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Questions That Only Libertarians Are Asking

by Laurence M. Vance October 1, 2024

Although on the surface, Democrats, liberals, socialists, and progressives seem to be ideological opposites of Republicans, conservatives, nationalists, and constitutionalists, and although both groups are often contrasted with moderates, populists, centrists, and independents, in reality, every one of these groups has something in common: their opposition to libertarianism. Libertarianism Libertarianism is the philosophy that says people should be free from individual, ...

Classical Liberalism versus Modern Unlimited Democracy

by Richard M. Ebeling October 1, 2024

Election years have the tendency to bring out the worst in political rhetoric. Both major political parties color their opponents as dangers to the foundations of American democracy and even the world in general. I remember seeing on television in 1964 the famous “Daisy” political ad with a small girl holding a flower being vaporized in a huge nuclear ...

Liberty Lost

by George Leef October 1, 2024

As the United States steadily succumbs to omnipotent government, it is important to look back at our early history to see how much Americans accomplished when they were free to use their time, talents, and property to solve the problems they faced. Many people today are habituated to turning to government for laws and programs to deal with almost ...

Overthrowing the Constitution

by John W. Whitehead September 27, 2024

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” — Abraham Lincoln It is both apt and ironic that the anniversary of 9/11, which paved the way for the government to overthrow the Constitution, occurs the week before the anniversary of the ...

In a Battle Between Freedom of Speech and the Legal Monopoly, North Carolina Sides with the Monopoly

by George Leef September 20, 2024

All government-backed monopolies are objectionable, but perhaps none so much as the monopoly that state governments give to their licensed attorneys. Laws against “unauthorized practice of law” (UPL) ensure that licensed attorneys won’t have to face competition from individuals who are not licensed. Obtaining a law license is extremely time-consuming and costly, which acts as a huge barrier to ...

Three Big Social Security Changes That Should Come in 2025

by Laurence M. Vance September 17, 2024

An article at The Motley Fool that was also posted at Retirely — a financial planning company — about big changes coming to Social Security caught my eye: “3 Big Social Security Changes Coming in 2025 May Surprise Many Americans.” Social Security is the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program that provides ...

The Government Pressured Tech Companies to Censor Users

by John W. Whitehead September 13, 2024

“Internet platforms have a powerful incentive to please important federal officials, and the record in this case shows that high-ranking officials skillfully exploited Facebook’s vulnerability... Not surprisingly these efforts bore fruit. Facebook adopted new rules that better conformed to the officials’ wishes, and many users who expressed disapproved views about the pandemic or COVID–19 vaccines were ...

The Harris Hidden Tax Hike

by Laurence M. Vance September 3, 2024

Now that Kamala Harris is the official Democratic candidate for president, a look at her tax proposals is in order. According to a Harris-Walz press release that lays out her agenda to lower costs for American families, some of the tax proposals are: Tax incentive for homebuilders who build starter homes sold to first-time homebuyers.

JFK: A Fraudulent Autopsy and a Fraudulent Film

by Jacob G. Hornberger September 1, 2024

The following is a nonverbatim transcript of a talk I gave at the annual PorcFest festival in Lancaster, New Hampshire, in June 2024. In the 1990s, the Assassination Records Review Board discovered the existence of a woman named Saundra Spencer, who told a remarkable story to the ARRB. On the weekend of the assassination of President Kennedy, Spencer was a ...

Supreme Court Unleashes Censors and Betrays Democracy

by James Bovard September 1, 2024

On the eve of the first presidential candidate debate, the Supreme Court gave a huge boost to Joe Biden to help him “fix” the 2024 election with maybe its worst decision of the year. It remains to be seen whether the court’s refusal to stop federal censorship will be a wooden stake in the credibility of American democracy. The court ...

Can Huey Long Save America?

by Laurence M. Vance September 1, 2024

I occasionally read a writer and podcaster known as a conspiracy researcher who writes on a variety of subjects. Donald Jeffries is all over the map politically (reformer, idealist, libertarian, classical liberal, populist, and cultural conservative), has published several books, and has written a Substack column since 2021. His name is not important because it is his ideas, which ...

Ludwig von Mises on Human Action and the Free Society

by Richard M. Ebeling September 1, 2024

Seventy-five years ago, on September 14, 1949, Yale University Press published Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action: A Treatise on Economics. Almost 900 pages in length, it soon became recognized as one of the major works in economics in the twentieth century. Not that this recognition was felt in the economics profession of the time. Few reviews appeared in the professional ...