News From London, Ontario, And Beyond

Solving Colombia’s Drug Violence Dilemma: Legalize Drugs and Guns

May 16, 2018 – José Niño …… The Colombian government should allow more options for self-defense for citizens, while stripping the cartels and guerrillas of artificially high drug profits. Continue reading →

Spooner Explains Why Vices Are Not Crimes

May 15, 2018 – Brian Balfour …… Spooner would have defined today’s drug war advocates as those who “usurp absolute control over the minds and bodies of their fellow men.” Continue reading →

The Myth of Institutionalized Learning

May 14, 2018 – Kerry McDonald …… Why are we so convinced that children learn through rigid curriculum? Continue reading →

Starbucks Case Illustrates How Government Police Aren’t Like Private Police

May 12, 2018 – Tate Fegley …… Unlike government police, private firms often suffer falling stock prices and falling revenues when running afoul of public expectations. Continue reading →

Manufacturing Jobs Are Overrated

May 11, 2018 – Ryan McMaken …… It is a myth that “we don’t make things in America anymore.” Thanks to automation, we simply need fewer people to make more stuff. Continue reading →

The Tale of the Slave

May 9, 2018 – Robert Nozick …… A brief excerpt from Nozick’s book ‘Anarchy, State, and Utopia.’ Continue reading →

War and the Separation of Powers

May 8, 2018 – Andrew Napolitano …… When Donald Trump ran for president, he condemned foreign wars that have served no real American purpose and he condemned presidential war-making; and he promised to end both. Where is that Donald Trump today? Continue reading →

Leftist Minimum-Wage Nonsense

May 7, 2018 – Jacob Hornberger …… Leftists love proclaiming how much they love the poor, needy, and disadvantaged. One can understand why black teenagers and every other person who goes unemployed because of the minimum wage might reject that proclamation. Continue reading →

Responsibility Is the Antidote to the Poverty Mindset

May 4, 2018 – Barry Brownstein …… The worst poverty is not material poverty, but poverty of soul. Continue reading →

Hey, Millennials: Socialism Creates Poverty and Limits Freedom. So Stop Romanticizing It!

May 2, 2018 – Benjamin Powell …… The economic track record of socialism is as dismal as its human rights record. Continue reading →