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Walter E. Block
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July 8, 2025
The reduced rights of the public figureHere is a libertarian case to repeal libel laws.
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May 21, 2025
Free speech on campus or not?Leftist media throw a fit to defend free speech when it suits their interests. The rest of the time...
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March 17, 2025
Birthright citizenship: The factsThe illegal immigrant, by definition has broken the law that would have otherwise allowed him to become a legal immigrant and eventually a full-blooded citizen.
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October 18, 2024
A libertarian wrestles with HamasWhat would Murray Rothbard say about Israel versus the Palestinians? And might he be wrong?
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October 2, 2024
Affirmative action in sports and medicineOne demands the most qualified. The other demands the most diverse.
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May 1, 2024
The libertarian case against punishing a ‘conspiracy’If you rob a bank, you go to jail. But what if you only plan to rob a bank?
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April 3, 2024
When student basketball teams unionizeWokeism sure leads us down some bizarre garden paths.
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December 12, 2023
Should Israel be nonviolent like India?Short answer: ‘No.’ Long answer: ‘Are you crazy?’
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April 14, 2023
How about affirmative action for the NBA?Let's try a little thought experiment to see if it's worth doing anywhere else.
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January 8, 2023
We really could use a grievance scorecardWhich victim group ranks highest in leftist land?
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November 23, 2022
The libertarian take on discriminationIs it bad? Is it good? Or is it something else?
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November 16, 2022
Critical Race Theory and FreudianismThese two concepts are rarely if ever mentioned together. Yet they have more than just a little bit in common, none of it good.
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October 6, 2022
Isn't it strange that some of the smartest people are socialists?I am tempted to say that these socialist intellectuals are "too smart for their own good." But this is not quite true.
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June 21, 2022
Non-PC truth: Stereotypes are not all badYes, there is a problem with some overgeneralizations. But there is nothing wrong with accurate albeit imperfect summaries of reality.
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December 21, 2021
Diversity, equality, inclusion...give me a breakThere is more wrong here than you can shake a stick at.
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October 28, 2021
To fix COVID, start with fixing politically correct medicineIt all depends upon whether we embrace science or continue to denigrate it.
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September 29, 2021
Did a Harvard professor just refute libertarianism?"However appealing that might be in theory, in practice it doesn't exist anywhere."
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September 1, 2021
It is all the wokesters' and government's faultAll major problems can be fairly laid at the door of the government and its woke philosophy.
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July 14, 2021
In defense of the speculatorEveryone wants to hate the speculator, but in fact, he is an economic hero.
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May 7, 2021
Would a libertarian force you into COVID quarantine?Is mandatory self-isolation a violation fo the non-aggression principle?
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April 6, 2021
Bernie Sanders's case for raising the minimum wage falls apartIn fact, it makes more sense to eliminate the minimum wage.
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February 24, 2021
You know you're in la-la land when pacifists oppose defensive missile systemsIf you expected the pro-disarmament left to appreciate a new breakthrough in anti-ballistic missile technology, you will be sadly disappointed.
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February 5, 2021
Krugman's minimum wage law support is an attack on American workersThere are recalls for automobiles. There ought to be one for economists.
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December 31, 2020
Yes, there's still a point to voting in the Georgia runoffYes, even with all the fraud, chicanery, and Republican cowardice, it's still worth it to vote on Jan. 5.
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November 21, 2020
Whole Foods takes two steps forward, one step back on Black Lives Matter uniformsBlack Lives Matter is out...but so are Canada's war dead.
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October 21, 2020
Scraping to find what left and right have in commonIt's there if you look hard enough.
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July 28, 2020
How much should we punish people for hateful thoughts?If "hate" thoughts can increase jail time for crimes, what does that say about the right to free speech in America?
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June 13, 2020
The sacred cow of socialized medicineEspecially in the age of the coronavirus, this cow needs slaying.
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May 22, 2020
It's the productivity, stupid!All too many financial journalists fail to realize that productivity, not employer generosity, determines wages.
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May 9, 2020
Minimum Wage Laws Create UnemploymentAnd unemployment created by this pernicious legislation always attacks the poor and the unskilled — precisely the people who can least afford it.
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April 6, 2020
The coronavirus fix is too politically incorrect to implementThis antidote will be summarily dismissed by the forces of political correctness.
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March 18, 2020
In defense of gentrificationUnder which conditions do the people at the bottom of the income distribution suffer most?
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March 13, 2020
How rent control actually hurts both tenants and landlordsBleeding-heart liberals never take the long-term view.
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February 10, 2020
The case to get rid of the Federal Aviation AdministrationThe FAA is a brittle institution, fine in fair weather, not reliable in foul. The alternative to the monopolistic FAA is a competitive certification industry.