by Rhett | Oct 5, 2017 | News
I consider the politics of the Spanish-speaking world to be the most rewarding subject of study on the international scene. The reason is simple: What happens in those countries often occurs later in the rest of the world. The Spanish Civil War of the 1930s, for...
by Rhett | Oct 4, 2017 | Ideas
Bionic Mosquito writes: I am uncertain as to what libertarianism means if it does not allow for individuals to exercise control over their life and property. This would inherently mean – to the extent possible in an imperfect world – that individuals would be free to...
by Rhett | Oct 4, 2017 | Ideas
Authored by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, I typically try to avoid news on Sundays, but I spent much of this weekend in complete awe of the extraordinary strength and fortitude of the Catalan people in the face of totalitarian violence from the Spanish...
by FLEXIT | Oct 3, 2017 | Ideas, News
We’re seeing a huge uptick in provinces and territories seeking independence from their parent countries all over the globe. I already wrote about Catalonia— a dramatic situation that is still ongoing — but they are by no means the only ones. And with these attempts...
by FLEXIT | Oct 2, 2017 | Ideas, News
by Robert Wenzel With separatist movements in the northern Iraq region of the Kurds, and in Catalonia, grabbing headlines, it is an appropriate time to think about such movements. Murray Rothbard once wrote: There runs through For a New Liberty (and most of the rest...