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Three Ways Lockdowns Paved the Way for These Riots

June 2, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… COVID lockdowns created widespread unemployment and more police harassment of peaceful people while cutting people off from churches and other forms of community support. This made a volatile situation far worse. Continue reading →

Minneapolis Riots Are a Reminder that Police Don’t Protect You or Your Property

May 31, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Police are not legally obligated to provide protection from criminals. Nor are they motivated to go after hardened criminals or investigate violent crime. Self defense (or private security) is the only reliable option. Continue reading →

Police Are Complicit in Politicians’ Disregard for the Rule of Law

May 14, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Police have long shown a preference for enforcing petty laws against petty offenders. After all, real violent criminals fight back. The current COVID-19-induced crackdown on business owners has made things even worse. Continue reading →

6 Things We Learned from Prohibition

March 9, 2020 – John Phelan …… In a book on prohibitions, John Meadowcroft of King’s College in London offers several “generic lessons and implications” of the practice. Hint – prohibition does more harm than good. Continue reading →

The Origins of the Thought Police — and Why They Scare Us

February 21, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… In a sense, “1984” is largely a book about the human capacity to maintain a grip on the truth in the face of propaganda and power. It might be tempting to dismiss Orwell’s book as a figment of dystopian literature. Unfortunately, that’s not as easy as it sounds. Modern history shows he was onto something. Continue reading →

Coerced Confessions: How the Plea Bargain Replaced Physical Torture

February 20, 2020 – Chris Calton …… When the government created public police forces one hundred years ago, they often relied on torture to extract confessions. But now they have new methods: threatening to pile on new charges until the defendant takes a plea agreement. Continue reading →

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Three Ways Lockdowns Paved the Way for These Riots

Minneapolis Riots Are a Reminder that Police Don’t Protect You or Your Property

Police Are Complicit in Politicians’ Disregard for the Rule of Law

6 Things We Learned from Prohibition

The Origins of the Thought Police — and Why They Scare Us

Coerced Confessions: How the Plea Bargain Replaced Physical Torture

10 “Subversive” Jokes That Could’ve Landed You in an East German Prison

Deadbeat Dads and Child Support: Why Government Enforcement is Horrible

Don’t Trust the Government with Breathalyzers and other Forensic Evidence

I Was Sentenced to Life Without Parole for a Non-Violent First Drug Offense