The 2020 presidential field is saturated with candidates decrying wealth inequality and making the argument to soak the rich. One front-runner, for instance, is constantly denouncing “the millionaires and the billionaires.” Ominously, a New York Times poll found that...
Libertarianism
US Citizen Facing 20 Years in Prison for Teaching Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
by Matt Agorist | Dec 2, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
If the US government suddenly began a bombing campaign on North Korea which killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children, this would be considered an act of war. However, if the US government intentionally targets these same men, women, and children with...
Libertarian Retribution Theory Ep. 127
by Patrick Macfarlane | Nov 30, 2019 | Justice, Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
In this episode, I review Chapter 13 of the "Ethics of Liberty" by Murray Rothbard, "Punishment and Proportionality." I also discuss my plans for the show going forward. Subscribe to Keith Knight's "Don't Tread on Anyone" Episode 127 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is...
The Secret War in Africa
by Steve Brown | Nov 30, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
The Warsaw Pact may no longer exist, but by contrast the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is expanding its perceived role – the enforcement of western interest - especially in resource-rich Africa. NATO's expansion in Africa is intended to assert western corporate...
Mexico Won’t Allow US Military Operations Against Cartels
by Jason Ditz | Nov 30, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Politics
Foreign Minister warns drone strikes would violate sovereignty President Trump’s move to declare Mexican cartels as terrorist groups is potentially going to be complicated, and Mexican President Obrador sought to establish a red-line, that Mexico will not allow the US...
The Power of the Meme – My Journey
by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 29, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
I’m fairly certain the first memes I experienced were on the once famous website Ebaum’s World. I probably didn’t know what to make of them at the time but they were usually funny and I would check back to the site often. After a while I started to see that even...

Even Nixon’s Ghost Agrees That Price Controls Won’t Fix Our Broken Health Care System
by Nick Waddy | Nov 29, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
The answer to high out-of-network health care costs is not to increase the federal government's already excessive powers over the marketplace. On a hot summer night—Sunday, August 15th, 1971—millions of red-blooded Americans tuned their Zenith and Magnavox TV sets to...

Oppose a Disease at its Beginning
by Michael Maharrey | Nov 28, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
If you give politicians an inch, they’ll take a mile. John Dickinson was one of the leading writers in the early days of the conflict. He insisted that the colonists needed to “oppose a disease at its beginning,” before the sickness could spread. Writing under the...