Category Archives: Blogs by Tibor Machan

Lessons in Liberty: Public Museums and Censorship

Posted on April 1, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Tibor R. Machan Is there a difference between censorship and selectivity?  In a private gallery or museum the owners or curators must always be selective.  There isn’t infinite, unlimited room available to place all the art that might be exhibited.  … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: Welfare Rights are Wrong

Posted on March 21, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan Ever since John Locke developed the theory of natural individual human rights, there has been an ongoing attempt to change his idea to something very different. For Locke the natural rights all human beings have are … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: Choice Quotes

Posted on March 13, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor Machan A Few Choice Quotes to consider!* Bannister on Theories:“… the psychologist cannot present a picture of man which patently contradicts his behavior in presenting that picture.”  From Borger & Cioffi/Bannister, eds., Explanation in the Behavioural Sciences (Cambridge … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: Revisiting Our Basic Rights

Posted on March 11, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan Professor Lynn Hunt’s recently published book on rights, titled Inventing Human Rights, is filled with a great deal of very useful important information about the emergence of the idea of basic human, individual rights, but it … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: I’ve fired The New York Times, etc.

Posted on March 6, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan For years I subscribed to The New York Times online.  Then I took the Sunday Times only for a couple of years but they managed to annoy me nearly as much as the daily edition.  (I … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: Democracy & Gay Marriages

Posted on March 4, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan Frankly I have no horse in this race, nothing personal in any case.  For my money you may marry your grandmother or cat, if all parties consent. Marriages ought to be a matter of contract and … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: Self-Referential Paternalist Foibles

Posted on February 22, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan Over the last several years statists have changed their tune a bit.  Instead of advocating Draconian governmental intrusions on people’s lives, in the tradition of the Soviets and other unabashed tyrants, they have at least seemingly … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: The Republicans’ Achilles Heel

Posted on February 18, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan In a recent Wall Street Journal essay, “Generational Theft Needs to be Arrested,” three men advanced some suggestions to Republicans.  Their main focus was the need for Republicans to address what they, following others who have … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: Sad State of the Union

Posted on February 15, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan President Obama delivered a state of the union address that made no secret of his essentially statist political-economic philosophy. Apart from the details, the major message was that Americans must become part of a herd whether … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: Arrogance of Power!

Posted on February 6, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan Just how utterly reliant on sheer power is President Obama can be appreciated from the fact that no one in his administration bothers to defend his policy of confiscating people’s resources.  Apart from calling upon the … Continue reading →

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