A lot of people have heard my “liberty story.” It’s the common, “I saw Ron Paul confront Rudy Giuliani on the debate stage in 2007” narrative. Then the reading started; pretty much every “libertarian” book I could get my hand on. For two years all I did was read....
Politics
Law Enforcement Respects The Constitution?
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jan 21, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Events, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
With the 2nd Amendment rally scheduled for Richmond, Virginia’s “Lobby Day” now completed, those who warned against “agent provocateurs,” and other possible hazards, get to breathe a sigh of relief and be thankful for being wrong. The narrative that this was going to...
Virginia Second Amendment Advocates Beware!
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jan 20, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Events, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
The Virginia senate has passed three gun bills that are now being sent to the house for consideration that would see it become one of the most restrictive states in America when it comes to firearms ownership. A reading of the laws would put Virginia close to New...
Who Rigs Every Oscar Night? – Freedom Philosophy
by Brandon Kirby | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured Articles, Politics
Ricky Gervais dropped his bombshell comedy act on Hollywood’s elite at the Golden Globes, and it’s raising some interesting questions. Should Hollywood stars be opining on their particular platforms? This isn’t a comment on the politics of free speech. Clearly, they...
Conservatives Are Increasingly Wrong about Free Markets
by William Anderson | Jan 10, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
Capitalism creates poverty. Capitalism has stolen our future. Capitalism ravages the planet. Capitalism oppresses us. Capitalism needs to be controlled by government or it will throw most of us into poverty and misery and enrich only the well-placed few. These are not...
Black America Before LBJ: How the Welfare State Inadvertently Helped Ruin Black Communities
by Sam Jacobs | Jan 9, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Economics, Events, Politics
The dust has settled and the evidence is in: The 1960s Great Society and War on Poverty programs of President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) have been a colossal and giant failure. One might make the argument that social welfare programs are the moral path for a modern...
‘Jesus, Do We Have To Explain Why We Do These Things?’
by Kelley Vlahos | Jan 8, 2020 | Featured Articles, Politics
"They are working for us, no?" If anyone out there has any doubt of Washington’s arrogance—and the particular mendacity of the Trump administration in the wake of the drone attacks in Iraq that killed Iranian Quds force commander Qassem Soleimani— take a minute...
An Introduction to Virginia 2nd Amendment “Sanctuaries”
by Michael Boldin | Jan 7, 2020 | Featured Articles, Justice, Politics
Over 90 percent of Virginia’s counties have claimed “2nd Amendment Sanctuary” status since the Nov. 5 election that gave Democrats control of Richmond for the first time in decades. But their rhetoric doesn’t match reality. The resolutions are symbolic and have no...