The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, sometimes more accurately called “Language Learning Machines” is changing the world around us at a scary and unprecedented pace. While there are many potential benefits, the dangers are much more in focus....
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Minnesota Town Faces Lawsuit After Denying Controversial ‘Tiny Home’ Permit
by Patrick Carroll | Jul 30, 2025 | Featured Articles
The town of Blaine, Minnesota is facing a lawsuit from the Institute for Justice (IJ) after denying a permit for an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) that plaintiffs Alex and Lynda Pepin were hoping to build in their backyard. According to the suit, which was filed on...
New Russiagate Allegations Get Cold Shoulder from Media
by Jack Hunter | Jul 29, 2025 | Featured Articles, Politics
On July 18, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard claimed to have “overwhelming evidence” that President Barack Obama himself, as well as key members of his administration, “manufactured and politicized intelligence to lay the groundwork for what was...
Robert Taft Foresaw the Dangers of NATO
by James Rushmore | Jul 29, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History
On July 26, 1949, Ohio Senator Robert Taft delivered a speech in which he explicated his reasons for voting against ratification of the North Atlantic Treaty. His remarks included the following: "If we undertake to arm all the nations around Russia from Norway on the...
Ukraine Abandoned
by Ted Snider | Jul 29, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The war with Russia is going very badly for Ukraine. At the beginning of July, the Russian armed forces took full control of the Luhansk region for the first time. And, though it is too early to tell if they will hold it, there are now unconfirmed reports that the...
Industrial Capitalism and Its Critics
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jul 28, 2025 | Economics, Featured Articles, History
The nineteenth century marked the most dramatic leap forward in human welfare ever witnessed. It was a century defined not by aristocrats or emperors, but by coal, cotton, contracts, and capitalists. In his lectures “War, Peace, and the Industrial Revolution” and “The...

I’ll Teach You to Bully Politicians
by Dan McKnight | Jul 28, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Two weeks ago, I was invited for another interview with Libertarian Institute Director Scott Horton, who's still fresh off his extended, three hour appearance with Tucker Carlson. In the closing minutes of his presentation on America's Middle East wars, Scott gave the...

Under Trump, Police Militarization Reaches a New Level
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Jul 28, 2025 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Law enforcement in the United States has exhibited an exceptional degree of harshness, if not outright brutality, during the initial months of Donald Trump’s second term in the White House. A majority of the most flagrant examples have involved enforcement actions by...