We're led to believe that today's political struggles are largely a contest between populists and elitists. But something besides libertarians is missing from that simple tale: the elitists in populist clothing, or elitist populists. We have no better example than a...
Libertarianism
A Libertarian Defense of Surrogacy
by Benjamin Seevers | Dec 7, 2023 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Amidst announcements of gay conservatives having children by surrogate, commentators such as Michael Knowles and Katy Faust levied criticism against the practice of surrogacy in general. These commentators, however, get a lot wrong. Let’s examine each of the most...
TGIF: Arms Sales and Democracy
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 24, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
The U.S. government's role as the world's premier arms donor and dealer is now under renewed scrutiny. I can't imagine why. But seriously... We may legitimately ask if this role fulfills democracy's promise of, in Lincoln's words, "government of the people, by the...
TGIF: Bigotry versus Social Cooperation
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 17, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
We who value individualism, freedom, and social cooperation as essential to flourishing should be distressed by the hostile bigotry that has lately reared its ugly head, to some uncertain extent, on the streets and campuses of America and abroad. This is not new. In...
The European Union’s Distorted Theory of ‘Liberty’
by Brice M. Vanhaelen | Nov 9, 2023 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Today, governments in Europe have a broad answer to the question, “What is the role of government?” A culture of interventionism incrusted over many years convinced European governments that everything can be solved with more money, more bureaucrats, and more plans....
Collective Guilt is An Excuse for Mass Murder
by Kevin McKenzie | Nov 6, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
Let’s do a thought-experiment. We’ll start with a choose-your-own-adventure. Pick a mass-shooting event from recent U.S. history, but try to pick one where the shooter matches your personal demographics as closely as possible. As a white, male American of a similar...
No Country Has a ‘Right to Exist’
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Nov 2, 2023 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
In the weeks since 2,500 Hamas militants went on a murder and kidnapping rampage in southern Israel, a wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations has erupted across the United States and around the world. These displays have only grown in size and number as Israel’s...
Liberland Has a Right to Be Free
by Aaron Sobczak | Oct 26, 2023 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Along the Danube River in South-Central Europe rests a unique parcel of land. This roughly 2.7 square mile piece of land is sandwiched between Croatia and Serbia. Before the breakup of Yugoslavia, the autonomous regions within the federal republic established their...