Lee Friday, Author at News From London, Ontario, And Beyond

Mexican BMW Factory Shows Us the Benefits of Free Trade

July 16, 2019 – Gary Galles …… Car companies are building in Mexico rather than the United States, largely because it has freer trade than the United States does with the rest of the world. Continue reading →

US Immigration Enforcement: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

July 15, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… “Here’s the problem. If you give government a job to do, even one that seems justified in the abstract, it will use its power to make a terrible mess in practice.” Continue reading →

The Entrepreneur Who Became a Billionaire After Being Rejected by Facebook

July 14, 2019 – Kerry McDonald …… Jan Koum’s teenage self-education took place in the 1990s, before knowledge and information were so widely available and easily accessible. Continue reading →

World War I: A Revisionist Reading List

July 12, 2019 – David Gordon …… These books and authors criticize the decision of the United States in 1917 to enter WWI, the bad results of the treaties that ended the war, and the propaganda designed to induce the public to accept the war against the Central Powers. Continue reading →

The California Government’s Latest Bait-and-Switch Is Simply Politics as Usual

July 7, 2019 – Gary Galles …… Bait-and-switching designated spending is a ubiquitous aspect of government and provides more than ample justification for a lack of public trust that it will accomplish what it promises. Continue reading →

Homelessness and the Failure of Urban Renewal

July 5, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… We continue to live with the wreckage of failed urban renewal, and Progressive city planning. And the evidence can be seen in the tent cities and makeshift latrines we now see in public spaces. Continue reading →

Candace Owens’s Flag Rhetoric Highlights the Importance of Constitutional Constraints on Government Power

July 4, 2019 – Trace Mitchell …… Candace Owens announced on Twitter that if she were president of the United States, she’d punish flag burners by revoking their citizenship. Continue reading →

Why Private Roads Would Have Fewer Traffic Jams

July 3, 2019 – Gor Mkrtchian …… The regular occurrence of traffic jams in major cities is not an immutable fact of urban life. Continue reading →

The Standing Army: A Threat to Peace

July 2, 2019 – Andrew Kern …… As long as the army stands, peace is unlikely to be achieved or long-lasting. Continue reading →

How I Learned to Reject Political Partisanship and Embrace Liberty

July 1, 2019 – Rory Margraf …… A journey toward embracing the ideology of individual liberty and peace. Continue reading →

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