Arlington, Va.—If the government needs to destroy your home to build a freeway or a school, the Constitution entitles you to just compensation. But what if the government needs to destroy your home for some other reason—say, to capture a fugitive who has randomly...
Libertarianism
The Real Bombshell of the Impeachment Hearings
by Ron Paul | Nov 25, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
The most shocking thing about the House impeachment hearings to this point is not a “smoking gun” witness providing irrefutable evidence of quid pro quo. It’s not that President Trump may or may not have asked the Ukrainians to look into business deals between...
10 Use Cases for Crypto in the Counter-Economy
by Sal Mayweather | Nov 25, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Blockchain technology has been a boon for counter-economists. Prior to Satoshi's white paper, in order to conduct a transaction with an individual or firm not physically present, a third party was required to verify transmission and receipt of funds. Historically, the...
OK Boomer, It’s Not Important to Respect (All) Your Elders
by Ryan McMaken | Nov 25, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Now that I've reached the ripe old of age of 42, I've been married for twenty years, and I've partially raised four children. The older I get, the more I realize how very wrong I was to ever think that a disproportionate number of people older than me possessed some...
Mind the Gap: A Strategy For Saying Libertarian Things
by Scott Horton | Nov 24, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Scott Horton
The Tenth Amendment Center's Michael Boldin calls it "the Horton rule." (It is my rule, but I didn't name it that.) It goes like this: Because libertarians are so dang good on everything -- better than the left on things the left is good on (e.g.: gays, drugs, cops,...
The Kennedy Autopsy 2
by Jacob Hornberger | Nov 22, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Fifty-six years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was shot dead on the streets of Dallas, Texas. The official story is that a lone nut named Lee Harvey Oswald, without any motive, committed the assassination. During the past several decades, however, the...
Why Environmentalism Has Failed – Freedom Philosophy
by Brandon Kirby | Nov 22, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Pollution is a clear-cut violation of the non-aggression principle. Acid rain, plastic waste, greenhouse gases, runoff fertilizer, clearcutting that causes floods — all of these impact other people in a negative way. Herein lies the question: Can these issues be...
Cops Dump 10 Rounds Into 82yo Partially Deaf Man Because ‘He Couldn’t Hear Them’
by Matt Agorist | Nov 21, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
Gary, IN — An 82-year-old “granddaddy” is currently fighting for his life after police opened fire on him Sunday night. According to the family, the elderly victim is partially deaf and couldn’t hear the police commands, so they filled him full of holes. According to...