In a new book two professors of psychology, Gale Sinatra and Barbara Hofer, seek to explain why what they call "science denial" is rampant today and how dangerous it is. They also give their account in a strange conversation with Michael Shermer, the editor of...
Libertarianism
How I Ignited Local Resistance to COVID Mandates Ep. 184
by Patrick Macfarlane | Sep 28, 2021 | Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/lpy8mGKJ3qs In this episode, I share with the listeners how I started a local resistance movement to COVID-19 mandates in my county. I hope you'll try the same in yours. Episode 184 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is Brought to you by: Join Liberty...
As the Wise Man Said…
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog, Libertarianism
[T]the obvious and simple system of natural liberty establishes itself of its own accord. Every man ... is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest in his own way.... The sovereign is completely discharged from a duty [for which] no human wisdom or knowledge...
10 WWI Lies that EVERYONE BELIEVED ft. Keith Knight Ep. 183
by Patrick Macfarlane | Sep 20, 2021 | Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWwZ2tDuXpc Keith Knight joins me to discuss how the media manipulates public opinion to wage war against enemies foreign and domestic, real and imagined. These are 10 lies from WWI brought to you by Arthur Ponsonby's Falsehood in...

TGIF: Get Rich Quicker!
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 17, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
"I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.” --John Stuart Mill, 1828 We mustn't let the wrongdoing of politicians and bureaucrats blind us to the good...

Nullify COVID-19 Mandates Ep. 182
by Patrick Macfarlane | Sep 12, 2021 | Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeXKRdws8cY I imagine that many of you, like me are feeling angry and demoralized about Biden's vaccination mandates last week. Many people I know are worried and their number one question is: What can I do? In this episode, I highlight...
Really?
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 1, 2021 | Blog, Economics, Libertarianism
Someday our descendants will laugh with embarrassment at the people today who pore over weather records prepared to proclaim an existential threat from a fraction-of-1-degree rise in the average global temperature over any previous year "on record," that is, unless...
How the Woke Left Censors You Without the Government’s Help
by Sam Jacobs | Sep 1, 2021 | Libertarianism
For as long as tyranny has existed, free speech has remained under attack. But the federal government isn’t directly infringing that freedom these days. The mantle has been taken up by the woke left, which is using its influence over corporate America and its vast mob of bizarrely coiffed devotees to badger you into submission.