Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a collaborative series with the R Street Institute exploring conservative approaches to criminal justice reform. Imagine receiving a phone call that your child had misbehaved at school. Imagine if that call came from the local...
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A Libertarian Theory of Contract Ep. 88
by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 12, 2018 | Justice, Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhOFPci0RLg Audio Only Version In this scholarly episode of the podcast, I explain how a post from The Principled Libertarian led me down a rabbithole where I discovered the libertarian "Title Theory" of contracts. I explain, then...
The Bar Exam Blues Ep. 86
by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 12, 2018 | Justice, Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
It's over! The bar exam has had its way with me. In my first episode back, and the last episode in my old apartment, I share my crazy bar exam story and reflect on the "right" reasons" to be a content creator. I also reflect on the LP Mises Caucus. Please Consider...

How to Eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
by Lawrence McQuillan, George Tibbitts | Aug 7, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
According to Science magazine, about 8 million metric tons of land-based plastic, including plastic straws, ends up in the world’s oceans each year. This is equivalent to five grocery bags of plastic on every foot of coastline around the world. More than a quarter of...

The Justice Department Didn’t Charge Him With a Crime. It’s Going to Take $39,000 from Him Anyway.
by Scott Shackford | Aug 7, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
In order to get back any of the money that the New Hampshire State Police took from him, Edward Phipps has agreed to let federal prosecutors keep most of it, even though he has not been charged with any crimes. The cops took the cash during a traffic stop in 2016....
Have you gained or lost weight? Congrats, TSA is now tracking you for suspicious activity.
by Jim Bovard | Jul 31, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
If you fall asleep or use the bathroom during your next flight, those incriminating facts could be added to your federal dossier. Likewise, if you use your laptop or look at noisy children seated nearby with a “cold, penetrating stare,” that may be included on your...
TGIF: Depopulating Palestine, Dehumanizing the Palestinians
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 27, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Sheldon Richman
One might have thought that, in the wake of the Nazi regime's systematic crimes against humanity last century, dehumanization would have become unthinkable once and for all. Unfortunately, this has not been the case. It has shamefully continued unabated, the assorted...
Virginia Couple Sues to Protect Their First Amendment Right to Teach
by Andrew Wimer | Jul 26, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
In Virginia, you can teach anyone anything—except how to earn an honest living. That’s the lesson Jon and Tracy McGlothian learned when they tried to open a school to teach job skills to adults in their Virginia Beach community. Yet the State Council of Higher...