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TGIF: Does Nearly Everyone Favor Industrial Policy?
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 23, 2021 | Economics, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Over the years I've heard countless arguments about which word best describes the American economic system. Some insist it is essentially socialist, while others favor the word fascism. (Fascism is socialism with a private-property and market veneer.) Still others...
The Feds Are Coming for Libertarians
by Jim Bovard | Apr 23, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
On the day that Joe Biden was inaugurated as president, former CIA chief John Brennan announced on television that federal intelligence agencies “are moving in laser-like fashion to try to uncover as much as they can about” various suspect groups, specifically...
Montana Becomes First State to Pass Resolution Against Unconstitutional Wars
by Liam McCollum | Apr 22, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
The Montana state legislature overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan and unprecedented resolution Tuesday calling on the federal government to end endless wars. The resolution passed 95-3 in the House and 47-2 in the Senate. House Joint Resolution 9, sponsored by Rep. Ron...
A DC COP Tells All
by Brandon Soderberg | Apr 22, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Around 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2020, officers with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Gun Recovery Unit (GRU) turned their unmarked Chevy Malibu onto a residential street in Washington, D.C., where they spotted Dalonta Crudup walking with a backpack slung around his...
Scott Horton’s ‘Startling’ New Book: A Review
by Tom Jackson | Apr 21, 2021 | Book Reviews, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Scott Horton's new book, Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism serves as an excellent guide to America's misadventures and war crimes since the 9/11 attack in 2001, including the endless war in Afghanistan, the wars with Iraq, our constant bullying of Iran,...
March Out of Afghanistan—NOW
by Ron Paul | Apr 21, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Last week President Biden announced a “full” U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan—the longest war in U.S. history—by the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the United States. While this announcement is to be welcomed, the delayed U.S. withdrawal may result in...
A Majority of Police Killings in 2020 Began With a Phone Call Mentioning No Crime or Violent Offense
by Matt Agorist | Apr 20, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Unless you never turn on the television or go on the internet, then you likely know American police kill hundreds of people every year with impunity. 1,127 — that is the number of lives brought to an end by “peace officers” in the land of the free in 2020....