Released almost exactly 25 years after the start of the siege of the Branch Davidian compound, Waco tries to illuminate the worst law-enforcement-driven massacre in American history from the perspectives of U.S. law enforcement and the Davidians simultaneously. I...
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TGIF: Trump and No Silver Lining
I confess I was indulging in wishful thinking when I thought I detected a silver lining to Donald Trump's election as president. That's what comes of being an optimist and a libertarian romantic. Beware apparent silver linings; they may be fool's gold instead. The...
The “Problematic” Nature of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
This article will contain plot spoiler content for the new Star Wars movie. Also, the US Government is using your tax money to help kill thousands of innocents across the Earth. But, anyway, spoiler warning. I just saw the new Star Wars movie. The plot is a mess,...
What The New York Times Gets Right About the Second Amendment–It Exists
In a recent op-ed for The New York Times, Bret Stephens argues that America should repeal the Second Amendment. The case is not a persuasive one; indeed, the article borders on self-refuting. Even so, Stephens deserves credit for getting the constitutional issues...
New Libertarian Politics 2 of 3: Political Organization Outside The State
This article is the second in a series of three on new approaches to politics for libertarians. The three approaches can be thought of as a pyramid, where the third approach is the most common and the base, and the first approach is the narrowest and least common. ...
New Libertarian Politics 1 of 3: The Importance of Pragmatism
Libertarianism has come to a point where it must embrace pragmatic solutions like never before. The stakes are high: the possibility of nuclear war, technology that could liberate the earth or otherwise lead to permanent tyranny, the cusp of a potentially...
Dennis Rodman Could Save Us All from Nuclear War
Former Bulls star and North Korea’s leader are an unlikely pair that just may save us all – well, at least from a nuclear disaster that is. Dennis Rodman, who has also paid several visits to Kim Jong Un, says the two talk about everything but politics during Rodman’s...
Donald Trump Begins His Inevitable Shift Towards the Dems
This week, President Trump made a deal with Democratic leadership to extend the formal debt ceiling limit by three months (though in practice, much longer). It remains to be seen whether enough rank-and-file members in both parties will go along in the House, but the...
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