A group of over 160 current and former politicians endorsed a letter that demands the United Kingdom government release WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange immediately. The publisher is currently fighting extradition to the United States at Old Bailey court in London and...
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Generals Are Bureaucrats With Extra Stars
by Ryan McMaken | Sep 22, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The United States has always had a love affair with certain generals. George Washington, of course, was immensely popular, and thirteen U.S. presidents were generals before they were president. But prior to the Second World War, generals as a group were not revered or...
Julian Assange’s Persecuted Heroism
by Ron Paul | Sep 22, 2020 | Featured Articles
It is dangerous to reveal the truth about the illegal and immoral things our government does with our money and in our name, and the war on journalists who dare reveal such truths is very much a bipartisan affair. Just ask Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who was...
F.A. Hayek’s Conception of Private, Fiat Money
by Robert Murphy | Sep 17, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
The most famous Austrian economist is 1974 Nobel laureate Friedrich Hayek. Because of his moderate views excusing state interventions in various circumstances, hardcore Rothbardians tend to regard Hayek as less than pure in many areas. However, one area where Hayek is...
Israel Demands F-35s As Part Of $8 Billion Military Aid Package
by Jason Ditz | Sep 17, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
With the United States set to use the peace treaty as a chance to sell F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates, Israel has been pushing for a bunch of free U.S. equipment based on pledges for a region-wide qualitative edge. On Wednesday, Israel offered its first...
Abolishing the Police in the Anarchist Tradition
by David D'Amato | Sep 17, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The tragic murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department has provoked a national conversation about police—their role in society, their protection from accountability, the unique danger they pose to civil society. That conversation has begun...
President Trump Labels Generals as Pawns of the Military-Industrial Complex
by Hunter DeRensis | Sep 17, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Once again, the whispers of phantoms masquerading as administration officials have attempted to put Donald Trump on the defensive only two months before the fall election. And in typical fashion, the roused president has gone on an immediate rhetorical offensive....
Traffic Lights, Risk Assessment, and Social Distancing in a COVID-19 World
by Zack Sorenson | Sep 15, 2020 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
The summer in America’s South was somewhat incredible. People were refusing to wear masks, refusing to socially distance, and COVID-19 cases were increasing tremendously. Many hospitals were stressed and sending patients to other hospitals, then to other states. As...