The Paradox of Property. Roderick, Austro-Athenian Empire (2011-05-05). Nonlibertarians are often puzzled as to why libertarians accept such strong property rights claims (sometimes called "absolute" property rights, though I've never figured out what "absolute" is supposed to mean in this context). The answer I'm going to give here is one I've already offered elsewhere (see here and here),… (Linked Thursday 2011-05-05.)

History News Network | Because the Past is the Present, and the Future too. hnn.us (2011-05-05). Mutual Aid in Tuscaloosa. (Linked Thursday 2011-05-05.)

TomTom Sold User Data to Police, Motorists Then Targeted With Speed Traps. John Gruber, Daring Fireball (2011-05-02). Consumer Reports: Following reports that TomTom had sold traffic data collected from GPS device users to police who then used it to determine locations for speed traps, the company has issued a statement and video in an effort to appease angry customers. Shameful.  â˜…  (Linked Thursday 2011-05-05.)

Jon Stewart on the Photos of Osama bin Laden. John Gruber, Daring Fireball (2011-05-05). Jon Stewart: Maybe we should always show pictures. Bin Laden, pictures of our wounded service people, pictures of maimed innocent civilians. We can only make decisions about war if we see what war actually is — and not as a video game where bodies quickly disappear leaving behind a shiny… (Linked Thursday 2011-05-05.)

On the Road to Nowhere With Johnson and Paul. Thomas L. Knapp, Center for a Stateless Society (2011-04-28). Is it just me, or is the silly season of electoral politics — the presidential election cycle — arriving earlier and earlier in each successive four-year stretch? Last time around, it was nearly Memorial Day of the year preceding the election before pundits started speculating about when the obvious odd… (Linked Thursday 2011-05-05.)

Victim-Blaming – The Gross American Pastime (part 1 of many) Marja Erwin (2011-03-25). For our first entry, I’ll take all statements of the form:”If you [act in some harmless but insufficiently subordinate manner], then don’t complain when faced with the consequences [up to and including beatings, arrest, torture, and rape].”Look, do we even have to explain why kapoism and other evils are bad?… (Linked Friday 2011-03-25.)

I.W.W. presents "Finally Got the News" film screening & discussion. Guy Debord, Los Angeles Anarchist (2011-03-25). "Finally Got the News" film screening and discussion April 9th, 2011 2:00 pm @ The Southern California Library 6120 S. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, CA (guest speakers TBA) The Los Angeles IWW invites you to commemorate the legacy and lessons of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. The League was… (Linked Saturday 2011-03-26.)

Resilient Japan. Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-03-16). An 8.9 earthquake, a 33-foot tsunami, a series of crises at their battered nuclear plants: The people of Japan have withstood the last week with admirable tenacity. There's no shortage of lessons the rest of the world can learn from what we've been seeing. Here are three of them. 1…. (Linked Saturday 2011-03-26.)

Two Socialist Catechisms. Shawn P. Wilbur, Two-Gun Mutualism & the Golden Rule (2011-03-28). I’ve been reading around Proudhon quite a bit lately, trying to establish contexts as a step towards further clarifying his ideas. And I have been in search of 19th century English translations of the French socialists, as a step towards establishing the contexts for people like William B. Greene and… (Linked Monday 2011-03-28.)

Lum, Tucker and Spooner on Mormonism. Shawn P. Wilbur, Two-Gun Mutualism & the Golden Rule (2011-03-11). The first mutual aid project with Kate Sharpley Library dragged out considerably longer than I had intended, but they’ve had their copy of Dyer D. Lum’s Utah and its People for several weeks now, and I’ve finally put together a volume collecting that volume, Lum’s follow-up, Social Problems of Today,… (Linked Saturday 2011-03-12.)

Ambition Should Be Made of Stirner Stuff. Roderick, Austro-Athenian Empire (2011-03-11). A new individualist magazine, titled i, has a first issue devoted to egoist anarchist Max Stirner – including an article on Stirner by science-fiction writer Ken MacLeod (whose work I've discussed here and here). Ken comments on his blog here and here. (Linked Saturday 2011-03-12.)

Haunted. Dorothy, Cat and Girl (2011-03-10). (Linked Sunday 2011-03-13.)

okay how does one level up to “100% super homosexual” because i am trying EVERYTHING over here. Dinosaur Comics (2011-03-09). archive – contact – sexy exciting merchandise – cute – search – about!!!@@e2;2020;90; previousMarch 9th, 2011nextMarch 9th, 2011: If you’re working on a secret project where you’re going to surprise me by translating all my comics into French, feel free to make this one about dogs or something! It seems… (Linked Sunday 2011-03-13.)

continuing on with errol morris: The actual quotation is from. Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2011-03-10). continuing on with errol morris:  The actual quotation is from paragraph 241 of "Philosophical Investigations": "So you are saying that human agreement decides what is true and what is false?" –– It is what human beings say that is true and false; and they agree in the language they use. That is not agreement in… (Linked Sunday 2011-03-13.)

Squatting in a 28-Story Walkup. Stephen J. Smith, Hit & Run (2011-03-02). The New York Times calls the squatter-filled skyscraper in Caracas a 45-story walkup (there’s no working elevator), but as of yet, only the first 28 floors are occupied. Some floors don’t even have walls, but satellite dishes abound: "That building is a symbol of Venezuela's decline," said Benedicto Vera, 55, an activist in… (Linked Monday 2011-03-07.)

Forced Consent & Our Present Attitude. rechelon, Invisible Molotov (2011-02-20). "Forced Consent" by Lysander Spooner "The idea that, although government should rest on the consent of the governed, yet so much force may nevertheless be employed as may be necessary to produce that consent, embodies everything that was ever exhibited in the shape of usurpation and tyranny in any country… (Linked Monday 2011-03-07.)

Waiting for Mubarak. Neverfox, Instead of a Blog (2011-02-10). Egyptians, There is no need to wait for Mubarak to "step down." If you have decided that your government is illegitimate (as all states invariably are) then, in the words of Charles Johnson, "you have already completed the revolution: no government on earth has any legitimate authority to bind you… (Linked Monday 2011-03-07.)

feministhulk: HULK HAVE NO RIGHT TO CONTROL ANYONE ELSE’S BODY. HULK SMASH LATEST ROUNDS OF ANTI-CHOICE + RAPE-APOLOGIST LEGISLATION! Twitter / feministhulk (2011-03-06). feministhulk: HULK HAVE NO RIGHT TO CONTROL ANYONE ELSE’S BODY. HULK SMASH LATEST ROUNDS OF ANTI-CHOICE + RAPE-APOLOGIST LEGISLATION! (Linked Monday 2011-03-07.)

Travelin' Man. Roderick, Austro-Athenian Empire (2011-03-08). This semester is shaping up to be the most conference-intensive I've had. In January I had a double conference in La Jolla (a Liberty Fund on contemporary classical liberal thought, followed by a workshop on John Tomasi's forthcoming book Free Market Fairness) and an IHS conference in Fredericksburg. Then this… (Linked Tuesday 2011-03-08.)

Obama Speech Emphasizes Competition Among Nations. Foundation for Economic Education, The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty (2011-01-26). "President Obama challenged Americans on Tuesday night to unleash their creative spirit, set aside their partisan differences and come together around a common goal of outcompeting other nations in a rapidly shifting global economy." (New York Times) The idea that nations compete with one another leads inexorably to government-business management… (Linked Friday 2011-01-28.)

Boston Anarchist Thinking Brigade, Part 4. Roderick, Austro-Athenian Empire (2011-01-28). The Molinari Society panels that were cancelled in Boston owing to weather have been resurrected! The spontaneous order panel is moving to the Austrian Scholars Conference (March 10-12 in Auburn), while the session on Gary Chartier's book is moving to the Pacific APA (April 20-23 in San Diego). Thanks to… (Linked Friday 2011-01-28.)

Revolution on the Nile: Rebellious Cops, Lethal Aid, and Off Switch Envy. Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-01-28). The most hopeful news to come out of Egypt today are the reports of officers fraternizing with protesters, removing their uniforms, refusing to fire their weapons. That's when a popular revolt succeeds: when the storm troopers won't follow orders. The question is how widespread that is — how many cops… (Linked Friday 2011-01-28.)

is there anything more obnoxious than davos? nowhere in human. Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2011-01-29). is there anything more obnoxious than davos? nowhere in human history has such a gaggle of egomaniacs, oppressors, exploiters been gathered, and they do it every year. they congratulate each other on the brilliance of their mechanical rehashing of the commonplace, ride around in limousines pretending not to be particular human… (Linked Sunday 2011-01-30.)