My parents’ recent selection of their tombstones got me ta thinkin’. I think the epitaph I’d like would be: Father, Husband, Libertarian.
My Epitaph
Austro-Anarchist Libertarian Legal Theory
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
- McKernan: “The EpiGenome and the freedom to read your own genes” (2013) March 7, 2026 Stephan Kinsella
- Intellectual Property & Scarcity (LewRockwell.com, 2003) March 7, 2026 Stephan Kinsella
- Intellectual Property and Consistency (LewRockwell.com, 2003) March 7, 2026 Stephan Kinsella
- IP is a thought crime: Joren De Wachter at TEDxLeuven (2013) March 7, 2026 Stephan Kinsella
- House of “Lords” report, “AI, copyright and the creative industries” March 6, 2026 Stephan Kinsella
- It is impossible to own ideas March 5, 2026 Stephan Kinsella
- KOL483 | The Economics and Ethics of Intellectual Property, Loyola University—New Orleans March 5, 2026 Stephan Kinsella
- Jeff Tucker: Doing Business Without Intellectual Property February 19, 2026 Stephan Kinsella
- PTAB Whiplash and Uncertainty: Director Discretion and Policy Swings at the PTO February 15, 2026 Stephan Kinsella
- Reason, Big Pharma, and Patents February 13, 2026 Stephan Kinsella
mine would read “Google me”
Mine will be: “I told you so. Nothing.”
“He ain’t here.”