The things we were worried would happen are happening. — Angus Johnston, professor at the City University of New York Imagine it: a national classification system that not only categorizes you according to your health status but also allows the government to sort you...
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Automation: A Luddite’s Dystopia and the Future of Work
by Marcos da Rocha Carvalho | Aug 4, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
Andrew Yang ran his presidential campaign on the promise of providing American citizens with a monthly stipend to counter the effects of job loss. According to Yang, “up to 30% of jobs are at risk of automation.” The fear of the impact of new technologies is nothing...
After 6 Months Paid Leave, Cop Finally Charged After Entering Father’s Backyard, Executing Him
by Matt Agorist | Aug 4, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
As frequent readers of the Free Thought Project understand, police officers mistake innocent individuals for criminals all the time. Often times, their fear gets the best of them and these folks who have committed no crime and harmed no one, are beaten or arrested...
Biden’s New Budget Busting Bill
by Jim Bovard | Aug 3, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
Since the 1800s, surly Americans have derided politicians for spending tax dollars “like drunken sailors.” Until recently, that was considered a grave character fault. But Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act shows that inebriated spending is now the path to national...
The Drone Program Whistleblower Problem
by Laurie Calhoun | Aug 2, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
“I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole...We had entire training courses...” - Former CIA Director and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo The concept of whistleblowing seems simple on its face: a government employee recognizes that crimes are...
Police Refuse Comment After Killing Hero Who Prevented Mass Shooting
by Matt Agorist | Aug 2, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In June, a deranged gunman, 59-year-old Ronald Troyke, began what was about to be a deadly mass shooting. His first victim would be Arvada Police Officer Gordon Beesley, and, according to the reports that evening, his next victim would be liberty activist and friend...
Why Can’t Johnny Kill? 11th Hour Conscientious Objection and Moral Injury
by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 1, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Vital Dissent
In 1996 Lt. Col. Dave Grossman authored “On Killing,” a seminal study on “the psychological cost of learning to killing in war and society.” In it, Grossman documents the unheralded history of man’s inherent resistance to taking fellow human life. This history is so...
TGIF: How Science Becomes Religion
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 30, 2021 | Sheldon Richman, TGIF
The popular slogan today is "Believe in science." It's often used as a weapon against people who reject not science in principle but rather one or another prominent scientific proposition, whether it be about the COVID-19 vaccine, climate change, nutrition (low-fat...