Though widely dispensed of in the field of economics, the notion of “wage slavery” is still commonly held among progressives and socialists of many stripes. It is not uncommon, especially on social media, to run into people insisting that employers are “stealing” part...
Libertarianism
Government Intrusion Laid Bare
by Michael Reeves | Dec 10, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
In Utah, a woman is being charged with three counts of lewdness involving a child and may have to register as a sex offender for the next decade because her stepsons walked in on her while she was topless. Is it the responsibility of government to ensure a moral...
My Path to the Austrian School of Economics
by Hans-Herman Hoppe | Dec 10, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Nowadays, it’s not uncommon for people as young as 20 or 30 to feel they have to share their memories with the world. Even at an advanced age, I prefer not to talk publicly about personal things and experiences in my life, but to reserve this for private...
DHS to Tell States How to Implement REAL ID Requirements
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. | Dec 9, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is graciously willing to instruct states on how to implement plans to enforce the REAL ID statute requirements that go into force on October 2020. One of the suggestions being offered to states is the creation of online...
Half of My Heart Is in La Habana: Life After Flight from Castro’s Cuba
by Michelle Prado | Dec 9, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
When Mercedes (“Mercy”) Rodriguez arrived in America on a fall day in 1979, the first thing she noticed was how clean and wide the streets were. The 15-year-old Cuban refugee had just arrived on a plane carrying nearly a dozen political prisoners, including her father...
Pensacola: Blowback Terrorism: The problem isn’t ‘radical Islam’
by Scott Horton | Dec 9, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Scott Horton
Florida Senator Rick Scott is lost in the dark. After Friday’s deadly Afghan war-style “green on blue” attack by a Saudi air force officer at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida, the senator issued a statement calling the shooting an act of terrorism, and...
Covering Bombs, Not Bombshells
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 8, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Politics
Weeks of impeachment hearings have produced a few sound bites and hundreds of headlines claiming “bombshell” testimony has doomed Trump. As Ukrainegate follows the pattern of Russiagate, anyone who reads beyond the headline recognizes that every alleged bombshell is...
Jacob Hornberger & Keith Knight Ep. 128
by Patrick Macfarlane | Dec 8, 2019 | Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTFwrsPnqjg If you haven't already heard, Jacob Hornberger is running to be the Libertarian Party Presidential nominee. Because Keith is Keith, he has already interviewed Jacob Hornberger on his show, Keith Knight's "Don't Tread on...