Tyler Cowen Is Wrong About Great Barrington Declaration on Lockdown Policies
November 12, 2020 – Benjamin Powell …… Is Cowen giving us misinformation, or disinformation? Continue reading →
Death by Lockdown
November 11, 2020 – Jeffrey A. Tucker …… As bad as a virus is, policies that wreck normal social functioning will cause massive and completely unnecessary suffering and death. Continue reading →
Election 2020: Choking on the Political Red and Blue Pills
November 10, 2020 – Wendy McElroy …… The state’s mask of legitimacy is slipping. Continue reading →
The Benefits of Secession Are Becoming Increasingly Obvious
November 9, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… “Countries threaten to split apart when their people seem hopelessly divided….We’re less united today than we’ve been at any time since the Civil War.” Continue reading →
What Will It Take for Americans to Consider Breaking Up?
November 5, 2020 – Jeff Deist …… Things don’t have to be this way. Continue reading →
The Election Was a Tie. Now What?
November 4, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… The winner doesn’t represent “the nation.” There is no consensus. We’re not coming together “as a people.” These tired slogans should now strike every intelligent person as nonsense. Continue reading →
Why Threats of Election Violence May Be Here to Stay
November 3, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… A repeated pattern of close elections accompanied by threats of violence (or actual violence) is a sign that something is wrong with a nation’s political system. Continue reading →
Close Elections Force Us to Ask Unpleasant Questions about Democracy
November 2, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… A very close or contested election would remind us that elections do not demonstrate “the will of the people” and that national unity is founded on some very fragile myths. Continue reading →
How to Be a True Benefactor in Society
November 1, 2020 – Gary Galles …… Politicians love to present themselves as benefactors of mankind. In truth, they add nothing to the happiness and well-being of the voters they hope to exploit. Continue reading →
Populism Worked for the Pro-Freedom Party in the Past. Can It Work Again?
October 30, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Is it still possible to “rouse the masses of people against the elites that are looting them” in effective numbers? As late as 1992, Rothbard thought so. And he had historical examples on his side. Continue reading →