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Ck posted this in the comments section of the increasingly heated discussion about Free Software. He also requests comments, so I’ll give this piece the good ol’ fiske.

The libertarian paradox
By Gerry McGovern
There seems to be a rule that everything embodies a paradox, that everything embodies its opposite.
From the very first period I used the Internet […]

The Aussies have a “we’re gonna do what we’re gonna do and balls to the world” attitude that I love. This lit up my day.
The first passenger train to cross Australia from south to north arrived in Darwin yesterday to be welcomed by women flashing their breasts and men baring their backsides in a mass […]

One of my main objectives on this blog is to change mindsets from the old “mai-baap sarkar” where life without government is unimaginable to a truly free society with self-government. It’s a daunting task because self-government is often equated with chaos and various other evils. So, I consider myself happy whenever someone agrees that there […]

In the discussion about Free Software below, the heated arguments have veered towards the distinctions or similarities that might be drawn between ‘Liberal’ and ‘Libertarian’ Thought.
I think it is important to shed light on this topic, because it is one of great contention. Though ultimately it is just a matter of labelling or taxonomy, since […]

Van Gogh’s Café at Arles

The BBC is showing a three part series on capitalism in February. I missed the first part shown over last weekend, but will catch up with the other two. I’m not so sure about how they intend to tackle it, knowing the Beeb’s biases well. I suppose they’re going to be “even-handed” looking at the […]

As both India and the US are in election mode, the theatrics have started. This para from a piece in the NYT caught my eye.
From Washington to Hollywood, the Dean campaign often provided valet parking at its events, spent heavily to bus outsiders in to speeches in Iowa and began pumping money into commercials seven […]