This article was originally published by Joshua Mawhorter at The Mises Institute.  Contrary to the popular assumption that centralized political power was necessary to destroy slavery, federal power spent much of its history protecting and enforcing the institution. This privatized costs for a privileged few and...

Waiting for the Bag – who will hold it? , Waiting. It’s what life becomes at certain nodes of hypercomplexity.As a natural-born action figure, days like this make me nuts—and I’m perfectly willing to share. But you come here for brilliant insight, and sorry...