Suffocating Dissent Ep. 137

Bastard Jurisprudence: The English Common Law Perverted

by Patrick Macfarlane | Jan 16, 2021

There are a few rights of passage in law school. Many of them occur in constitutional law. For instance, constitutional law is where most students will learn for the first time that judicial review, the power to declare laws unconstitutional, was not a power granted...

Is Secession Really the Libertarian Answer? Ep. 148

by Patrick Macfarlane | Jan 16, 2021

https://youtu.be/nFQuYaFW1aM Some libertarian anarchists view even the act of secession as a political act which creates a new, albeit smaller, state. We examine the libertarian principles at play behind secession and examine the libertarian arguments against...

Silver Lining to the Lockdowns?

by Doug French | Jan 16, 2021

Something good is coming out of the covid lockdowns. Economist David Rosenberg released a special report via the eponymous Rosenberg Research, concluding “the pre-COVID-19 ‘norm’ of a 7% personal savings rate will morph into a post-COVID-19 norm of 10%.” Rosenberg...

Congress Cares When It’s Their Windows Being Broken

by Jim Bovard | Jan 15, 2021

The political hysteria unleashed by last week’s clash at the Capitol between police and Trump protestors poses a growing danger to Americans’ constitutional rights. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer ludicrously compared the ruckus to Pearl Harbor—a “day of...

A Defense of the Peaceful Transfer of War-Making Power

by Sheldon Richman | Jan 13, 2021

Prussian general and military theorist Carl von Clausevitz famously said that "war is a continuation of politics by other means." I think we can reverse this: politics is war by other means. The ultimate aim of politics (in the narrow sense of the word; there's a more...

Why Politics Is So Acrimonious

by Sheldon Richman | Jan 12, 2021

If we wish to understand what's wrong with today's politics, we ought to consider something F. A. Hayek pointed out long ago. It should have been obvious, but it escapes many people: namely, the more power government officials have over our lives, the more people will...

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Suffocating Dissent Ep. 137

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About Patrick Macfarlane

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Bastard Jurisprudence: The English Common Law Perverted

Is Secession *Really* the Libertarian Answer? Ep. 148

Silver Lining to the Lockdowns?

Congress Cares When It’s Their Windows Being Broken

A Defense of the Peaceful Transfer of War-Making Power

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Is Secession Really the Libertarian Answer? Ep. 148