The murder rate in 2020 was at an all time high, and commentators are in a tizzy about this. It turns out that there were 21,570 homicides in the United States. This is an unprecedented increase of almost 30% compared to 2019. An additional 4901 people were murdered...
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What We Have to Gain from a National Default
by Ryan McMaken | Oct 6, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
The Biden administration's rhetoric on the debt ceiling has become nothing short of apocalyptic. The Treasury Department has announced that a failure to increase the debt ceiling "would have catastrophic economic consequences" and would, as NBC news claims, constitute...
The Exchange: A Citizen and a State Agent in Victoria, Australia
by Kym Robinson | Oct 5, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Footage of police violence and the tantrums of the mob during the recent lockdown protests, not just in the Australian state of Victoria but the world over, depict a division between the powerful armed professionals of the government and the angry rage from some parts...
Watch: Cops Sit on Man Having a Seizure Until He Dies (Taxpayers To Foot Bill)
by Matt Agorist | Oct 5, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
After the death of Eric Garner in 2014 shook the nation, the phrase “I can’t breathe” has become a chilling symbol for violence doled out at the hands of the state. TFTP has reported on multiple instances in which entirely peaceful and often innocent people have...
The Best Speech I Never Gave
by Jim Bovard | Oct 4, 2021 | Featured Articles
Prices convey information, even the price of zero. There is often more latent intelligence signaled by prices than by the claimed good intentions of political zealots—even those on the side of peace and liberty. On the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, I tromped...
Raising the Debt Ceiling Is Raising Your Taxes
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Oct 4, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
With Thursday’s passage of a continuing resolution that funds government operations until December 3rd, Congress dodged one fiscal cliff, but a bigger one looms ahead. The federal government has maxed out its credit, and if Congress doesn’t raise the statutory debt...
TGIF: Why “Science Denial”?
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 1, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
In a new book two professors of psychology, Gale Sinatra and Barbara Hofer, seek to explain why what they call "science denial" is rampant today and how dangerous it is. They also give their account in a strange conversation with Michael Shermer, the editor of...
The Only Police Reform That Matters
by Keith Knight | Sep 29, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
This is a partial transcript taken from an episode of the podcast Don't Treat on Anyone, hosted by Keith Knight. You can watch the entire discussion here. Keith Knight: I want to talk about your most recent work, a book called When All Else Fails: the Ethics of...