One of the least mysterious things in life is why the government grows. The better question is why it ever shrinks. People who devote lots of time to thinking about the importance of individual liberty know that government is inimical to human flourishing. So they...
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America’s COVID Kulaks
by Jim Bovard | Aug 6, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
"Shut up and submit” is now the favorite COVID cure of some of America’s leading progressives. Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize winner and New York Times columnist, revealed on Tuesday that since freedom is a mirage, people have no good reason not to comply with endless...
Next on the Agenda: War With China
by Connor Freeman | Aug 5, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In 2014, Lew Rockwell wrote, “Clearly the empire is targeting China...The U.S. seeks to encircle China and make it bow down before the hegemon. The increasing prosperity and freedom of China threatens the empire’s self-image.” America’s new Cold War with China is a...
Medical Apartheid Is Here
by John Whitehead | Aug 5, 2021 | Featured Articles
The things we were worried would happen are happening. — Angus Johnston, professor at the City University of New York Imagine it: a national classification system that not only categorizes you according to your health status but also allows the government to sort you...
Automation: A Luddite’s Dystopia and the Future of Work
by Marcos da Rocha Carvalho | Aug 4, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
Andrew Yang ran his presidential campaign on the promise of providing American citizens with a monthly stipend to counter the effects of job loss. According to Yang, “up to 30% of jobs are at risk of automation.” The fear of the impact of new technologies is nothing...
After 6 Months Paid Leave, Cop Finally Charged After Entering Father’s Backyard, Executing Him
by Matt Agorist | Aug 4, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
As frequent readers of the Free Thought Project understand, police officers mistake innocent individuals for criminals all the time. Often times, their fear gets the best of them and these folks who have committed no crime and harmed no one, are beaten or arrested...
Biden’s New Budget Busting Bill
by Jim Bovard | Aug 3, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
Since the 1800s, surly Americans have derided politicians for spending tax dollars “like drunken sailors.” Until recently, that was considered a grave character fault. But Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act shows that inebriated spending is now the path to national...
The Drone Program Whistleblower Problem
by Laurie Calhoun | Aug 2, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
“I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole...We had entire training courses...” - Former CIA Director and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo The concept of whistleblowing seems simple on its face: a government employee recognizes that crimes are...