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...
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Western Europe Puts Free Speech in the Crosshairs
by Brice M. Vanhaelen | Aug 17, 2020 | Featured Articles
As Murray Rothbard, writing in Power and Market, noted: “Democracy may be thought of, not so much as a value in itself, but as a possible method for achieving other desired ends...Democracy, after all, is simply a method of choosing governors and issues, and it is not...
Debunking Marx’s ‘Iron Law of Wages’
by Bradley Thomas | Aug 17, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
Does a competitive, free market capitalist system drive down wages for the common man? That’s the question I was confronted with in a recent exchange I had with a Marxist on Twitter. My original post stated that “Free, competitive markets don’t drive down worker...
Sam Eagle vs. The Feds
by Zack Sorenson | Aug 15, 2020 | Featured Articles
The Michigan State Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (and drive through donut joints, but that doesn’t fit in the title) has the job of patrolling the shores and skies over Lake Michigan. This summer, an “environmental quality analyst” was operating a...
The War Party Aims For Regime Change in Belarus
by Adam Dick | Aug 15, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
It seems that whoever wins the presidency, United States foreign policy will keep chugging away at intervening across the world, including via “regime change” efforts. Over the last couple decades, targets for U.S.-government-supported overthrow have included...
A ‘Sound Money Caucus’ Has Launched On Capitol Hill
by Jp Cortez | Aug 15, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
As the political and central banking establishment in Washington continues to bail out the economy and markets by creating trillions of unbacked pieces of paper and electronic digits, a handful of congressmen hope to shine a new spotlight on the devastating effects of...
Trump’s Last Chance at Reelection: End the Wars!
by Jim Bovard | Aug 15, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Four years ago, Donald Trump electrified campaign audiences by denouncing “Trigger Happy Hillary” Clinton. Trump bragged in 2016 that his advisers knew “how to avoid the endless wars we are caught in now” but he has yet to deliver on what many voters believed was his...
Crony Capitalist Execs Cheer Selection of Kamala Harris as Dem VP
by Jake Johnson | Aug 14, 2020 | Featured Articles, Politics
With the prospect of longtime bank critic and progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren being chosen as Joe Biden's running mate now officially dead, Wall Street executives are openly applauding the presumptive Democratic nominee's selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris...









