Contrary to a popular article of faith, America has no free market in health care—far from it. Consider this: the largest lobby in Washington, D.C., is—wait for it—the health care and health insurance industries. Last year, they spent 5.8 times the amount the...
Politics
Will Trump Learn from Bump Stock Battering?
by Jim Bovard | Jun 18, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Politics
The Supreme Court last Friday struck down one of the most controversial gun control edicts in recent years. The ruling on bump stocks is being widely hailed as a victory for an expansive reading of the Second Amendment. But it is also a stark rebuke to Donald Trump’s...
TGIF: “We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us”
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 14, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
The famous line "We have met the enemy and he is us" is from Walt Kelly's comic strip, Pogo. Kelly adapted the line from a U.S. naval commandant who, during the War of 1812 against Great Britain, reported to his superior, “We have met the enemy and they are ours.”...
What Inequality?
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 6, 2024 | Blog, Economics, Politics
According to research conducted by Phil Gramm, the late Robert Ekelund, and John Early, documented in The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate and summarized in this video: The bottom 20 percent of households have an average annual income...
Immigration Talk
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 6, 2024 | Blog, Economics, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
I talk about immigration with Michael Liebowitz on The Rational Egoist.
A Libertarian Guide to the United Kingdom General Election
by Owen Ashworth | Jun 5, 2024 | Featured Articles, Politics
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, has finally announced there will be an election on July 4. This comes after incessant badgering from every part of the political spectrum, all of whom have been calling for an election for months. It was quite a...
Rescind Netanyahu’s Invitation!
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jun 4, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
The recent decision by U.S. congressional leaders to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address the Capitol has rightly sparked outrage and dismay among those who oppose Israel's genocidal actions in Gaza. Coming as it does in the wake of the...
The Trump Trial and our Injustice System
by Ron Paul | Jun 4, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Politics
I’ve long criticized our current U.S. justice system—on all levels—as becoming much more about political justice than blind justice. The bizarre trial and conviction of former President Donald Trump last week on 34 felonies only reinforces my concerns. The New York...