North America Blog

September 15, 2014

The United States Government Is Holding You Hostage

In response to increasing levels of expatriation over the past few years, the United States government has hiked the fee to denounce citizenship by a whopping 422%. From now on, if you […]
September 11, 2014

Is It Time to Get Rid of the Cops?

  There’s been a lot of talk recently about de-militarizing the police. That’s good, and a lot of the ideas for reform are steps in the right direction[1]. However, what these proposals […]
September 5, 2014

The Empire and the Drug War

Check out SFL’s campaign to end the War on Drugs at endthedrugwar.org.  It’s all too easy to see the “War on Drugs” as merely metaphor or hyperbole devised by melodramatic politicians, yet the […]
August 29, 2014

Some Clarifications on Left-Libertarianism

After my post about left-libertarianism, fellow campus coordinator Levi Gourdie wrote a response explaining what he takes to be benefits of right-libertarianism. There are a few points in his post that I’d […]
August 26, 2014

What Is “Left-Libertarianism?”

As you might have noticed, one of the (very quickly) upcoming Virtual Reading Groups will cover a wide selection of readings on left-libertarianism. So a reasonable question to ask, then, is just […]
August 7, 2014

A Tribute to Elinor Ostrom: Understanding the Commons

When I was in high school, I took a math seminar that covered the idea of the tragedy of the commons. The lecturer used game theory to explain that when a resource […]
July 19, 2013

How much is a living wage?

McDonald’s sample budget dispute has blown up on the web and it now, unfortunately, warrants a response. There have been a variety of points made, but most have missed what I think is the […]
April 4, 2013

Living the Dream

When I applied to be a Campus Coordinator in 2011, I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. I thought I would be involved with a pretty great organization for a […]
March 11, 2013

Mutual Aid is Back with Flair

A few months ago an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement did something fairly amazing. After raising money from an all-night variety telethon the group calling themselves “Strike Debt” began their […]
December 11, 2012

Canadian Compassion Towards Refugees: A Case for Open Borders

David Clement is a Campus Coordinator at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. Over the past decade, Canada has seen itself rise on the  Frasier Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World index. In […]
October 22, 2012

SFL Live Blogs the Third Presidential Debate

Join Senior Campus Coordinator Alex McHugh at 9:00 PM ET on Monday, October 22nd for live commentary on the third presidential debate.
October 1, 2012

On the Road for Liberty

“Asked about welfare, they give me the same response I have heard many places this summer – first they say they only get food stamps. Then, they mention that the kids get […]
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