In a recent issue, Time Magazine boldly declared, “The Free Market Is Dead,” and then added: “What Will Replace It?” Of course, one always can expect Time to be disingenuous at best and dishonest at worst, and as an academic economist, I have come to realize that...
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WATCH: ‘Fashion Police’ Harass Woman for Wearing Short Shorts
by Matt Agorist | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
An Oklahoma mother was detained by police and humiliated on her family vacation after an officer accused her of wearing shorts that were too short. A TikTok video of the incident has sparked quite the backlash online and garnered support for the young mother. On April...
The Truth About the Biden Tax Plan
by John Tamny | May 11, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
Last Thursday the New York Times reported what should be obvious, but that eludes most in our midst: the rich pay the vast majority of taxes collected. By far. This is a statement of the obvious simply because the “vital few” drive all progress in all walks of life....
Woman Stops To Assist Man Hit By Car, Drunk Cop Hits & Kills Them Both
by Matt Agorist | May 10, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
A tragedy unfolded in Maryland this month when Berlynn Matthews, 21, stopped to help Joshua Day, 34, who had been struck by a vehicle while crossing the road. Tragically, as Matthews rendered aid to Day, a man whose job consists of locking people up for driving drunk,...
Congress’ Obsession With Unreadable Laws
by Jim Bovard | May 10, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap,” Napoleon is reputed to have said more than two centuries ago. Boundless ignorance is also not a handicap, as Congress demonstrated last December by approving a 5593-page bill without reading it. Plenty of activists and...
TGIF: A Refreshing Way to Think about Immigration
by Sheldon Richman | May 7, 2021 | Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
What I'm going to say about Chandran Kukathas's latest book, Immigration and Freedom, does not constitute a book review. Think of it instead as a book alert. Even having read only the preface and a couple of chapters, I am confident it is a book that fans of liberty...
An Honest General Admits the Goal: Permanent Hegemony
by Dave DeCamp | May 7, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said on Wednesday that the “rise of China” threatens the U.S.’ status as the dominant global military power, warning that the world could be entering an era of “potential international instability.” “Since the...
The No Good, Cowardly Chickenhawk John Bolton
by Dan McKnight | May 6, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
When President Joe Biden announced a new date for the full withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan, there arose like clockwork a great, melancholic moan from the same media figures who have been defending the war for the past 20 years. Perhaps none was so...