Author Archives: Sheldon Richman

How the Rich Rule

Posted on December 5, 2012

Libertarians know the financial system is rigged.

Patent Nonsense

Posted on January 18, 2012

Intellectual property enforces a monopoly over the mind.

Libertarian Left

Posted on February 3, 2011

Free-market anti-capitalism, the unknown ideal By Sheldon Richman Ron Paul’s 2008 presidential …

Civil Rights and the Libertarian Principle

Posted on May 26, 2010

My take on the Rand Paul flap in in the Christian Science …

TGIF: The State of Obama’s Union

Posted on January 30, 2010

Despite what some popular right-wing talk-show hosts claim, Barack Obama is not …

Bad Medicine

Posted on January 1, 2010

Republicans enter the healthcare debate—posing as Democrats.

Civil War President

Posted on December 3, 2009

Barack Obama’s intensification of the occupation of Afghanistan is nothing less than …

TGIF: The Mandated Health Insurance Outrage

Posted on November 20, 2009

Want to know how the politicians justify forcing us to buy health …

Pelosi Health-Insurance Bill Summarized

Posted on October 31, 2009

Happily, you need not invest the next few weeks of your life …

TGIF: The Market Doesn’t Ration Health Care

Posted on August 7, 2009

Healthcare reformers say they have two objectives: to enable the uninsured and …

Obama, Medicare, and Socialized Medicine

Posted on July 29, 2009

At his AARP event yesterday, President Obama derided those who in the …

Why the Rush on Health Care?

Posted on July 19, 2009

Why is Obama so eager to have his healthcare “reform” voted on …

Sotomayor, Freedom, and the Law

Posted on July 17, 2009

The dreary Senate hearing on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to …

Congress Declares Independence

Posted on July 3, 2009

What a difference a year can make. On July 6, 1775, the …

The American Land Question

Posted on June 26, 2009

Readers of this blog may enjoy Joseph Stromberg’s latest Freeman article on …

The Misrepresentation of Healthcare Reform

Posted on June 26, 2009

Why should the people get something through government–that is, at the point …

A Palestinian State … If

Posted on June 15, 2009

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Palestinians can have their own …

Regarding Intellectual “Property”

Posted on June 6, 2009

I highly recommend Kevin Carson’s “‘Intellectual Property’: A Libertarian Critique” (pdf), published …

Keynesian Cons

Posted on April 20, 2009

Much as the supply-siders rail against economic stimulus, they buy the basic argument.

Bad Deal

Posted on January 12, 2009

FDR’s public works only exacerbated the Depression.

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