Check out Carnival of Liberty #57 at Matt Barr’s new blog, Socratic Rhythm Method. Matt billed it as "the blogosphere’s first-ever Fiona Apple-themed carnival." The entries are grouped under thematically appropriate Fiona Apple songs, which you can listen to as you read by clicking their titles. Nicely done.

There are lots of entries in this week’s carnival, so you’re bound to find something that piques your interest. I, unfortunately, have only had time to check out a couple of posts, and one of them — well, let’s just say I have a rather low opinion in general of people who assume moral equivalence between genocidal 7th-century barbarians and a democratic Western government.

There are entirely too many libertarians who can’t or won’t distinguish between Genghis Khan and a shoplifter because both violate your property rights. When such a person snottily declares that "war is the health of the Israeli state" — does he think that the leadership of Israel is chortling over the rockets raining down on it and the talk of killing six million Jews because it gives them an excuse to grow Leviathan?? — well, I’m done with that site. Asshat.
 

Michael Hampton is hosting the 56th Carnival of Liberty over at Homeland Stupidity, and he’s got quite a collection of contributions. From coerced chemotherapy to Kelo crushing, from gas prices to electric cars, from building another bridge to nowhere to closing the border for classical liberal reasons, there’s a veritable treasure of tempting topics. Go check it out.
 

Check out the latest Carnival of Liberty at Ogre’s Politics & Views. Apparently, Ogre hurriedly finished putting it together in the face of a gas leak emergency, and that was followed by some extended downtime at the mu.nu domain. But Ogre’s site and the carnival are available now, and it looks like there are lots of interesting posts. Go read!
 

This week’s Carnival of Liberty, the weekly linkfest of the Life, Liberty, Property community,  is up at Homeland Stupidity, and it’s just chock full of choice content. Michael Hampton did a nice job introducing the posts and tying them together. He even provided a podcast of a Cato book forum for your listening pleasure.

Podcast — that’s what us old fogeys used to call a "spoken-word recording," right?

So, anyway, head on over to the Carnival and start clicking!
 

Today isn’t just America’s Independence Day — it’s also the birthday of the Carnival of Liberty. Yes, the little rascal appeared on the scene last Independence Day, born at Brad Warbiany’s The Unrepentant Individual. And, by golly, that’s where the birthday party is. Head on over and see how big the rascal’s gotten!

What a plethora of posts! And unlike yours truly, who was busy thinking about this trip and other matters, many of the LLP members actually had the foresight to anticipate Independence Day and write something appropriate for the occasion. [Sigh. I’m sure I’ll do better next year. It’s so unlike me to be busy and distracted. ] 

The 51st edition of the Carnival of Liberty is up at Below the Beltway. From a lifeboat somewhere in the soggy D.C. suburbs, Doug Mataconis assembled about a dozen provocative postings on topics related to individual liberty — such as real estate, terrorism, net neutrality, the drug war, and marshmallow control. Check it out.

Next week’s Independence Day edition will mark the first anniversary of Carnival of Liberty (yeah, we skipped a week along the way). Like the inaugural edition, it’ll be hosted by Brad Warbiany at The Unrepentant Individual. I’m sure Brad’s planning a big anniversary celebration, and he’d love to include your liberty-related blog post — use Conservative Cat’s Carnival Submission Form to send him the info.