On January 19, 1808, Lysander Spooner entered a world in which slavery, bureaucracy, and government monopolies defined the law. Born near Athol, Massachusetts, he grew up on a farm with parents who refused to surrender to prevailing conventions. His father, Asa, an...
After much back and forth it appears that "Florida Man"-occupied government prevailed, and on overnight on January 4, as if they are the Cuban Mafia or something, the Trump administration broke into Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s house and spirited him to...
Newly inaugurated New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani promises to "replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism." Funny that he chose those words. In Europe, where collectivist anti-fossil-fuels "green" policies have been enacted in the...
There are lots of historical precedents for large numbers of multigenerational non-citizens in a country. None of them are attractive examples to follow. There were the Jews in ancient Egypt, the Huns and the Vandals in the Roman Empire, Irish Catholics under penal...
Americans who value civil liberties are justifiably outraged at reports about some of the enforcement tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Similar complaints are now surfacing about the behavior of ICE’s sister agency, Customs and Border...
"If, despite impressions, the long-term trend, though halting and incomplete, is that violence of all kinds is decreasing, I think that calls for a rehabilitation of the ideals of modernity and progress, and it's a cause for gratitude for the institutions of...
Most Americans are unaware that President Abraham Lincoln implemented a much more centralized and authoritarian government than the one he inherited. He overthrew the original union, which was very libertarian in policy, eradicating a union of consent and replacing it...
Editor's note: This article is the opening statement given by Libertarian Institute managing editor Keith Knight in his Zerohedge debate with author James Holland on the merits of fighting the Second World War which took place on November 6, 2025. You can watch the...
