President Biden, congressional Democrats, and much of the media are clamoring for a new law against domestic terrorism. Before enacting a new law, Americans should recognize how “terrorism” has spurred deluges of political and prosecutorial malarkey for almost 20...
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TGIF: That Old Minimum-Wage Magic
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 5, 2021 | Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
You don't have to actually think that legislating and raising the minimum wage will help low-skilled workers earn more money. That's not the point. The point is to display your correct political religion. Today favoring stepping the minimum wage up to $15 an hour is...
From the Director: Re: Fund Drive, Progress Report
by Scott Horton | Mar 5, 2021 | Featured Articles, Scott Horton
To: Institute supporters, readers and listeners From: the Director: Here's a bit of an Institute progress report. We're in the middle of our Fund drive, which is going great. We've already raised more than $40,000 out of the $50,000 we're pushing for, and a generous...
Individual, Not National, Self-Determination Should Be the Goal
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 5, 2021 | Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman
Jeff Halper, the American-born, Israel-based veteran human-rights activist is heroic. He has dedicated his life to working for justice for the Palestinian victims of Israeli settler colonialism, much of that as the director of the Israeli Committee Against House...
The Enduring Genius of Murray Rothbard
by Jeff Deist | Mar 5, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
This week we celebrate the life of Murray N. Rothbard, born on the second of March 1926, a Tuesday, in the Bronx. And what a Bronx it was, teeming with brilliant intellectuals, dedicated Communists, and rock-solid middle-class Americans like David and Rae Rothbard....
So Much For A ‘National Healing’
by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 4, 2021 | Events, Op Eds, Peter Quinones, Politics
We were told the nation was in desperate need of “healing” because a large portion of the population wanted Donald Trump to “lead” the country. And if you believe that the “national healing would begin” because the “adults” are in the White House…well, you're a dupe....
A Perfect Totalitarian Storm
by Laurie Calhoun | Mar 4, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
People often express consternation over how something as awful as the Holocaust could ever have transpired. It seems utterly incomprehensible, until one reflects upon the acquiescence to government authorities of individuals, most of whom served as unwitting cogs in a...
Still Think the War on Terror Works?
by Scott Horton | Mar 4, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Scott Horton
On Thursday, February 25, the Joe Biden administration bombed Iraqi Shi’ite militias in Syria, killing between 1–22 depending on who’s doing the reporting. Why did Biden order this strike? On February 15, there was a rocket attack in Erbil, the capital city of...