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Phil and Luke are brothers, libertarians 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.
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Posted by Phil on December 19th, 2010Sunny Beach Panorama
Posted by Luke H on December 5th, 2010Panorama of the day: Balaena Bay, Roseneath, Wellington on December 5, 2010. Taken from the footpath after a swim. There was a yacht race going on in the bay.
Confusing Book Depository URLs
Posted by Luke H on November 26th, 2009I really like UK online bookstore The Book Depository – they have low prices and free shipping, even halfway around the world to New Zealand – but readers should note that they have two domain names serving what appears to be the same site: bookdepository.com bookdepository.co.uk The important thing about this is that the sites [...]
The forgotten land war: New Mexico, 1967
Posted by Phil on February 26th, 2009Rio Arriba County Courthouse, Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. Image from GhostTowns.com. I was doing some readings for my Insurgency class (some time ago) and noticed this intriguing snippet, a quote from Gurr’s Why Men Rebel (p. 263-4)in O’Neill’s Insurgency and Terrorism (p. 58-9), in a discussion of how infrastructure or the lack of it affects [...]
2008 Libertarianz Alternative Budget
Posted by Luke H on May 21st, 2008This evening I helped the wonderful people of the Libertarianz prepare our presentation for the Libz Alternative Budget. I’m particularly proud of the line “Libertarianz is pro choice when it comes to your money” which Bernard uses, as I thought of it. So without further ado, here it is: Unlike Michael Cullen, Libertarianz believes your [...]
End compulsory schooling!
Posted by Phil on July 1st, 2007Adapted 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 [...]
Reminder: March on Parliament, and CIS Forum
Posted by Phil on March 27th, 2007Two reminders for Wellington-based readers: March on Parliament to protest the anti-smacking bill – one of the worst examples of Nanny Statism, and likely to have some terrible unintended consequences. Meet at Civic Square at noon on Wednesday. More on why we at Pacific Empire oppose the repeal of Section 59 here. Centre for Independent [...]
Unbelievable and Embarrassing
Posted by Luke H on February 6th, 2007[CYFSWATCH] exposes some fundamental issues that the department needs to address, and the responsible thing to do would be to take some action to improve their services, and the way they do them. Well they have taken action all right, not to try and improve themselves, but by devoting all their (tax-payer funded) resources to [...]
Attention Aucklanders
Posted by Phil on January 4th, 2007Luke and I are in town, staying near Upper Queen Street, tonight. Call 027 437 0308 if you want to meet up with us – we leave tomorrow morning for the third stage of our summer holiday.
Milton Friedman
Posted by Phil on November 17th, 2006Obituaries: PC LibertyScott Marginal Revolution FP Passport Friedman will be mourned by liberty-lovers and freedom-fighters worldwide. We owe so much in terms of economic liberty to economists like Friedman, especially in New Zealand.