Civic anarchism: The Spectre of Secession
March 9, 2018 – David Dürr …… What’s haunting Europe? Continue reading →
Gun Control and Tyranny
March 8, 2018 – Jacob Hornberger …… The Second Amendment was enacted to ensure that the federal government could never impair the right of the American people to resist the tyranny of their own government. Continue reading →
We Need Bastiat’s “The Law” More than Ever
March 7, 2018 – Frank Hollenbeck …… The law, as currently defined, is corrupt. As Frédéric Bastiat told us, “It is not true that the function of law is to regulate our consciences, our ideas, our wills, our education, our opinions, our work, our trade, our talents, or our pleasures. The function of law is to protect the free exercise of these rights, and to prevent any person from interfering with the free exercise of these same rights by any other person.” Continue reading →
Security Works at Disney — But Can’t Work at a Public School?
March 6, 2018 – Ryan McMaken …… The fact that politicians get highly-attentive security guards — while school kids get a cut-rate version of security — is revealing. Continue reading →
A Fabricated Justification for Universal Health Care in Canada
March 2, 2018 – Lee Friday …… The government said health care was being denied to many poor people, thus justifying the imposition of universal health care in Canada in 1966. The evidence does not support the government’s claim. Continue reading →
All Government Powers are Based on Mystical Justifications
February 27, 2018 – Richard Ebeling …… It is one of the great political mysteries: the success of governments in ruling over societies with little popular resistance, even when those governments have been brutal tyrannies. This has been no less true for democratic regimes, under which levels of taxation have been far higher and degrees of regulation much more intrusive than under tyrants of bygone ages. Continue reading →
Unsung Heroes of the Market
February 23, 2018 – Robert Higgs …… Capitalism! The actions that go into a worldwide market order don’t just happen; individual entrepreneurs have to make them happen. They deserve all the celebration we can give them. Continue reading →
End Space-Station Funding Right Now
February 22, 2018 – Laurence Vance …… If government funding of a space program is justified because it has “benefits,” then no argument can be made against government funding of anything. Continue reading →
Will Automation Kill our Jobs?
February 21, 2018 – Walter Williams …… In 1790, farmers were 90 percent of the U.S. labor force. Today less than 3 percent of Americans are employed in agriculture. If technology had not destroyed all of those agricultural jobs, we would be a much, much poorer nation. Continue reading →
Toward a Theory of Peace
February 19, 2018 – Dan Sanchez …… Peace is the keystone of liberty and prosperity. Continue reading →