In the Original TV Series Free to Choose, Milton Friedman explained how the production of a pencil illustrates the power of the free enterprise system, as seen below.               Inspired by Friedman’s elequent illustration, The Competitive Enterprise Institute made a must-see video for anyone trying to understand or explain the practicality and morality of Capitalism.                 I, Pencil is also being given away on DVD by Izzit.org to the first 1000 teachers who order Win-Win, Free Trade, The Price System, Markets without Borders or Freedom’s Sound.  For more information on how to buy …

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            In his stimulating article State of the Union: Rand Paul Brings Libertarianism to the GOP, Brian Doherty of Reason Magazine outlines the implications of the GOP’s current political climate.             After suffering a humiliating defeat to a vulnerable President Obama, the Republican Party is now experiencing both a void in power and an effort to rebrand.  This scenario offers non-establishment wings of the party–namely libertarian Republicans and Tea Partiers–to gain influence.  Having formally responded to the President’s State of the Union Address, Senators Rand Paul and Marco Rubio are two figures that offer the GOP credibility, …

                          As the government increasingly aims to regulate and surveil the internet, we must consider impact of such interference on freedom.  Should we sacrifice the liberty offered by internet to supposed security promised by government?  Perhaps the internet should remain a place for free people, free markets and free minds.