Tag: Liberty

  • Testimony opposing Kansas smoking ban

    Mr. Chairman and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, thank you for allowing me this opportunity to speak to you in Opposition to passage of Senate Bill No. 493 concerning crimes and punishments relating to smoking, aka the Kansas smoking prohibition act.

  • Why I shall caucus for Ron Paul in Kansas

    A common theme of the various candidates for the Republican Party nomination for the Presidency of the United States is Ronald Reagan. Candidates compete with each other to be the true heir of Reagan and his legacy. Ron Paul, however, looks back to an even earlier time in American politics when the word “conservative” had…

  • Let property rights rule Wichita smoking decisions

    A system of absolute respect for private property rights is the best way to handle smoking, as it is with all issues. The owners of bars and restaurants have, and should continue to have, the absolute right to permit or deny smoking on their property.

  • Featured thoughts

    Government is essentially the negation of liberty. — Ludwig von Mises

  • Additional libertarian reading recommendations

    Craig Bolton writes with these additional recommendations:

  • A libertarian reading list

    Once you are exposed to the complete picture — and For a New Liberty has been the leading means of exposure for more than a quarter of a century — you cannot forget it. It becomes the indispensable lens through which we can see events in the real world with the greatest possible clarity.

  • Liberty Search

    Liberty Search is a Google custom search engine that I developed. It searches sites friendly to liberty, capitalism, and free markets, such as mises.org, cato.org, and many others. Or, visit the page at Google for Liberty Search. This page has more information about this Google custom search engine.

  • A Few Random Quotes

    Barbra Streisand told Diane Sawyer that we’re in a global warming crisis, and we can expect more and more intense storms, droughts and dust bowls. But before they act, weather experts say they’re still waiting to hear from Celine Dion. — Jay Leno

  • For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto

    For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray N. Rothbard An absolutely awesome book. If you are interested in liberty, this is, in my opinion, the most important book to read. I think Lew Rockwell, who I recently had the pleasure to meet at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, says it best about this…

  • The Perverse Kansas Gambling Law

    As humans, we have the right to gamble, as it is an activity that people may voluntarily take part in, and it causes no harm or violence to others. As such, we have to wonder why most forms of gambling have been illegal in Kansas for so long. More importantly, what has changed this year…

  • The Kansas Gambling Law I’d Vote For

    Here’s the one law concerning gambling in Wichita and Kansas that I would vote for: “All laws prohibiting and regulating gambling in Kansas are hereby repealed.” That’s the only law consistent with personal freedom and liberty. The law that has been passed, however, provides more power for the state and more opportunities to regulate our…

  • Toward a Free America

    The libertarian creed, finally, offers the fulfillment of the best of the American past along with the promise of a far better future. Even more than conservatives, who are often attached to the monarchical traditions of a happily obsolete European past, libertarians are squarely in the great classical liberal tradition that built the United States…