Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are headline news again. DeFi—Decentralized Finance—tokens like LINK and others have exploded in recent weeks, capturing speculators’ imaginations. But more importantly, given the day-to-day fragility of the capital markets and the...
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How Privatizing the Roads Would Help Stop Police Brutality
by Tate Fegley | Aug 22, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Advocates of a free society so frequently field the objection “Who will build the roads?” or some variation thereof that it’s become a meme. Much effort has been put into answering this question, including books on the privatization of roads and highways. What has...
COVID-19 and Collateral Damage: Killing vs. Letting Die
by Laurie Calhoun | Aug 21, 2020 | Featured Articles
The question of killing versus letting die has long been a source of puzzlement to me, particularly as it arises in rallies for so-called “humanitarian” wars abroad. Wealthy nations regularly “allow” people to die all over the world—of disease and starvation, as a...
Ron Paul: The Untold Story of the Man Who Helped Inspire a New Generation of Liberty Lovers
by Sam Jacobs | Aug 21, 2020 | Featured Articles
Ron Paul is more than a presidential candidate or veteran Congressman. Learn how he became the inspiration for the pro-liberty movement across America.
The War State: Summary, Analysis, and Commentary
by Nick Weber | Aug 21, 2020 | Book Reviews, Featured Articles
The War State: The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite, 1945-1963, by Michael Swanson Not too long ago, a deluge of hysteria surrounded President Trump amid his threat to declare a national emergency in order to secure funding for a...
Matt Taibbi on the Origins of the Russiagate Hoax
by Scott Horton | Aug 19, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics, Scott Horton, The Scott Horton Show
A New Whistleblower Exposes the 'Cambridge Four' This interview was recorded August 13, 2020. The computer garbled the audio terribly, but at least the auto-transcriber was able to make sense of it. The following is edited for clarity and minor mess-ups. Scott Horton:...
As More Children Learn From Home, The State Is Cracking Down on ‘Virtual Truancy’
by Kerry McDonald | Aug 19, 2020 | Featured Articles
As remote learning creates more distance between school districts and students, school and state officials are clinging to control however they can. From sending Child Protective Services (CPS) agents to investigate charges of neglect in homes where children missed...
The Constitution Is Not Your Friend
by Michael Maharrey | Aug 19, 2020 | Featured Articles
One of the biggest misconceptions I hear about the Constitution is that it was written to “protect our liberty.” It wasn’t. At least not in a direct sense. The confusion likely arises from the words of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be...