О ситуации с Украиной и Россией
Являясь единственным автором постов в сообществе Notes On Liberty, который живет в России и может как-то “иначе” рассказать о текущей ситуации между двумя странами, хочу сделать небольшое заявление,...
View ArticleA few further remarks on foreign policy and libertarianism
Brandon’s and Fred’s blogs make me want to write a few further remarks on the relation between foreign policy and libertarianism. 1. One should be aware that ‘the libertarian argument’ does not equal...
View ArticleEarly childhood memories of a Cambodian refugee camp
In 1991, sixteen Khmer families from Cambodian refugee camps (mostly from Khao I Dang) received asylum in the Netherlands. This Saturday, November 5, we will celebrate the 25th anniversary. To...
View Article“If you work for peace, stop paying for war”
The most omnipresent slogan of libertarianism in the digital age is the one that argues, or maybe just declares, taxation is A, theft is B, and A is B. Everyone has a gut feeling about being stolen...
View ArticleSunday Poetry: Camus about Europe
Albert Camus is the most influential writers to me (See here why). This passage is from his third “Letter to a German Friend” (1944), depicting his unbroken love for European culture in the dark times...
View ArticleSunday Poetry: Junger’s War Observations
Without noticing it, I heavily built my reading schedule this year around of what one might call a “post-liberal reading list”. The idea, that the demise of social institutions might be the inevitable...
View ArticleSome Friday Links – Ukraine in Moscow
Also, 1-year mark of blogging achieved We visited Moscow twice, in late 2010 and mid-2011. I remember a clean, buzzing – if a bit intimidating – metropolis, rich in signature sites. I thought to share...
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