Author: Georgi Alipiev The subject of poker is vast – it has many varieties, but in its most popular form, Texas Hold'em, where each player is dealt 2 cards and five more are placed on the table, the total number of possible statistical combinations of the player's 2 cards and those of the ...
More »Tax Freedom Day – what are we celebrating?
Tax Freedom Day is the day on the calendar when citizens will pay the planned revenues into the budget and begin working for their needs. In 2019, this day in our country falls on May 18, 138 days after the New Year. This means that if everything …
More »S2E3 - For Freedom: Singapore and London
With Tsvetan Vuchkov from the Executive Board of the Bulgarian Libertarian Society, we exchanged impressions from our recent travels to two major global cities - Singapore and London. In this episode: - Is Singapore a libertarian utopia? - Is London a liberal dystopia? - Is private property enough to guarantee …
More »Who is more left-wing: Criticism of conservatives and libertarians I
Each group should try to be a little like the other. One of the favorite pastimes of people on the right (apart from making 2.96-style jokes and saying "Who's not like that?" on national airwaves) is to measure their rightness in intellectual sparring, which often ends with blocking on Facebook, and in ...
More »Prague Summer: The Invasion of Czechoslovakia with Some Historical Details
“We occupied you Czechs because we love you.” Explanation of what happened by a Russian officer, given on August 24, 1968 to Milan Kundera During this week in 1968, another desire for freedom and humanity in the socialist camp was trampled. It did not start with the economy, but with culture, music, everyday life …
More »The Value Testament of Vasil Levski
Today (18.07) is a significant date in the Bulgarian calendar. On this day, in 1837, the greatest Bulgarian hero and revolutionary was born – Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, better known by the famous nickname Vasil "Levski". Also known as the Apostle of Freedom, Levski is the most important Bulgarian revolutionary. His merits as an organizer of the revolutionary movement …
More »In Defense of Property (excerpt from David Friedman)
Author: David Friedman, translation of an excerpt from "The Machinery of Freedom" The concept of property is of fundamental importance to our society and probably to any functional society. On an operational level, it is understandable to any child over the age of three. On an intellectual level, however, almost no one …
More »The war on cash is also a war on freedom
Author: Nikolay Filibev Earlier this week, the parliament adopted at first reading another proposal by the Ministry of Finance to tighten the restriction on cash payments. Bulgaria is one of the few countries in the EU with such a restriction. Even some of the most developed economies in the EU are without any limit …
More »Bitcoin icon to found own country without government
Evan Fagart, bitsonline.com Roger Ver – a very well-known figure in the Bitcoin community – along with entrepreneur and cryptocurrency enthusiast Olivier Janssens is planning to found a brand new country. But here’s the catch: this country will have no government and no state, but instead will adhere to the principles of …
More »History of freedom of speech and the press
Author: Georgi Georgiev History of the development of the right to freedom of expression, the right to free speech and free press and media. The article is divided into several main sections and follows a chronological order of presentation, namely: Definition of Freedom of Speech and Press and legal framework Freedom of speech and …
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