Jon Utley, one of the most dedicated and principled pro-freedom activists in the nation, passed away yesterday. For 30 years, Jon was in the forefront of the antiwar movement since he spearheaded a group to oppose President George H.W. Bush’s war against Iraq. Jon was...
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News Roundup 3/23/20
Coronavirus The Department of Justice is asking Congress to craft a bill suspending some Constitutional rights. The DOJ wants the power to indefinitely detain people. The powers extend to any emergency, not just coronavirus. The DOJ is also pushing to deny asylum to...
Jon Basil Utley, RIP (A great freedom-fighter and a wonderful friend, I will miss him so much)
My good friend Jon Basil Utley died on Friday. Jon had been fighting lymphoma for a few years. I believe he was 87. He was one of the sweetest men I ever met. For the last several years, he served as Publisher of The American Conservative magazine and website. Last...
Rest in Peace Jon Basil Utley
The wonderful and heroic John Basil Utley, life-long anti-communist and antiwar crusader, and publisher of The American Conservative has died after a long illness. We will update this entry with further details when they become available. This is truly a sad...
What Limits Are Needed On Government During This Outbreak?
Disease epidemics are perfectly solvable by libertarian theory. If someone is infected with a dangerous disease, and they bring themselves into a position where they can infect others, then they have violated someone's rights. In an ideal ancap scenario, places like...
This Martial Law Will End, and End Badly
First, let's get the three principles for the post-COVID-19 world out there: If you think COVID-19 is fake, or not really scary, you don't know science and are an ignorant person. If you post cavalierly about frolicking socially with your friends, you have no empathy...
Flattening the Curve, Prolonging the Pain
I want to discuss the above graphic since it, or some version of it, has been promulgating the 24/7 media coverage and the internet. I realize the point of “flattening the curve” is to decrease the number of people who get COVID-19. That seems reasonable on face...
Police: Criminals
Every single day without fail the Free Thought Project site has stories of police atrocities committed against the American people. Here they beat the hell out of an old man for fun. Here they plant drugs on an innocent man. Here they kidnap small children and turn...
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