The terrorist animal who murdered 50 people in New Zealand last week correctly predicted the response to his rampage as the divide is growing faster than ever. “Liberty provokes diversity, and diversity preserves liberty.”—John Dalberg-Acton In the above quote, Acton...
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Conscription Is Slavery
by Jacob Hornberger | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice
Last month a federal judge in Texas declared the all-male military draft to be unconstitutional because it applies only to men and not also to women. The decision flies in the face of a decision by the Supreme Court in 1981 that upheld the constitutionality of the...
National Emergencies Act: Flawed from the Beginning
by William J. Watkins Jr. | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice
There has been much debate about President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on our southern border. Critics complain either that no real emergency exists and/or that Trump’s actions are unconstitutional. Too often, how one feels about the issue of...
Small Claims Court Sucks Ep. 107
by Patrick Macfarlane | Feb 20, 2019 | Justice, Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
In this solo, freeflowing episode of the podcast, I explain how small claims court does nothing to help people who are suing debtors that don't care about court judgments. I also reflect on where the show is at and how I want to keep my motivations for starting the...
FCC Commissioner Wants to Ban E-cigarette Commercials
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 15, 2019 | Blog, Economics, Justice, Libertarianism
If a member of the Federal Communications Commission gets her way, commercials for e-cigarettes (vaping products) would be banned from radio and television. A ban would not only violate freedom, specifically the freedom speech that is supposedly protected by the First...
TGIF: Who Owns You?
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 15, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF, Will Grigg Radio
“The issue comes down to whether the individual is viewed as a private person or as public property: the former has no obligation to the community to be or stay healthy; the latter does.” “Virtually everything the Founding Fathers sought to achieve by separating...
TGIF: The FDA’s Assault on Tobacco Consumers, Part 3
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 8, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Updated Feb. 11, 2019 Early one morning last December, Jeff Gracik was heading to his southern California home garage-workshop where he makes his living when he heard a loud, hurried knock on his front door. Thinking it might be a rushed UPS driver, he quickly opened...
Realities of the U.S. Justice System Ep. 105
by Patrick Macfarlane | Feb 3, 2019 | Justice, Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHhQEtf9osU I've been practicing law for about 5 months now. Not a super long time, but I've already learned some realities about how the system REALLY works. Check out Thijs van der Linde's new show! Gaius Libertatis Episode 105 of the...









