Earlier this month, the conservative magazine known as The Spectator published an article with the absurd title “The Libertarian Case for Vaccine Passports.” The online version now bears the title “Vaccine Passports Are a Ticket to Freedom,” but the physical print...
Libertarianism
Should Libertarians Compromise with Taxing Marijuana?
by Laurence Vance | May 4, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Marijuana freedom is a good thing. The taxation of marijuana is a bad thing. Unfortunately, owing to the greed of spendthrift politicians, it looks as though we will have to take the good with the bad or not at all. Now, this does not mean that smoking marijuana is...
TGIF: Bust the Conservative “Trust Busters”
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 30, 2021 | Economics, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
When right-wing leader Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) recently declared that "liberty and monopoly do not go together," I fantasized that he had become a free-market anarchist. When I hear monopoly, I think government because what's the most literal of monopolies (or source...
In Defense of Libertarian Socialism
by Richard Douglas | Apr 26, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Socialism has become quite the boogyman for libertarians everywhere, especially since the majority of libertarians are more right-wing rather than left. To understand this on a very basic level, take a look at the political compass. It’s not perfect since it lacks...
Reaching NPCs Where They Are (wherever that is) ft. Keith Knight Ep. 164
by Patrick Macfarlane | Apr 25, 2021 | Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/HVUyqNXH7Js How do we best frame the case for liberty when speaking with those on the Left? Keith Knight joins me to discuss the finer points of Dave Rubin's "Don't Burn This Book." Follow Keith Knight's Don't Tread on Anyone Keith on Twitter Episode...
TGIF: Does Nearly Everyone Favor Industrial Policy?
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 23, 2021 | Economics, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Over the years I've heard countless arguments about which word best describes the American economic system. Some insist it is essentially socialist, while others favor the word fascism. (Fascism is socialism with a private-property and market veneer.) Still others...
The Feds Are Coming for Libertarians
by Jim Bovard | Apr 23, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
On the day that Joe Biden was inaugurated as president, former CIA chief John Brennan announced on television that federal intelligence agencies “are moving in laser-like fashion to try to uncover as much as they can about” various suspect groups, specifically...
TGIF: Are Organizations Unlibertarian?
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 16, 2021 | Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
A few weeks ago YouTube suggested that I watch a 1988 episode of William F. Buckley's PBS TV show, "Firing Line," featuring Ron Paul, who at the time was the Libertarian Party candidate for president. I had to chuckle right at the top when Buckley introduced Rep. Paul...