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...
Politics
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...

Tales from the Monetary Empire
by Phil Gibson | Jan 6, 2020 | Blog, Economics, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Op Eds, Politics
After hearing January 3rd’s episode of Tales From the Crypt, it’s an understatement to say I’m inspired by Alex Leishman and his mission to bring free banking to those who need and deserve it most. Responsible banking is long a thing of the past. No proof of reserves?...

Iraq War IV?
by Scott Horton | Jan 6, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Politics, Scott Horton
The U.S.A. has been bombing Iraq for 29 years. And it looks like it’s not over yet: Iraq War I: January—February 1991 (aka The Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, liberation of Kuwait) Iraq War I 1/2: February 1991—March 2003 (The rest of Bush I, Bill Clinton years,...
Should Racists Get Health Care?
by Ron Paul | Jan 2, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
Political correctness recently took a dangerous turn in the United Kingdom when the North Bristol National Health Service Trust announced that hospital patients who use offensive, racist, or sexist language will cease receiving medical care as soon as it is safe to...