In this episode, I give the libertarian answer to the question "Where does law come from." In doing so, I refer to seminal English jurist Edward Coke. I also rely on works by Bruce Benson and Hans-Hermann Hoppe. Subscribe to Keith Knight's "Don't Tread on Anyone"...
Justice
Jewishness Is Not a Nationality
by Sheldon Richman | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Justice
On Wednesday, Donald Trump signed an executive order that implicity defines Jewishness as a racial or national catetory and not as just a religious category. The order further reinforces the Department of Education's power to sanction colleges that receive federal tax...

Betraying the Constitution
by John Whitehead | Dec 11, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
“It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government.”—Thomas Paine While Congress subjects the nation to its impeachment-flavored brand of bread-and-circus politics, our civil liberties continue to die a slow, painful death by a...

Eliminating the Horror of Modern Policing
by Peter R. Quiñones | Dec 11, 2019 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
If people properly understood the role of police in the American system, they would probably trust anyone standing next to them in the grocery store to have their best interests at heart more than a “law enforcement” officer. There’s an important reason for this....
Government Intrusion Laid Bare
by Michael Reeves | Dec 10, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
In Utah, a woman is being charged with three counts of lewdness involving a child and may have to register as a sex offender for the next decade because her stepsons walked in on her while she was topless. Is it the responsibility of government to ensure a moral...
Pensacola: Blowback Terrorism: The problem isn’t ‘radical Islam’
by Scott Horton | Dec 9, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Scott Horton
Florida Senator Rick Scott is lost in the dark. After Friday’s deadly Afghan war-style “green on blue” attack by a Saudi air force officer at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida, the senator issued a statement calling the shooting an act of terrorism, and...
Betraying the Constitution: Who Will Protect Us from an Unpatriotic Patriot Act?
by John Whitehead | Dec 4, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
While Congress subjects the nation to its impeachment-flavored brand of bread-and-circus politics, our civil liberties continue to die a slow, painful death by a thousand cuts. Case in point: while Americans have been fixated on the carefully orchestrated impeachment...
US Citizen Facing 20 Years in Prison for Teaching Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
by Matt Agorist | Dec 2, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
If the US government suddenly began a bombing campaign on North Korea which killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children, this would be considered an act of war. However, if the US government intentionally targets these same men, women, and children with...