You may have heard the terms “Cultural Marxism,” “Critical Theory” or “Frankfurt School” bandied about. And while you might have an intuitive approximation of what these terms mean for America in the 21st century, there’s a good chance that you don’t know much about...
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Denver’s Replacement of Cops With Mental Health Workers Has a 100% Success Rate
by Matt Agorist | Oct 14, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
As The Free Thought Project has previously reported, the Virginia-based Treatment Advocacy Center, an organization dedicated to eliminating the barriers faced by those with severe mental illnesses, released a jaw-dropping report in regard to police interactions with...
Gretchen Whitmer Is Both a Victim and Perpetrator of Terror
by Jim Bovard | Oct 11, 2020 | Featured Articles
#StopTrumpsTerror is one of the hottest trending topics on Twitter, with more than 90,000 tweets. Yesterday, the FBI announced the arrest of six people yesterday in a plot (perhaps government-hatched) to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and put her on trial...
Why the NRA Should Seek Refuge Outside New York
by José Niño | Oct 11, 2020 | Featured Articles
The state of New York has wasted no time reminding Americans about its pathological disregard for personal freedom. Its COVID-19 lockdown policies were among the most heavy-handed responses implemented by a state government in the country. Controversies surrounding...
TGIF: Is Socialism Good in Theory?
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 9, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
This is an expanded version of something I wrote for The Freeman, October 2003, during my tenure as the editor. Socialism has been mortally discredited on economic grounds, thanks to Ludwig von Mises, F. A. Hayek, and history. But for many people it has not been...
Where the Fourth Wave Went Wrong
by Clark Patterson | Oct 9, 2020 | Featured Articles
The recent deaths of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and pop singer Helen Reddy provide an opportunity to take stock of the fourth-wave of the feminist movement, and how dramatically it has changed since the intial achievements of the second-wave (circa...
Home for Christmas: Trump’s New Promise to U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
by Jason Ditz | Oct 8, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On Wednesday, President Trump made a new comment on the pullout of Afghanistan, saying that it is now his intention to have all remaining U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Christmas. That’s substantially sooner than previous statements on the matter. This seems to be...
Police Threaten to Quit If Public Keeps Demanding Accountability
by Ryan McMaken | Oct 6, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Faced with an armed assailant at the Parkland school shooting in 2018, sheriff’s deputy Josh Stambaugh ran away and hid while children were gunned down. He was later fired for his lack of action, but last month arbitrators ruled that Stambaugh must be rehired by the...