Many of you know that I’ve written about whistleblower Marty Gottesfeld in the past. Marty was sentenced to a draconian 10 years in prison for initiating a denial-of-service attack against a hospital in defense of a young girl whom the hospital’s doctors were later...
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How the Biden White House Seeks to Reinvent ‘Domestic Terrorism’
by Jim Bovard | Jun 28, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The Biden administration revealed on Tuesday that guys who can’t get laid may be terrorist threats due to “involuntary celibate–violent extremism.” That revelation is part of a new crackdown that identifies legions of potential “domestic terrorists” that the feds can...
TGIF: Liberty as a Problem-Solving Process
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 25, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Strictly speaking, liberty isn't the solution to problems. It's what creates the framework in which solutions can be discovered. That is an important distinction because it reminds us that advocates of full-blown liberty do not offer the world a problem-free society...
The Con Job of the Century?
by Laurie Calhoun | Jun 22, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Over the course of the past century, a number of truly awe-inspiring heists have been carried out by con artists, whose modus operandi is to exploit human frailties such as credulity, insecurity and greed. Con is short for confidence, for the con artist must first...
The Central Banking Scam
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jun 21, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
Oddly enough, the one question that finally brought me to anarchy was: “where does money come from?” It was perplexing to me that the answer to such a simple question could be so simple, yet so complex—and, moreover, absurd. So? Where does money come from? I found...
TGIF: Is “Free Election” an Oxymoron?
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 18, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
American leaders and their loyal media pundits love to sit in judgment of other countries' election, declaring them fair or rigged according to their seemingly meticulous standards. In fact, the real standard is that the regimes "we" like hold free and fair (enough)...
Have We Learned Nothing? Biden Backs Mass Murder in the Middle East
by Connor Freeman | Jun 18, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Gaza Strip, measures only 25 miles long and five miles wide. It is one of the most densely populated places on the planet. Since 2007, Israel has imposed a full blockade on Gaza from the air, land, and sea. The two million Palestinians living there (half of which...
What Does the Biden-Putin Summit Mean for Russian Relations Going Forward?
by Dave DeCamp | Jun 17, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up talks in Geneva on Wednesday. Both leaders had positive things to say about the meeting, but the tensions between the U.S. and Russia were on display during press conferences that followed. World leaders...