It should be apparent to everyone by now that collectivist thinking is running wild and identity politics is en vogue. You’re supposed to hate Trump because one group says so, or you’re supposed to love Trump because another group says so. But to the libertarian...
Libertarianism
Is the Non-Aggression Principle Axiomatic?
by Steve Anthony | Oct 15, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
The Non-Aggression Principle is one of the most well known and core ideas to libertarianism. It succinctly lays the groundwork for how libertarians believe people should interact with each other. But is it always the answer for interaction? Does it hold literally...
Nekoma, The War State and the Giant Concrete Pyramid
by Nick Weber | Oct 14, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
Looming over the North Dakota plains lies a massive and ominous concrete pyramid, each face displaying four large discs leering out over the surrounding terrain, as if keeping watch. The mammoth structure rises seventy-nine feet above the surface and extends...
Syrian Kurds, Damascus Reach Deal in Russia-Backed Talks
by Jason Ditz | Oct 13, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
Syrian ground troops moving north to confront invading Turkish forces is related to a deal that was reached by the Kurdish SDF and the Assad government, in talks brokered by Russia and held on a Russian air base. The deal sees the Kurds unilaterally handing over two...
Should the USA pull out of Syria?
by Jeff Wright | Oct 12, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
President Trump’s decision to relocate approximately 50 U.S. troops within Syria set off a firestorm of outrage and disbelief. I am not particularly interested in the responses of the usual suspects. I am interested, however, in the commentary of fairly well-known...
Stop Pushing the Envelope: Consequences of US Foreign Policy (Past & Present)
by Phil Gibson | Oct 12, 2019 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Op Eds
So Iran oil tankers get bombed by the Saudis. Funny how that happens to slide into your Friday morning news cycle there. Almost like it was intentional or something. Now Trump is sending 3000 troops to help the Saudis fight off Iranian threats. What threat if they...
The Real Meaning of ‘Fake News’
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 11, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
That there are still people among the general public that take everything they hear and see on cable and broadcast news programs as gospel, is a testament to the “success” of government schools. 15,000 hours of indoctrination doesn’t help with discernment, but surely...
Where the True Weapon of War Lies
by Mark Metz | Oct 10, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
A recent tweet by former Vice President Joe Biden, attempting to pander to the anti-gun portion (which is most of it) of the democratic electorate, drew my own personal ire. The tweet came with a video which included footage of actual live shooter drills happening in...