The UK Libertarian

This is an important point, and this article addresses it perfectly:
You can’t fight violence with violence [New Scientist]

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Just wanted to quickly share this post from the mises.org forums which serves as an awesome resource to combat the oft-repeated meme that Scandinavia shows that “mixed-economy-socialism” can work great. Full credit to krazy kaju for the excellent post. You can read the full thread here:
Many leftists often point to the “superiority” of Scandinavian “socialism.” [...]

I’ve recently been reading Escape from Terra, it’s a sci-fi graphic novel that explores anarcho-capitalist themes–highly recommend. You can read it online here.
Sorry for the dearth of content lately. I had a heavy weekend doing things the government probably wouldn’t approve of.

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Kevin Carson explains the BP oil spill and why, as usual, government meddling is probably to blame:
That’s right.  No matter how bad an oil spill, no matter how many billions of dollars of economic damage it causes, the company is only liable for $75 million over and above cleanup costs.  And they can probably save [...]

Awesome post by Snowflake over at the Mises boards that I think needs wider spreading:
So, I started playing this oldschool city building game. You start from scratch. No civilization, building up to a (hopefully) thriving city. You, the central planner, are responsible for how much housing to build, which jobs to create, which industries to promote, [...]

I’ll believe it when I see it, but Yes Please, indeed!
The best argument the statists have managed to come up with so far is this:
Unions argue that Royal Mail, as a provider of an essential public service, should remain in state hands.
Which can be translated into “The Royal Mail should remain a public service because [...]

Browsing old threads by Borodog, one of the most thought-provoking posters over at the 2+2 forums, I came across this interesting essay that touches on a subject much misunderstood by the average joe:
Price Fixing and Cartels in the Free Market?
Not a problem.
First, the moral argument, which is trivial and completely unassailable. If I do not [...]

Botang & Demetriou states:
Mr Boatang and I predicted well over a year and a half ago that the libertarianblogosphere would descend from its rampant success and popularity into stagnation and unpopularity. On the basis that once Labour lost in an election (this one, as it happens) and once the Tories were in power (coalition or no), there would [...]

Although Schwarzenegger has expressed some very libertarian ideas in the past, since becoming governor of California he’s been largely ineffective in slowing the growth of the nanny-state. It’s a notable aberration then that he just vetoed a bill that would have “banned smoking at state parks and beaches”.
Although more a token gesture for freedom lovers than a [...]

For those who don’t know, Free Talk Live is probably the most popular liberty radio show in the world. It’s broadcast six days a week from the home of the Free State Project, New Hampshire. I’ve been listening for over a year now and it still continues to entertain me.
I’m giving the shout out as [...]