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Imagine if the Media Had as Much Sympathy for Small Business Owners as it Does for Federal Employees

March 12, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… If the media cared much about the plight of small business owners, we’d see many more stories about how government regulations, taxes, and mandates make life more difficult for both owners and their employees. Continue reading →

Rights and Non-Rights: A Simple Way to Distinguish the Two

March 11, 2019 – Lawrence Reed …… It is readily apparent today that people hold widely different views on what a right is, how many we have, where rights come from, or why we have any in the first place. Continue reading →

Why Politics Divides People

March 8, 2019 – Gary Galles …… The only real solution to negative-attack politics is to reduce the power and scope of government over our lives. Continue reading →

How Gun Control Became an Instrument of Tyranny in Venezuela

March 7, 2019 – José Niño …… Venezuelans are defenseless against a government that runs roughshod over their civil liberties and economic livelihood. Continue reading →

The Bank of Canada Ignores its Mandate

March 6, 2019 – Lee Friday …… The Bank of Canada’s mandate “is to conduct monetary policy to promote the economic and financial well-being of Canadians.” But perhaps this is not its primary purpose. After all, it is failing so miserably to achieve this mandate, surely this must be by design. Continue reading →

Media Fail Marvelously in Mocking Rand Paul for Surgery in Canada, “Land Of Universal Health Care”

March 5, 2019 – Brittany Hunter …… While many would like to condemn Paul’s decision to go to Canada for medical treatment as hypocrisy, it is actually right on brand for the senator. Continue reading →

Canada’s Federal Government Knows Welfare Programs are Counterproductive, but the Handouts Continue

March 4, 2019 – Lee Friday …… To borrow a sentiment from Ludwig von Mises, we need to rid ourselves of the idea “that the State or the Government is the embodiment of all that is good and beneficial.” Continue reading →

Money Isn’t the Root of Happiness or Meaning, But It Can Help Us Find Both

March 2, 2019 – T. K. Coleman …… Don’t be too hard on money, success, and hard work. These things have contributed to human freedom as much as anything else. Continue reading →

Latin America Has Fewer Guns, But More Crime

March 1, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… Contrary to myth, Latin America has relatively few civilian-owned guns — either legal or illegal. But this hasn’t prevented enduring high rates of violent crime. Continue reading →

Lysander Spooner: The Anarchist Who Single-Handedly Took on the US Post Office

February 28, 2019 – Naomi Mathew …… The story of a man who showed the world how a peaceful, non-governmental system can flourish. Continue reading →