Tag: Slavery
Jonathan Bean | Wednesday February 21, 2018 at 11:43 AM PDT | Comments Off on Frederick Douglass: Lion of Individualist Liberalism
Blight, the Yale historian, is hardly unique in his misrepresentation of the classical liberal tradition.
Tags: Abolitionists, American History, Budget and Tax Policy, civil rights, classical liberal, classical liberalism, Constitution, Federal Reserve, Frederick Douglass, New York Times, race, Race and Liberty in America, Slavery, Timothy Sandefur
Sam Staley | Friday August 18, 2017 at 7:16 PM PDT | Comments Off on Slavery and Justifications for Southern Secession in Their Own Words
With the national debate over removing monuments to confederate war heroes dominating headlines, perhaps we need a reminder of the principles and justifications for southern secession for which these men fought. The following excerpts are from the articles of secession adopted by five states, and the ordinances of secession adopted by the legislatures, conventions,...
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Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Confederate States of America, Georgia, Republican Party, secession, Slavery, South Carolina, texas secession
Abigail R. Hall | Sunday November 27, 2016 at 3:09 PM PDT | Comments Off on Make No Mistake: Fidel Castro Was a Horrible Person
Cuba’s former dictator, Fidel Castro, has died at the age of 90. When I woke up on Saturday morning to see the news, I was surprised by the reaction of many friends on social media, as well as the national media. The New York Times headline read, “Cuban Revolutionary Who Defied U.S., Dies at...
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Tags: Communism, dictator, executions, firing squads, government surveillance, human rights, labor camps, Liberty, Marxism, onscientious objector, Poverty, show trials, Single Payer Healthcare, Slavery, Socialism, Soviet Union, tyranny
Abigail R. Hall | Wednesday April 27, 2016 at 9:21 AM PDT | Comments Off on Harriet Tubman and America’s Immigration Hypocrisy
Last week it was announced that Harriet Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the twenty-dollar bill. The announcement was met with mixed reactions, though most seem to be positive. Placing a woman of color on American currency, an honor which thus far has been reserved for the Founding Fathers, is undoubtedly an event, one...
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Tags: Abolition, Freedom, Harriet Tubman, Immigration, Law, Slavery, Underground Railroad
Jonathan Bean | Monday March 21, 2016 at 3:33 PM PDT | Comments Off on Say No to Reparations: Remembering Slavery, Forgetting the Classical-Liberal Values that Abolished It
Advocates of reparations for the descendants of African American slaves recently challenged socialist Bernie Sanders to embrace their cause, which he refused to do. A leading advocate of reparations, Atlantic contributor Ta-Nehisi Coates, criticizes Sanders for placing class-based politics before race. Lost in the unending debate over reparations is a key point: group reparations ignore the...
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Tags: American History, Christianity, civil rights, Constitution, desegegration, Frederick Douglass, Liberty, NAACP, Quakers, Racism, Reparations, segregation, Slavery, William Lloyd Garrison
Melancton Smith | Friday July 17, 2015 at 5:33 PM PDT | Comments Off on The CSA and Symbols: Learning from History
Since a crazed, hate-filled and cowardly gunman killed nine black Christians in Charleston, South Carolina, the PC police have been in attack mode on anything associated with the Confederate States of America. The South Carolina General Assembly quickly voted to removed the Battle Flag from a Confederate Soldiers’ Memorial on the State House grounds. Now, critics...
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Tags: Abraham Lincoln, American flag, Charleston, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate States of America, Japanese internment, Racism, Robert Higgs, secession, Slavery, Stars and Bars, Stars and Stripes, Stone Mountain, William Lloyd Garrison
Sam Staley | Friday February 27, 2015 at 10:45 AM PDT | Comments Off on 50 Shades of Predatory Abuse: The Role of Civil Society
The movie adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey by author E.L. James swept its opening weekend competition and has generated blockbuster revenues of over $133 million, making it the top grossing movie of 2015. Controversy has come with it, as would be expected from any movie breaking through traditional cultural taboos. Combine that with...
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Tags: 50 shades of grey, anastasia steele, BDSM, christian grey, Civil Liberties, Civil Society, Crime, Culture, e.l. james, Entertainment, Family, feminism, Inequality, Libertarianism, libertinism, Liberty, misogyny, Morality, narcissism, personal freedom, Personal Liberties, Personal Liberty, Power, promiscuity, Propaganda, rape, rape culture, sadism, sadomasochism, sexual abuse, sexual predator, Sexual Revolution, Slavery, stalking, The State, Torture, Utilitarianism, Video, Women
Abigail R. Hall | Thursday January 22, 2015 at 5:53 AM PDT | Comments Off on No U.S. Weapons for Countries with Child Soldiers (Oh, You Have a Waiver?)
As the world observes conflicts in Iraq, Syria, the Ukraine, and elsewhere, the impact on human life is undeniably tragic. Nowhere is this tragedy more pronounced than in the impact of these conflicts have on children. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel, more than 10,000 children have died in...
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Tags: Afghanistan, Africa, Child Soldiers, Children, Civil Liberties, Defense, Family, Iraq, Lord's Resistance Army, Middle East, Military, Slavery, Terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy, War, Weapons, Weapons and Foreign Aid
William Shughart | Monday August 11, 2014 at 4:37 PM PDT | Comments Off on Taking Offense at Every Word or Phrase?
A recent news item suggests that if offense possibly can be taken, it will be taken. We have just been treated to studied outrage at the nicknames of the NFL’s Washington “Redskins”, Florida State University’s “Seminoles” and MLB’s Cleveland “Indians.” As my friend and colleague Randy Holcombe reminds us in a recent blog, the...
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Tags: Affirmative Action, Censorship, College, Native Americans, political correctness, Public Opinion, Slavery
Lawrence J. McQuillan | Friday November 1, 2013 at 2:29 PM PDT | Comments Off on San Francisco Professor Compares BART Transit Workers to Slaves
The two strikes by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) unions during the recent contract negotiations have prompted a legislative campaign to ban strikes by public transit workers in California. John Logan, a professor and director of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State University, recently wrote an opinion piece opposing a ban for...
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Tags: American History, college, Education, Employment, Labor, Labor Strikes, Propaganda, Slavery, Strikes, Transportation, unions