The Book Surgeon (15 pieces) – My Modern Metropolis. www.mymodernmet.com (2011-03-14). This man is both insane and awesome at the same time. (Linked Monday 2011-03-14.)

Comment on Cordial and Sanguine by JOR. JOR, Comments for Austro-Athenian Empire (2011-03-13). Liberaltarianism is certainly the least compelling and least interesting form of left-libertarianism. It's like the Bob Barr/Wayne Allen Root wing of the libertarian left. (Linked Monday 2011-03-14.)

<3. Human Iterations » <3 (2011-03-14). This is from a preface to a book I am editing with Gary Chartier. Appearing… soon? More anon. (Linked Monday 2011-03-14.)

Modesto Junior College Passes Massive Cuts as Madison's Capitol is Retaken. lilprole, Modesto Anarcho (2011-03-12). Adam Golub, student rep on Board.Voted “yes” to budget cuts.On Wednesday night, the Board of Trustees of the YCCD system passed unanimously, (not even the 'student representative' voted no), sweeping budget cuts which will lay-off staff, gut departments, and shut down entire programs. At one point a veteran in full military garb, angry… (Linked Tuesday 2011-03-15.)

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.)

people stand up to racial profiling on the border. bfp, flip flopping joy (2011-03-04). VIDEO: John Quinones goes undercover on the US/Mexican border as a Big Brown Man Speaking Spanish. Surprisingly–when a security guard (an actor) begins to harass John–people actually intervene, to the point of offering to help John and his companion escape when the security guard actor calls ICE. My favorite was… (Linked Saturday 2011-03-05.)

Social Justice Matters: The Myth of Cushy Prisons. s.e. smith, this ain't livin' (2011-03-03). I recently re-encountered one of the more bizzarely pervasive myths about prisons when I was talking about the prison abolition movement with a friend: The idea that prisons are !!!@@e2;20ac;2dc;cushy.' This person was trying to argue that because conditions in prisons are so terrific, prisoners have it better when they're… (Linked Saturday 2011-03-05.)

The Conscience of an Anarchist. PermaKent, PermaKent Permaculture Ideas of J. Kent Hastings (2011-03-04). (From Mike Everling)   KARL HESS CLUB MONDAY  MARCH 21, 2011     [Award: The SEK3 Memorial Chauntecleer] Gary Chartier   "The Conscience of an Anarchist"                BOOK TOUR Dinah's Family Restaurant 6521 S. Sepulveda Blvd. (at Centinela Avenue) in West Los Angeles (310)… (Linked Saturday 2011-03-05.)

The Revolution Is Not Over (Continued) Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-03-05). The BBC reports from Egypt: Egyptian protesters have stormed the headquarters of the secret police in Cairo, demanding that the organisation be dismantled. It followed rumours that officials were destroying documents that could be used in court to prove human rights abuses. On Friday, some 200 protesters stormed the agency's… (Linked Saturday 2011-03-05.)

feeling really sad... bfp, flip flopping joy (2011-02-23). and shocked—like slapped in the face over the death sentence verdict in the brisenia flores trail. I can't feel even momentary joy that I then talk myself through. i never expected this death sentence. i'm from michigan. where as fucked up as things are...we don't have the death penalty. i… (Linked Thursday 2011-03-03.)

A Skater Reaches Out. cherylcline, der Blaustrumpf (2011-03-01). I'll have something more to say about boys' clubs at some point, but for now, I appreciate the efforts of skater Eric Muss-Barnes to get more girls into skateboarding, an activity in which women are extremely underrepresented: I'm quite disappointed that so few girls ride and they get so little… (Linked Thursday 2011-03-03.)

Har Har, Politicians are Prostitutes! Or Not. cherylcline, der Blaustrumpf (2011-03-02). Harry Reid's disingenuous proposal to outlaw prostitution in Nevada would only endanger prostitutes, but as usual, most commentators were more concerned with making a punchline.  From the libertarian peanut gallery, and elsewhere, you could hear men laughing uproariously at their own lousy joke:  the real prostitutes are politicians!  OMG, LOL. … (Linked Thursday 2011-03-03.)