The separation of powers is an old liberal principle that every grade school student knows originates from one Baron Montesquieu. Yet, this principle is derived from which ideas exactly? We say that separation of powers limits the abuses of despotism. However,...
While progressives claim to want to eliminate discrimination, some of their favored policies make discrimination more likely to occur. Take the case of rent control. Earlier this year Oregon became the first state to pass statewide rent-control legislation. The goal...
Julian Assange was arrested last week in London, and he awaits legal proceedings designs to extradite him to the United States to be tried on hacking charges. At least, those are the charges currently known. Experience suggests that US authorities are likely to add...
Update: so no strangers around here get the wrong idea: Trump should be in the Supermax with Barack Obama for genocide in Yemen. Neither I nor the Institute have any partisan favor for or even against him. Just the same bias against all presidents, especially in...
Socialism has reappeared again as an alternative to capitalism in the United States. In a few words, socialism is a political ideology and an economic system in which the state determines the price of labor, retains the means of productions, confiscate private...
The two-pronged conspiracy theory that has dominated U.S. political discourse for almost three years – that (1) Trump, his family and his campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election, and (2) Trump is beholden to Russian President...
Information has taken on a whole new meaning in the digital age, a time when sensitive data is either too easily accessible or not accessible enough. This issue of access to information encompasses fundamental human rights – specifically the freedom of speech as well...
Last week’s arrest of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange by the British government on a US extradition order is an attack on all of us. It is an attack on the US Constitution. It is an attack on the free press. It is an attack on free speech. It is an attack on our...
