A false dichotomy is when one is presented with two options as if those were the only options. American presidential elections present voters with a false dichotomy. This election, we are led to believe that Donald Trump and Joe Biden are the only real options for the...
Politics
The American People’s Justified Cynicism
by Jim Bovard | Nov 2, 2020 | Featured Articles, Politics
“The biggest threat to our democracy is cynicism,” declared former president Barack Obama two years ago. But as we enter the final days of another demagoguery-drenched presidential campaign, it is time to give cynicism the credit it deserves. In an era of clueless...
On Tuesday, Antiwar Voters Might Decide the Presidential Election
by Hunter DeRensis | Nov 1, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
On Monday [two weeks ago], on the 19th anniversary of U.S. soldiers hitting the ground in Afghanistan, dozens of people gathered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, with the goal of ensuring that our men and women in uniform won’t be in Afghanistan for another anniversary....
The ‘Private’ Dilemma
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 30, 2020 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Op Eds, Peter Quinones, Politics
There is an issue that “Libertarianism” refuses to take a nuanced approach to that will inevitably further marginalize it in the eyes of the general public. When it is brought up the “consistent” libertarian/anarchist retreats into the world of informal fallacies,...
A History of Libertarian Party Presidential Messaging, 1972-1996
by Hunter DeRensis | Oct 15, 2020 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
Friends of liberty inside and outside the Libertarian Party are waiting patiently—some passively—for three more weeks until the conclusion of the November presidential election. Not to find out whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden will come in first, but how many votes...
The ACB Hearings & The Problem with SCOTUS Ep. 134
by Patrick Macfarlane | Oct 12, 2020 | Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/tbCPPihKBuU Keith Knight and I unpack the ACB hearings from this morning. We discuss separation of powers, conservative vs. progressive vs. libertarian judicial philosophy, and objective morality. Subscribe to Keith Knight's "Don't Tread on Anyone" on...
Against the Unconstitutional Suspension of Jury Trials Ep. 133
by Patrick Macfarlane | Oct 11, 2020 | Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZuA3V2qV3s&feature=youtu.be In an unprecedented abridgment of the most basic rights of an ostensibly free society, American citizens are being wholly deprived of their right to Due Process in the name of an amorphous "public health...
US Tensions Post-RBG Ep. 130
by Patrick Macfarlane | Sep 18, 2020 | Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
Oh boy, are we in for a rough six weeks. In this episode I discuss the effect of Ruth Bader-Ginsburg's death on the upcoming election in light of growing political division. Episode 130 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is Brought to you by: The Liberty Weekly Podcast is...