve been having a conversation over at W&T that goes to the heart of the debate over how best to help the poor and whether capitalism is good or evil. It was prompted by the news that the Presbyterian Mutual Society is out of cash and can’t honor the withdrawal requests of its members. [...]

Check it out: the Web Design Schools Guide came out with a list of the Top 100 Libertarian Blogs. That’s great. But even more interesting is why they would do it. Why would web entrepreneurs have any interest in libertarianism? Well, because many of them are libertarians. That’s right: [...]