If people properly understood the role of police in the American system, they would probably trust anyone standing next to them in the grocery store to have their best interests at heart more than a “law enforcement” officer. There’s an important reason for this....
Politics
Oklahoma Bill Would Block Unconstitutional National Guard Deployments
by Michael Maharrey | Dec 10, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (Dec. 10, 2019) – A bill prefiled in the Oklahoma Senate would prohibit unconstitutional foreign deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would effectively restore the founders’ framework for a state-federal balance...
Saudi Gunman Tweeted Why He Attacked Pensacola
by Jason Ditz | Dec 10, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
The Trump Administration is bound and determined not to draw any conclusions about Saudi Air Force gunman Mohammed Alshamrani, who killed three people on Friday in Pensacola. There seems to be a palpable fear that anything terror-related would make the Saudis look...

Covering Bombs, Not Bombshells
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 8, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Politics
Weeks of impeachment hearings have produced a few sound bites and hundreds of headlines claiming “bombshell” testimony has doomed Trump. As Ukrainegate follows the pattern of Russiagate, anyone who reads beyond the headline recognizes that every alleged bombshell is...

Jacob Hornberger & Keith Knight Ep. 128
by Patrick Macfarlane | Dec 8, 2019 | Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTFwrsPnqjg If you haven't already heard, Jacob Hornberger is running to be the Libertarian Party Presidential nominee. Because Keith is Keith, he has already interviewed Jacob Hornberger on his show, Keith Knight's "Don't Tread on...

Hobbits and Hooligans: Revisiting Jason Brennan’s Against Democracy
by Kollin Fields | Dec 5, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
In case you couldn’t tell through the inescapable barrage of media coverage, we have an election coming up, which means voters are mobilizing. To most Americans, democracy and voting are the pinnacles of freedom. Your vote is your voice, etc. etc. 2016 threw a wrench...
Trump’s Trade Policy Has Produced Damaging Tariffs but Little Else
by Daniel Griswold | Dec 4, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Farm exports to China are down, manufacturing job growth has stalled, and prices are up for many goods Americans are about to enter the third full year of President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff regime, which aims to promote US manufacturing, protect key...
Decrying Income Inequality Is a Tactic to Gain More Power for Government
by Edward Peter Stringham | Dec 2, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics
The 2020 presidential field is saturated with candidates decrying wealth inequality and making the argument to soak the rich. One front-runner, for instance, is constantly denouncing “the millionaires and the billionaires.” Ominously, a New York Times poll found that...