In most schools – public and private – children are brainwashed into believing that the federal government is not only benevolent, but that it protects the individual’s life, liberty, property, and pursuit of happiness. Though that was the original intention of the...
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White Coat Cartel
by John Dangelo III | Dec 14, 2018 | Featured Articles, Op Eds
Abstract: The question over the validity of centralized medical occupational licensing isn’t exactly at a fever pitch in modern America’s dialectic, nevertheless, it warrants rehashing whenever possible. Though presumably well-intentioned by the various contemporary...
Bastiat’s “The Law” Ep. 99
by Patrick Macfarlane | Nov 26, 2018 | Economics, Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpPTzBEC1qc In this episode of the show, Keith and I take on the classic blueprint for a free society: Frederic Bastiat's "The Law." A special thanks to new patron Joshua Bond! Episode 99 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is Brought to you...
Economics in One Lesson Ep. 98
by Patrick Macfarlane | Oct 28, 2018 | Economics, Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk0uOHFVQ6E Keith Knight makes his debut as the second co-host of the Liberty Weekly Podcast! In this episode, Keith and I go back to first principles and walk through "Economics in One Lesson," a MUST READ for all new libertarians....
Ever Changing Focus of Socialism
by Zack Sorenson | Sep 21, 2018 | Blog
I was watching a YouTube video by a socialist, and a thought occurred. Here was one of these intense, intellectual type leftists. His analysis was full of highly sophisticated ideological positions, and a lot of buzzwords. I compared this video to similar screeds,...
Keith Knight Interviews Sheldon Richman
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism
The Difference Between Good Globalism and Bad Globalism
by Ryan McMaken | Mar 29, 2018 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
"Globalism" and "globalization," are terms that suffer from a lack of any precise definition. The terms are used freely by a wide variety of commentators to mean both good and bad things — many of which are opposites of each other. Sometimes globalism means lowering...
3/9/18 Sheldon Richman on Trump’s Tariffs
by Scott Horton | Mar 9, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Executive editor of the Libertarian Institute Sheldon Richman returns to the show to discuss Trump's new tariffs on steel and aluminum. According to Richman the major damage of Trump's tariffs will be felt by downstream producers and the disruption to the price...
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Democracy and Free Stuff
Democracy: the matching up of people who want free stuff with politicians who promise free stuff. Problem: free stuff as they all imagine it does not exist. However, it does exist in the market, as explained by Frédéric Bastiat in Economic Harmonies, chapter 8,...
They Kept Sending Us Bombs…Anti-War Blog
As I saw the photos of US politician Nikki Haley scribbling on an Israeli shell bound for Rafah, it’s metal splinters and high explosives likely to rip a small child too pieces, it had me thinking. I once saw a clip of a US Air Force man who was asked why they were...
Frigate Failure Follies
I am currently doing a podcast series on what appears to be a droll subject but it is critical to getting big projects right. If you can't articulate and create a rational and effective Concept of Operations, you will fail. Th Navy never disappoints in failure lately....
History and Peace
"[E]very person must take his life and every nation must take its history as it comes; nothing is more useless than complaining over errors that can no longer be rectified, nothing more vain than regret. Neither as judges allotting praise and blame nor as avengers...
History and Conflict
"We cannot eradicate the past from our memories. But it is not the task of history to kindle new conflicts by reviving hatreds long since dead and by searching the archives for pretexts for new conflicts. We do not have to revenge crimes committed centuries ago by...
Around Us the World dies in hate (poem thing) -Anti-War Blog
In the time that the smoke ate the sun, Poison that blinded my eyes washed by tears, Tears that fall from fear because we shall never have years, Maybe days or if so lucky weeks. The sirens yawn more than we can sleep, The birds have left though the sky is...