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Temporary Outage At The Liberty Papers

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, November 19th, 2008. Filed under Blogging, The Liberty Papers

As my co-bloggers Brad and Stephen have noted, some kind of hosting problem, which remains unexplained, has brought down The Liberty Papers for the moment.
Not to fear, though, the downtime is only temporary, and we’ll be back up and running once we’ve moved to a new hosting company.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Quote Of The Day: Thank God It’s Over Edition

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 4th, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Blogging, John McCain, Politics, The Liberty Papers

From Brad Warbiany at The Liberty Papers:
Just one more day, and the government can go back to screwing us quietly instead of auditioning for the job of screwing us.
Heh

A Market In Hope And Fear

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 30th, 2008. Filed under Blogging, Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics, Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, The Liberty Papers

My latest thoughts on the Paulson-Bernake bailout bill, the stock market, and fears of a credit crunch are up over at The Liberty Papers.

Quote Of The Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, September 1st, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, Bob Barr, John McCain, Politics, The Liberty Papers

Brad Warbiany, one of my co-bloggers at The Liberty Papers, on why libertarian Republicans shouldn’t feel guilty about voting against John McCain, even if it does throw the election to Obama:
The Republican party doesn’t believe they need to satisfy the libertarian wing of their coalition. They’re taking us for granted, and ignoring us because they [...]

The Present And Future Of Liberty

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, May 23rd, 2008. Filed under Blogging, The Liberty Papers

Over at The Liberty Papers, I’ve got two posts up about the future of liberty in an increasingly unfree world.
First, I give my take on Bruce Bartlett’s assertion that the Libertarian Party is a waste of time.
Second, I take a look at Jim Pinkerton’s look backward from 2058 and the future of liberty over the [...]

Blogging The Libertarian Convention

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, May 21st, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, Blogging, Libertarians, Politics, The Liberty Papers

Stephen Littau and Jason Pye, two of my co-contributors at The Liberty Papers will be attending the Libertarian National Convention in Denver, which begins tomorrow:
The Libertarian National Convention will run this Memorial Day weekend beginning on Thursday, May 22nd and ending on Monday, May 26th. I plan on attending the convention representing The Liberty Papers [...]

It’s Time For Separation Of Marriage And State

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, May 16th, 2008. Filed under Gay Marriage, Individual Liberty, Legal, Privacy, Religion, The Liberty Papers

I posted this about seven months ago over at The Liberty Papers. Given yesterday’s ruling in California, I think a repost is timely:
Historian Stephanie Coontz has an interesting article in today’s New York Times examining the relationship between the state and the institution of marriage. As Coontz notes, the idea that all marriages must be [...]

D.C. v. Heller Preview

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, March 17th, 2008. Filed under Individual Liberty, The Liberty Papers

I’ve got some thoughts about the issues at stake and possible outcomes in the gun control case that will be argued before the Supreme Court tomorrow up at The Liberty Papers.

Why Ron Paul Failed, And Where The “r3volution” Goes From Here

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, March 11th, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, Blogging, Politics, Ron Paul, The Liberty Papers

A, mostly, civil discussion over at The Liberty Papers.

Why America ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 7th, 2008. Filed under Blogging, History, The Liberty Papers

Over at The Liberty Papers, I’ve but this question on the table:
[W]hy is the American Revolution the historical exception rather than the rule ? Why didn’t we devolve into tyranny the way France did, or Russia, or most of the third-world, or, for that matter, post-Communist Russia ? Why didn’t France and Russia become like [...]

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