The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

I saw a woman in full hijab on the platform at my local Underground station. It's a common sight in my neighbourhood. As a libertarian, I respected her right to dress as she likes. It does no demonstrable or significant harm to others, so it's entirely her business. It's certainly…

What Would a Free Society Look Like? : The Freeman : Foundation for Economic Education The linked essay is a good honest summary and highlights our dilemma. The bad guys have a clear, seductive vision of a "better society". We, being either more honest or less delusional, don't. We can…

My only grave objections to socialism are the force involved in establishing it and the (usually far greater) force involved in maintaining it. If all the Socialists in Britain want to pool their assets and share their joint earnings equally in a sort of virtual commune, that's absolutely fine by…

Can I just say that I will never buy from any store displaying this smug, stupid sign? It is an attempt to befriend the cretinous anti-capitalists who are attacking businesses who have so structured their affairs as lawfully to minimise their taxes. The cretins are attacking not merely capitalism but…

  h/t NickM at Counting Cats in Zanzibar

The controversy about Suzanne Moore's "Brazilian transsexual" article is typical of much civil (and uncivil) discourse in Britain today. I have little to add to that discussion directly, but it set me thinking about the wider problems of tolerance in Britain and the way our political system now works. It's…