rechelon on “If you want to live as a communist and I enjoy markets, can’t we both respect each other’s autonomy? If your experiment works better than mine, I’m willing to come over. If mine is better, maybe you’ll pop in. reddit.com: what's new online! (2010-04-13). Ignoring birthright, which I more or less consider a non-issue because I'm so hardcore anti-hierarchy I'm opposed to any sociological role of parents (separate discussion), I would say while it would be insane to assume that we start out from anything other than sharing — it would likewise be insane… (Linked Saturday 2010-04-17.)

Is Capitalism Something Good? Sheldon Richman, The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty (2010-04-16). Earlier this week I attended the annual meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education in Las Vegas to participate in a panel with the intriguing title "Free-Market Anti-Capitalism?" Organized by Roderick Long of Auburn University, the panel also included TheFreemanOnline columnist Steven Horwitz of St. Lawrence University, Gary Chartier… (Linked Saturday 2010-04-17.)

THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF TEA: We've seen two serious surveys of Tea. Jesse, The Perpetual Three-Dot Column (2010-04-16). THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF TEA: We've seen two serious surveys of Tea Party opinion recently, one from the Winston Group and one from CBS and The New York Times. They certainly aren't the last word on the subject, and there's still a lot to be learned about a movement whose… (Linked Saturday 2010-04-17.)

The Work of Nations. the Medium Lobster, Fafblog (2010-04-05). We are at war with Pakistan, bombing and killing thousands of people who might otherwise object to our war with Pakistan, which is urgent and vital and necessary to secure the success of our war with Afghanistan, in which we are bombing and killing thousands of people who might otherwise… (Linked Saturday 2010-04-17.)

The war on WikiLeaks and why it matters. www.salon.com (2010-03-30). BBC’s “The Culture Show” Julian Assange, editor of WikiLeaks. A newly leaked CIA report prepared earlier this month (.pdf) analyzes how the U.S. Government can best manipulate public opinion in Germany and France — in order to ensure that those countries continue to fight in Afghanistan.  The Report celebrates the fact that the… (Linked Tuesday 2010-03-30.)

This amazing photo of Earth cost only $750 to take. CrunchGear (2010-03-30). Technological civilization is awesome. (Cont’d.) (Linked Tuesday 2010-03-30.)

Government Intercepting Secure Internet Transfers? TeamColtra, United States Pirate Party (2010-03-27). Seth Schoen from EFF has recently run an article starting with the following: Today two computer security researchers, Christopher Soghoian and Sid Stamm, released a draft of a forthcoming research paper in which they present evidence that certificate authorities (CAs) may be cooperating with government agencies to help them spy undetected on "secure" encrypted communications…. (Linked Tuesday 2010-03-30.)

Drawing the Line. Offsetting Behaviour (2010-03-30). In which the government of New Zealand pays a staff of pollsters to trudge up and down the street cursing out randomly selected homeowners. In the interest of public policy, of course. (Linked Tuesday 2010-03-30.)

Goshen College Bows to Nationalism. Jesus Radicals (2010-03-31). Mennonite students Vs. American theo-nationalism and its War Anthem. (Linked Wednesday 2010-03-31.)