Drudge breathlessly intones: OBAMA OPEN TO NEWSPAPER BAILOUT BILL… Hmm, I wonder which way the newspaper editorials will lean on the wisdom of this idea? And I wonder how it will affect their criticism of other state bailouts?
This is the beginning of the end of freedom of the press.
Stephan Kinsella is a libertarian writer and retired patent attorney in Houston, Texas. He has published widely on various areas of libertarian legal theory and on legal topics such as intellectual property law and international law. His publications include Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Papinian Press, 2023), Against Intellectual Property (Mises Institute, 2008), International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide (Oxford, 2020), and The Universal Principles of Liberty (2025).
My Failed Libertarian Speaking Hiatus; Memories of Mises Institute and Other Events, 1988–20192025
