Two weeks ago, Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell announced that he would not seek re-election in 2026. McConnell’s announcement prompted Congressman Thomas Massie to share a poll asking his Twitter followers if he should run for McConnell’s open Senate seat, seek the...
Contrary to what Donald Trump thinks, removing Palestinians from Gaza will not be an easy task. The United States president shocked the world when he called for the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Establishment Democrats have long whined that working people pay a higher rate of combined income and payroll taxes than billionaires. They’re not wrong. Income from labor is taxed three times (payroll taxes, income taxes, and inflation) while income from capital is...
The following is written testimony that Libertarian Institute Executive Director Scott Horton submitted to the Oregon Senate on February 27, 2025 in support of S.B. 667, the Defend the Guard Act. You can watch the bill's hearing here. Big changes are going on in the...
These are dark days for liberalism. I mean full, across-the-board, laissez-faire free-market, classical liberalism, otherwise known as libertarianism. While some budget-cutting and bureaucracy slimming will probably go through, those steps, though necessary to advance...
President Donald Trump’s proposal for razing and rebuilding Gaza is being hailed by some America First conservatives as another in a line of bold moves which benefit our country, like incorporating Greenland and restoring the Panama Canal. To them, the proposal...
President Donald Trump claimed in a statement that his tariffs would help with “the major threat of illegal aliens.” This is a puzzling claim. While it might be true that tariffs can be used as a tool for negotiations with Mexico, immigration control and trade...
On Monday, February 24, the third anniversary of what the media calls “Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine,” the United States shocked the world by voting against Ukraine’s United Nation’s resolution condemning the Russian invasion, which reiterated the same...
