September 19, 2018
fromTheRutherfordInstitute: “There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.”—Hunter S. Thompson
Police State America
fromReason: The debate over tariffs has mostly emphasized their impact on economic growth and jobs, which overlooks specific stories of suffering caused by President Donald Trump's trade war.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
fromBloomberg: In spite of claims they will benefit society overall, interventionist policies designed to benefit certain interest groups ultimately only help certain groups at the expense of everyone else.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
fromDrugPolicy.org: The debate over tariffs has mostly emphasized their impact on economic growth and jobs, which overlooks specific stories of suffering caused by President Donald Trump's trade war.
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange Police State America
fromReason: The nation that gave the world John Milton and his cry for the “liberty to utter” is now at the forefront of shutting speech down. Could this policy be coming to a tyranny near you?
Police State America
fromTheAmericanMirror: Honor for Maxine is dishonor for the Newspaper Publishers Association.
Media Bias on Parade Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery
September 13, 2018
fromNYTimes: Sold from vending machines in Pennsylvania, feed depots in Nevada, pharmacies in Georgia and jewelry stores in Texas, ammunition is in many states easier to buy than cold medicine. But in California ...
2nd Amendment Assaults
fromEconomicPolicyJournal: Politicians seek to make the rent control measures that have destroyed housing in San Francisco throughout the state.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
fromBreitbart: Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) says the counting of illegal aliens when dividing up congressional seats and electoral college votes is a violation of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption
fromMarketWatch: Cash if freedom. A cashless society is one in which government can track every transaction the citizen makes. Liberty lovers should boycott all cashless establishments.
Individual Liberty: America's First Principle
fromEconomicPolicyJournal: Items primarily supplied by China and are on the 25% tariff list.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
fromTheDailyBell: Teens used to get 7 years of apprenticeship and be experienced skilled workers by age 20. They were ready to support a family. They had practiced responsible behavior.
Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery
August 27, 2018
fromTownhall: "Since everyone is a lawbreaker, it then comes down to who to make an example of. And who better for overzealous lefty prosecutors to make examples of than former or current Trump associate."
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption
fromFreeThoughtProject: A bombshell revelation appears show that the Vegas shooter's girlfriend, Marilou Danley, may have been an asset of the FBI.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption
fromNPR: Finally, increasing the minimum wage reaps a positive effect.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
fromLibertyPen/YouTube: From Life, Liberty and Levin, Rick Harrison (Pawn Stars) joins Mark to discuss the challenges of business, the lesson of socialism, the virtues of capitalism and more.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
fromWashingtonExaminer: “Big story out that the FBI ignored tens of thousands of Crooked Hillary Emails, many of which are REALLY BAD. I feel sure that we will soon be getting to the bottom of all of this corruption".
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption
fromWashingtonExaminer: “The right is attacking the FBI and CIA, the left is attacking the president—this truly is the best timeline,” he said, misty-eyed.
The Government is Not Us
August 3, 2018
fromSpiked: A new ruling says the city’s civil forfeiture program violates the right to due process. Car theft becomes more difficult for the police department.
Police State America
fromCreators: Once a civil liberties champion, the ACLU has exposed itself as just a leftwing front group, explicitly endorsing the view that free speech can harm ‘marginalized’ groups by undermining their civil rights.
Indoctrination and Censorship
fromAmericanConservative: The Supreme Court recently agreed to rule on a case that could have a major impact on whether civil asset forfeiture can continue to serve as low hanging fruit for bureaucratic interests run amok.
Police State America The Government is Not Us
fromLibertyPen/YouTube: A once principled political party has devolved into a kooky religion where all things Trump are satanic. Tammy Bruce breaks down the situation with Tucker Carlson.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery
fromCreators: As usual, those who want the government to decide that workers must be paid more insist that "women and minorities" are hurt by the market. But waitress Alcieli Felipe says the politicians should butt out.
Regulation Nation
fromReason: The platform is struggling to handle contradictory laws about legal and illegal use of pot.
Indoctrination and Censorship The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
July 20, 2016
fromDW: Mexico's incoming president has granted his interior minister "carte blanche" to consider legalizing drugs. The new Mexican government has promised to respond to record-high violence with a package of judicial reforms.
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
fromSacBee: San Francisco became the first city in California to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections following passage of Measure N with 54 percent of the vote after two previous failed tries.
Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery
fromCreators: The power of American arms-makers is formidable. They have acolytes in all branches of government that fear if a Trump-Putin deal is reached, there may be a diminished appetite for their weaponry.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption
fromTheFreeThoughtProject: After an officer was caught on camera pulling his gun on a group of children, his department responded by arresting more children.
Police State America
fromReason: A predictable outcome. State judges routinely do the bidding of the state politicians who appointed them. To hell with what the people want.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption
fromLibertyPen/YouTube: Medical schools are discriminating on a massive scale as less qualified African-American and Hispanic students are routinely given priority over higher scoring Whites and Asians.
Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery
June 7, 2016
fromTheMostImportantNews: If LibertyPen's flame is extinguished, you will know why.
The Government is Not Us
fromGlobalWarmingPolicyForum: Since Mr Trump walked out of the Paris agreement one year ago, it has been fascinating to watch the decline of media interest in “saving the planet”.
Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery
fromTheDailyCaller: If there was any doubt about the political motivation of Comey, it was removed by his rhetoric following his ouster, clothed in talk of FBI independence and ethics, but revealing raging anti-Trump animus.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption
fromTheInquisitr: The Koch campaign might force other Republicans to reconsider their fiscal positions and publicly denounce Trump tariffs in an effort to connect with voters.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
fromHussmanFunds: The constant creation of low-grade debt in order to finance consumption and income shortfalls among some members of the economy, using the massive surpluses earned by other members of the economy.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
fromARSTecnica: Thanks to the Supreme Court doing its job, the federal ban on sports betting has been overturned. Individuals can now command their assets. Now, let's dispel the popular myths.
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
March 23, 2016
fromTheRutherfordInstitute: Reminder: The First Amendment affirms the right of the people to speak freely, worship freely, peaceably assemble, petition the government for a redress of grievances, and have a free press.
Indoctrination and Censorship Individual Liberty: America's First Principle
fromTheIntercept: What a justice warrior looks like. In his first week on the job, he fired 31 prosecutors from the DA’s office because they weren’t committed to the changes he intended to make.
Justice is a Result, Not Just a Process
fromNYTimes: It's your life, isn't it? About time government stops trying to impede your survival.
Regulation Nation The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
fromCNet: Block out government peeping toms. As your personal information leaks out through Facebook, one web browser offers a new option to keep a lid on it -- for private browsing tabs, at least.
Government is Watching Every Move You Make
fromWND: Too many Americans hate President Donald Trump more than they love Americans.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption
fromMarketWatch: Looking ahead, analysts see the nation much deeper in debt. The Committee for a Responsible Budget projects debt exceeding the size of the economy within a decade.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
March 16, 2018
fromWND: The king of social media has been making algorithm changes seemingly intended to marginalize the traffic of right-of-center online news operations, and they have been effective.
Media Bias on Parade
fromCreators: The limits of power. Freedom of speech trumps Trump -- as it should.
Indoctrination and Censorship
fromLibertyPen/YouTube: Professor Williams contends that spending constraints will never occur so long as half of the citizens have no skin in the game.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
fromMotherboard: The TSA won't release information about its warrantless searches of electronic devices carried by US citizens on domestic flights.
Government is Watching Every Move You Make Police State America
fromCreators: All a trade deficit shows is that a country sells us more than we sell them. We get the better of that deal. They get excess dollar bills, but we get stuff.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
fromRutherfordInstitute: Just what we don’t need: more gun-toting, taser-wielding cops in government-run schools that bear an uncomfortable resemblance to prisons.
Police State America
March 14, 2018
fromPewTrusts: Nearly 300,000 people are held in state and federal prisons in the United States for drug-law violations, up from less than 25,000 in 1980.
The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange
fromFFF: There are a wide variety of tasks that the private sector could better provide that many think must be supplied by the government.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market
fromTownhall.com: An increased majority of U.S. college students, 61 percent, now agree that the climate on their college campus “prevents some people from saying things they believe because others might find them offensive.”
Indoctrination and Censorship
fromReason: On trade, foreign policy, and so much more, he's Clinton, Bush, and Obama without the charm and respect. That can be a good thing.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption
fromLearnLiberty/YouTube: What if the government can’t solve our problems because the government doesn’t really exist? Prof. Mike Munger explains his “unicorn” theory of the state.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption
fromAmericanThinker: This is California, the canary that died to reveal to the rest of the country the final destination of arrogant liberalism and open borders.
Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery