On January 11, 2021, Robert Wenzel authored a blog post entitled “Why I Would Like to See Twitter and Facebook Ban More Accounts.” In the post Wenzel makes the astute observation that social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter cannot kill off “deep thinkers from...
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The Success of Bottom-Up ‘Constitutional Carry’
by José Niño | Mar 29, 2021 | Featured Articles
Few political movements can boast of success like the firearms movement in the United States. Often overlooked is how before the 1980s there was no concept of licensed, let alone unlicensed, concealed carry in the overwhelming majority of the country. The sole...
TGIF: The Bias against Advertising
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 26, 2021 | Sheldon Richman, TGIF
People who dislike markets harbor a special animosity toward advertising as cynically controlling. This is not new. In the mid-20th century John Kenneth Galbraith and other market opponents condemned advertising as business's way to manipulate people into buying...
How Erdogan Keeps Tricking Europe
by Alaeddin Saleh | Mar 26, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Turkey has put its mind to improving the damaged relations with the European Union and introducing a positive agenda to the negotiations with the EU leaders: this is a deceptive impression that could have been produced on an outside observer by the recent steps of the...
Biden Sees China As Primary Geopolitical Threat
by Dave DeCamp | Mar 26, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
President Biden vowed that he would not allow China to become the world’s “leading” country during his first press conference on Thursday. His comments come as U.S.-China tensions are soaring, and the two countries’ relationship is at its lowest point in decades. “I...
How the Government Covered Up the Waco Massacre
by Jim Bovard | Mar 25, 2021 | Featured Articles
The easiest way to achieve sainthood in Washington is to cover up a federal atrocity. Thus, it is no surprise that former senator John Danforth continues to be treated by the Washington Post as a visionary statesman. The Post showcased Danforth’s attack on Donald...
Cop Attempts to Shoot Cow, Shoots Fellow Pig Instead
by Matt Agorist | Mar 25, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Despite much of their training consisting of shooting their weapons, police officers often shoot and even kill innocent bystanders while trying to kill something else. This happens so often that even their fellow officers aren’t safe from the crossfire. Illustrating...
Biden’s Rescue Plan Includes Attack on State Sovereignty
by Bradley Thomas | Mar 24, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
Tucked into the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is a provision that could mark another major federal government intrusion into state sovereignty. The provision, using vague language, says that states cannot leverage the federal funds to “offset” tax cuts...