There is no shortage of politicians and other armchair philosophers insisting that things like healthcare and housing are “human rights.” Anyone watching the Democratic presidential debates, or having spent five minutes on social media, has no doubt heard this refrain...
Libertarianism
VA Declares State of Emergency to Stop ‘Serious Threats of Armed Militias Storming Capitol’
by Matt Agorist | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
Richmond, VA — Since last month, tensions have been escalating in Virginia as lawmakers prepared a slew of gun laws that would have drastically changed the landscape of the state’s view on the Second Amendment. Protests have erupted, police officers have parted ways...
Church Support for War Created Social Justice Rage
by David Gornoski | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
“’Saul, why do you persecute me?’ (Acts 22.7). This is the fundamental question. Christian conversion is our discovery that we are persecutors without knowing it. All participation in the scapegoat phenomenon is the same sin of the persecution of Christ. And all human...
Subprime Loans Will Be Back with a Vengeance in 2020
by Andrew Moran | Jan 14, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
One of the lasting legacies of the economic collapse a decade ago is subprime. After lying dormant for several years in the aftermath of the Great Recession, the subprime market has returned with a vengeance. Everything is subprime nowadays, as banks, finance...

Taxes Don’t Fund Government: So What’s Next?
by Max Stetson | Jan 13, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
With the U.S national debt currently sitting a little above 23 trillion, there is still a lot of debate about how we got here and whether or not this accumulation is sustainable. Most people in Congress responsible for the matter see it as a problem, stating that “we...

Conservatives Are Increasingly Wrong about Free Markets
by William Anderson | Jan 10, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
Capitalism creates poverty. Capitalism has stolen our future. Capitalism ravages the planet. Capitalism oppresses us. Capitalism needs to be controlled by government or it will throw most of us into poverty and misery and enrich only the well-placed few. These are not...

Where were all the Constitution’s defenders when the feds raised the smoking age?
by Rob Natelson | Jan 10, 2020 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
On December 20, President Trump signed legislation purporting to impose a single national age of 21 for selling tobacco products. Obviously, the measure reduces the freedom of millions of Americans who are legally adults in almost every other respect—including...
bitcoin is Dead: Finale
by Phil Gibson | Jan 10, 2020 | Blog, Economics, Libertarianism
Click here for Part 5 For the audio version, check out my podcast A Boy Named Pseu where you can download it on all podcast platforms. (read starts at 8:54) Read full piece here. If bitcoin is dead, then it has no value proposition Bitcoin’s mere existence is its...