Peter Quinones Articles
‘This is the Most Important Election of Our Lifetime!’
by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 9, 2019
The debates have started and we are well on our way into another election season. Veterans of this hell are preparing their tropes: “This is the most important election of our lifetime,” or, “You have to vote for my guy, the other one wants take your health care.”...
Bernie Sanders’ Totalitarian Plan for the Health Care Industry
by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 6, 2019
Watching the Democratic Party debates in 2019 should be surreal for anyone over the age of 35. If you grew up in a home in which your parents considered these “Hunger Games” mandatory viewing, it is safe to assume the general message is a head scratcher. It would be...
‘Paperz Pleaze!’ – How the Immigration Crackdown is Expanding the Police State
by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 2, 2019
A common trope in American-made, Nazi propaganda movies, was that in their police state, at any moment and for no reason, you could be stopped and forced to show your “papers.” Well, maybe not forced but if you didn’t the implications were obvious. You might be “black...
What Killed the ‘Revolution?’
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jul 29, 2019
After the 9/11/01 attacks, many people who were formerly against military interventionism in other country’s affairs, immediately changed their tune. Every individual has a family member, good friend or casual acquaintance, who, at the drop of the towers, turned into...
Two Reasons the ‘Gold Standard’ Had to Go
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jul 26, 2019
When one brings up the “Gold Standard” in discussion nowadays it’s almost treated as quaint. “Oh, I remember reading about that, that was a different time,” or, “Do you know how much “wealth” has been created since we abandoned that dinosaur?” And that’s just with the...
If You Don’t Have Choice, You Don’t Have Liberty
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jul 23, 2019
If you are a libertarian who openly advocates for liberty, you’re almost certainly familiar with this scenario. You’re in a conversation with someone about a random political point, you advocate for expanded freedoms in relation to the subject, and get hit with, “But,...
Automation: A Libertarian Dilemma
by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 5, 2018
When I was a kid, the thought of robotics, especially bionics, made me excited. I’m old enough to remember the Six Million Dollar Man and never missed an episode. An astronaut crashes on a test flight and is pieced back together using science that seemed centuries...
The Koreas and the Mainstream Media
by Peter R. Quiñones | Feb 11, 2018
As a voluntaryist/libertarian, I never thought I’d sit down at the keyboard to write about the Winter Olympics. Not the games, but about the politics that inevitably rears its ugly head whenever you get a group of people together to compete in activities that, in the...
America’s Victimless Crimes
by Peter R. Quiñones | Dec 29, 2017
I arrived at work one morning in 2010 to the news that one of my employees would be standing trial the next day. He was an all-around good guy that I joked with often, so I pulled him aside to talk. He had been caught with a “medium amount” of marijuana resulting in...
Recommendations for Police Reform
by Peter R. Quiñones | Dec 10, 2017
When society is presented with the task of rehabilitating one of its failed public services the responses are normally varied and emotional. Everyone has an opinion that is based upon their worldview, and it’s usually a hill they're willing to die upon. No subject...
Free Man Beyond the Wall
Episode 640: The Crimes Of The Managerial State w/ Jose Niño
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 7, 2021
56 Minutes PG-13 Jose is the author of "The 10 Myths of Gun Control" and writes on such diverse topics as the "war on meat" and the history of Venezuela. Pete and Jose discuss many topics including immigration, CV19 tyranny, the World Economic Forum and the ever...
Episode 639: ‘We Live in a Banana Republic With Air Conditioning’ w/ Adam Patrick and Mark Metz
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 5, 2021
83 Minutes PG-13 Mark Metz is the proprietor of The Emergent at MarkMetz.Substack.com, and Adam Patrick is the host of Yer Talkin Over Me. Adam and Mark join Pete to talk about Mises-style liberalism and whether it opens the door for totalitarianism. They also talk...
Episode 638: The End of the Empire Ep. 2 w/ Pete and Scott Horton
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 3, 2021
93 Minutes PG-13 Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of the 2021...
Episode 637: Who Are ‘They’ And Can ‘They’ Win? w/ Richard Grove and Tom Luongo
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 30, 2021
80 Minutes PG-13 Tom is the proprietor of the Gold, Goats and Guns blog and has written for everyone from LewRockwell.com to NewsMax. Richard Grove is the proprietor of TragedyandHope.com, the man behind "Ultimate History Lesson w/ John Taylor Gatto," and is the...
Episode 636: The Right, The Left and the State w/ Eric July
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 28, 2021
62 Minutes Not Safe For Work Eric July is the frontman for the band Backwordz, the host of the YoungRippa59 channel on YouTube and a contributor at Blaze TV. Eric joins Pete for a targeted discussion about the state of the Right, and the Left, currently in the US....
Episode 635: ‘Why Are They Carrying Water For The Regime?’ w/ Alan Mosley
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 26, 2021
68 Minutes Some Strong Language Alan Mosley is the host of "It's Too Late" with Alan Mosley Alan is a long-time friend of Pete's and joins him to catch up. As a live entertainer, Alan has been hit especially hard by the COVID regime and shares his strong feelings on...
Episode 634: The ‘Corporate Press’ Is The Enemy Of The People w/ Keith Knight
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 23, 2021
49 Minutes PG-13 The video was corrupted during a power surge so don't go looking for it. Keith Knight is the host of the Don't Tread on Anyone Podcast. Keith joins Pete to look at various headlines and stories that have come out of the corporate press that are...
Episode 633: Laughing About China, The Middle East and This F*cked Society w/ Zach Brown of the Unfit Statesman
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 21, 2021
97 Minutes Not Safe For Work Zach Brown is the host of The Unfit Statesman podcast. Zach invited Pete to come on to hit a bunch of topics including China and the Middle East bu mostly joke about everything and try to see the humor in the things going on in the world....
Episode 632: 1930s Germany, Or 2035 Portland w/ Aaron and Car from Timeline Earth
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 19, 2021
66 Minutes Some Strong Language Aaron and Car are 2/3 of the hosts of the TImeline Earth Podcast. Aaron and Car join Pete to comment on current events, have a few laughs and at one point amswer the question as to whether you'd want to live in 1930s Germany, or 2035...
Episode 631: Biden’s Mandate and Getting to a Hoppean Framework w/ Stephan Kinsella
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 16, 2021
51 Minutes PG-13 Stephan is an American intellectual property/patent attorney, author, and anarcho-capitalist. Pete and Stephan discuss the Constitutionality of Biden's vaccine mandate and then get into discussions about Hoppe's plan for local politics and how it can...
Episode 630: The Bonds Of ‘Civil’ization Are Breaking w/ Tom Luongo
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 14, 2021
74 Minutes Some Strong Language Tom is the proprietor of the Gold, Goats and Guns blog and has written for everyone from LewRockwell.com to NewsMax. Tom joins Pete to discuss recent events including Biden's vaccine mandates, woke progressivism but especially what...
Episode 629: The End Of The Empire w/ Pete and Scott Horton
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 12, 2021
76 Minutes PG-13 Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of the 2021...
