The ongoing controversies swirling about COVID-19 continue to confound me. Not the fact that questions have been posed and “conspiracies” rejected but, rather, that many parties on both sides of every COVID-19 divide—regarding lockdowns, masks, vaccines, whether...
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Is Sweden’s COVID-19 Response a Cautionary Tale or a Model to Follow? It’s Complicated
by Eric Schuler | Aug 2, 2020 | Featured Articles
In the ongoing debate about lockdowns in the US, Sweden has become the battleground. To mainstream media outlets, Sweden's experience is cited as a cautionary tale. CBS writes that Sweden has become "an example of how not to handle COVID-19". Meanwhile, to those who...
Should Libertarians Work With “Commies” and “Fascists”?
by Michael Maharrey | Aug 2, 2020 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Over the last several weeks, we have seen some libertarians participating in Black Live Matters protests against police violence. This has led to criticism. Should libertarians be linking arms with “Marxists” even if they have a common cause? This raises a broader...
Hey Feds: Hands Off Our Cities
by Ryan McMaken | Aug 2, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The violence and the utter disregard for basic human rights displayed by the Left in recent years—combined with its support for war crimes when a Democrat is president—have made me inclined to play nice with conservatives these days. At least conservatives aren't...
Reboot Government? No, Dismantle It
by Bradley Thomas | Jul 30, 2020 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Imagine my intrigue at seeing this subtitle kicking off a recent op-ed in USA Today: Why do Americans hate Washington? One reason is that it makes us feel powerless. Americans hating Washington? An article exploring how the state makes its citizens feel powerless?...
The Ruinous Results of ‘Maximum Pressure’ Sanctions on Iran
by Geoff LaMear | Jul 30, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Iran’s economy is imploding. And American hawks are celebrating it as an opportunity for Washington to turn the screws on the Iranian regime. To the hawks’ credit, they’re not wrong: sanctions have broken the Iranian economy. By one analysis, Iran’s inflation rate...
Can Lockdown Learning Liberate Male Students?
by Wendy McElroy | Jul 30, 2020 | Featured Articles, Justice
The COVID-19 cloud hanging over North American universities may contain a ray of sunlight. It may ease what is called “the boy problem” in education—a significantly reduced number of male students and of male achievement in colleges. As bleak as isolated learning may...
Imagining a Memorial for the Veterans of the Global War on Terror
by Hunter DeRensis | Jul 29, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Memorials are intrinsically meant to be a community fixture. There is a reason they are placed in the public square, made the focal points of parks and included alongside bustling streets instead of being kept away for private eyes or individual observance. Memorials...