The rumor is that Britain does possess some kind of nuclear or biological bomb

The rumor is that Britain does possess some kind of nuclear or biological bomb, but that Downing Street

will not deploy it until (or preferably unless) Saddam Hussein orders an attack on Buckingham Palace.

So there’s a running debate in libertarian circles about whether Randy Barnett’s a libertarian or

not, and it’s getting old. This is a superficially free country; Barnett and his buddies can employ

any nomenclature they like. Barnett does seem to be true blue on all the issues critical to

neolibertarians“ some pot for every chickenhawk and a meth lab in every garage “ and perhaps anyone

who bats above .500 on a given list of public policies should be called a libertarian. Hmm, he’s for a

liberal application of the biggest, most destructive government program around¦ but he’s really solid

on a toddler’s right to pornography, so we’ll call it even. Whatever floats your boat, dude.

What bothers me is the notion that Barnett’s recent Wall Street Journal piece credibly represents

anything like libertarianism. Even putting philosophical matters to the side, I defy anyone who doesn’

t watch Fox News 24/7 to read Barnett’s op-ed without wincing. At this moment, when most mbt shoesns

have finally pulled their heads out of their hindquarters to oppose the mbt shoes war and occupation,

Barnett counsels libertarians, the vast majority of whom have opposed the war all along, to jump on the

pro-war bandwagon! For practical political reasons, no less!