Imagine if someone you didn’t know, who lived 3,000 miles away, had a say in who you could or couldn’t marry. Would you think that was crazy? What if that person could dictate what you were allowed to put into your body? Since that is a reality why isn’t it just as...
Politics
How Socialized Medicine Kills The Patient & Robs The Taxpayer
by Thomas DiLorenzo | Oct 22, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Politics
[Editor's Note: The following is excerpted from Thomas DiLorenzo's book The Problem with Socialism] When it comes to something as important as healthcare, the last thing anyone should want is for the entire system to become a government-run monopoly. [...] In fact,...
What if the Police Don’t Identify Themselves?
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 21, 2019 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
Anyone who pays attention to cases involving police shootings, especially those that result in a fatality, has noticed that the narrative we first hear coming from the press soon changes. It is no different in the case of Atatiana Jefferson, who was gunned down...
The Real Meaning of ‘Fake News’
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 11, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
That there are still people among the general public that take everything they hear and see on cable and broadcast news programs as gospel, is a testament to the “success” of government schools. 15,000 hours of indoctrination doesn’t help with discernment, but surely...
Impeachment…or CIA Coup?
by Ron Paul | Sep 30, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
You don’t need to be a supporter of President Trump to be concerned about the efforts to remove him from office. Last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced impeachment proceedings against the President over a phone call made to the President of Ukraine. According...
The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019
by Scott Horton | Sep 29, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Scott Horton
The Libertarian Institute is proud to announce the publication of the brand-new book, The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019! It's the heroic Dr. Paul at his very best on war, peace, economics and individual liberty. We know you're going to...
Bread and Circuses of a Dying Empire Ep. 126
by Patrick Macfarlane | Sep 28, 2019 | Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
With a nod to Mike Maharrey and Alan Mosely of the SportsBall Podcast (it's OKAY to like sports), I talk about how my recent return to watching the Green Bay Packers disgusted me. I also talk about how the corruption and commercialization of sports is akin to the...
Coming to Palestine by Sheldon Richman
by Scott Horton | Sep 28, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Scott Horton
The Libertarian Institute is proud to announce the publication of our latest book, Coming to Palestine, by our heroic executive editor, Sheldon Richman. In this incredible volume of essays, collected over 30 years, Sheldon Richman exposes the true history of Israeli...