Like nearly all U.S. states, Georgia imposed a stay-at-home order in March 2020 in response to demands from public health officials claiming a stay-at-home order would lessen total deaths from COVID-19. But unlike most states, Georgia ended its stay-at-home order...
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Biden Turns Up the Heat on America’s Cold Wars
by Connor Freeman | Mar 23, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
President Joe Biden declared “America is back” and his administration is ceaselessly heating up Washington’s Cold Wars against Russia and China. There are new sanctions, constant hostile rhetoric, and innumerable threats against both nuclear armed states. Under Biden,...
Understanding the Bend of History (Or Lack Thereof)
by Jim Bovard | Mar 23, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
The notion that Americans will always be free is part of the catechism that is force-fed to public school students. For hundreds of years, philosophers, politicians, and reformers have touted a law of history that assures the ultimate triumph of freedom. “Oppressed...
The Pentagon Turns ‘Feminist’
by Laurie Calhoun | Mar 22, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
For many years, male U.S. citizens have been required to register with the Selective Service, an independent agency within the Executive Branch of the U.S. Federal Government, so that they can be located in the event that it becomes necessary to reinstate military...
Return to Normalcy: Victoria Nuland Back To Managing the Empire
by José Niño | Mar 22, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Some things never change in American foreign policy. While there’s a lot of chatter about a “Great Reset” in terms of rebuilding society along technocratic lines in the wake of covid-19, U.S. foreign policy appears to be going through its very own “reset.”...
The History of Private Schools: How American Education Became a Political Battleground
by Sam Jacobs | Mar 21, 2021 | Featured Articles
Public schools in America go further back than the days of Jimmy Carter, with mandatory attendance for compulsory education dating back to the 19th century. Learn how American education went from private schools to mostly public, and how the state indoctrinates our youth.
TGIF: What’s Wrong with the Welfare State
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 19, 2021 | Economics, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Let's start with what is not wrong with the welfare state. Much criticism of the welfare state focuses on how it encourages dependence not only on the government, but dependence on others per se. In some circles the wish for a social safety net is disparaged as a...
Self Defense, Martial Arts, and the Individual
by Kym Robinson | Mar 19, 2021 | Featured Articles
Self defense is the instinct of all living things. The need to live and survive when attacked. It is only through the insulation of civilised comfort that we tend to ignore the reality of life and neglect the need for self defense. Forgetting that people and beasts do...