Phil and Luke are brothers, libertarians, Vic Uni students and flatmates based in Wellington, New Zealand. Their blog, Pacific Empire, covers topics including politics, libertarianism, international relations, psychology, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, art and history. See the About page for more information.
Luke is the Libertarianz Media Coordinator, while Phil was the Hutt South candidate in 2005 and is now Spokesman for Deregulation of Education.
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I just finished watching the best action movie I have ever seen.
Oh wow. Everybody on the Interwebs was praying that Michael Bay wouldn’t screw this up. Well - he didn’t screw it up. I had such a great time watching Transformers. It was romantic, terrifically funny, had fun, believable acting and […]
Another guest post for Coming Anarchy. Please check their site if you wish to comment on this post. Thanks!
Last week I wrote:
But by the 1980s, it was clear that the region was no longer entirely peaceful… Democracy appeared to be weakening, and one academic warned of “Africanisation,” forecasting a dark future for Oceania.
…Meanwhile, […]
Adapted from my S9 speech, delivered to Capital Toastmasters on Wednesday. Feedback and criticism is welcomed, as well as advice, links to resources etc, as I’m currently writing a new transitional education policy.
Compulsory schooling is taken for granted today, yet it has been around for less than 200 years, and few people know how it […]