During Iraq War II (2003–2011), in addition to thousands of American soldiers and contractors who died, more than 100,000 Iraq civilians were killed. This number is consistent with independent counts as well as leaked Pentagon data (sources available at Wikipedia)....
Politics
Why Do We Trust Politicians to Run Our Lives?
by Michael Maharrey | Apr 9, 2020 | Featured Articles, Politics
I became a journalist because I love to write. In fact, most people tend to pursue career paths related to things that interest them if they have any choice in the matter. A person who likes to bake might become a baker. A person who likes numbers might become an...

Liberty and Slavery
by Zack Sorenson | Apr 1, 2020 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
Among the common beliefs of libertarians, opposition to slavery is one of the least controversial. Yet, the moral argument against slavery is one of libertarian philosophy’s most enlightening topics. Considering the “why” of libertarian opposition to slavery is...

Outraged at Thomas Massie? You Shouldn’t Be
by Derek Franklin | Mar 31, 2020 | Events, Featured Articles, Politics
Thomas Massie, U.S. House of Representative from Kentucky’s 4th District, took a lot of heat for trying to force a voice vote on the House floor to pass the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. In a glorious show of...

The Deep State’s Demolition of Democracy
by Jim Bovard | Mar 26, 2020 | Featured Articles, Justice, Politics
“Thank God for the Deep State,” declared former acting CIA chief John McLaughlin while appearing on a panel at the National Press Club last October. In 2018, the New York Times asserted that Trump’s use of the term “Deep State” and similar rhetoric “fanned fears that...
Politicians Have Used This Crisis to Remind Us They’re Mostly Wannabe Dictators
by Jim Fedako | Mar 26, 2020 | Featured Articles, Politics
The virus has unleashed petite tyrants to haunt their tiny jurisdictions, using the cover of crisis to arrogate powers belonging to the people. Witness Robert J. Taylor, mayor of Ostrander, Ohio (population: 643 in the 2010 census), who just declared his village to be...
Three Arguments EVERY Police Officer Must Hear
by Keith Knight | Mar 18, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Don't Tread on Anyone, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxKDgNBQNRI BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/VDtcSRu8xnTA/ LBRY: https://lbry.tv/@KeithKnightDontTreadOnAnyone:b/3-ars-lbry:4 Archive: https://archive.org/details/threeargumentseverypoliceofficermusthear Part 1: Keith Knight...
What is Libertarianism? Stephan Kinsella & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Mar 16, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone, Economics, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HunN6f8XyIc Stephan Kinsella is a practicing patent attorney, a libertarian writer and speaker, Director of the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom (C4SIF), and Founding and Executive Editor of Libertarian Papers. Find his work...