There’s a 101-year-old law most Americans have never heard of, one that shaves tens of billions of dollars out of the U.S. economy every year for the narrow benefit of politically-influential shipbuilders, shipyard unions and shipping lines. The Jones Act does that by...
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Calling Out Paul Krugman’s Booms & Busts
by William Anderson | May 18, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
That Austrians and Keynesians do not share many views on economics (or probably anything else) is obvious, so a difference of opinion between the two hardly should surprise anyone. However, it still is important to point out the differences between the two camps,...
Yes, Republicans Are the Party of Drug Warriors
by Laurence Vance | Mar 16, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Politics
The federal government considers growing, distributing, buying, selling, possessing, or using marijuana to be a criminal offense, punishable by fines and imprisonment. Possession of marijuana will get you a maximum sentence of one year in jail and a minimum fine of...
Challenging George Mason University’s Cadre of Patent Enthusiasts
by Stephan Kinsella | Mar 12, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
I’ve previously criticized George Mason economist Alex Tabarrok’s views on patents.1 For example, as noted in Patent Policy on the Back of a Napkin, Tabarrok makes a Laffer-curve style argument that patent rights are currently “too strong.” Of course, he is correct...
How the Farm Lobby Stifles the International Market
by James Talocka | Jan 12, 2021 | Featured Articles
Farmers from the major wheat- and rice-growing provinces of India have filed into the capital region to voice their displeasure with recent farm reforms. This comes as India’s government undermines longstanding privileges for farmers in a major transition toward free...
Protection or Pain Treatment: Choosing Between Your Gun and Medical Marijuana
by Sam Jacobs | Dec 14, 2020 | Blog
The federal government currently criminalizes those who legally use medical marijuana and own firearms.
12/4/20 Gilbert Doctorow: Will Antony Blinken’s Past Catch Up With Him?
by Scott Horton | Dec 5, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Gilbert Doctorow talks about Biden's pick for Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, particularly his famous stepfather, Samuel Pisar. Pisar is well-known these days for being a holocaust survivor rescued by American GIs during World War II, but is less known for his...
Libertarian Messaging For 2021: Part 1
by Peter R. Quiñones | Dec 4, 2020 | Economics, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones
This is a continuation of my pieces on the LP and what it would take for me to support them. The great Dave Smith made a Tweet yesterday in which he laid out what the libertarian message should be for 2021. Since he is confined to 280 characters by Twitter I thought...
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The Emperor Has No Clothes: Stealth Technology is Sexy and Useless
On 27 March 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, a Yugoslav Army unit (3rd Battalion of the 250th Air Defense Missile Brigade, which was under the leadership of Colonel Zoltán Dani) shot down an F-117 Nighthawk stealth aircraft of the United States Air Force...
High on State Power: The Tragic Death of Matthew Perry and the Evil of the War on Drugs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brAsC_MEAxY&list=PLKjJE86mQRtsUs-GDEnmtxSyJmf1ueF_5&index=1&t=1s On Oct. 28, 2023, beloved actor Matthew Perry was found dead in the hot tub at his Los Angeles home. Cause of death was ruled “acute effects of ketamine” and...
Sig P320/M17/18: MILSPEC is Overrated
A negligent discharge (ND) in a weapon is when the operator strokes the trigger that results in the firing of the weapon. In my time, the lion's share of these are NDs but actual mechanical (unintentional, accidental or "uncommanded") discharges were rare and then the...
Bang for Your Buck: Breaking the Bank to Upgrade the Nuclear Arsenal (Part II)
In Part I, I discussed and critiqued an overview of the new efforts to update the US nuclear arsenal. Here, we'll chat (again) about the Sentinel which is the improved replacement for the aging Minuteman III ICBM and it is already in trouble with the schedule sliding...
Company Men: Former Spies Spill The Tea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElMSJDkqSYQ&t=3757s Danny Jones recently hosted former CIA officers John Kiriakou and Andrew Bustamente for a wide-ranging discussion that touched on torture, 9/11 & terrorism, domestic politics, foreign policy and what it’s...
Bang for Your Buck: Breaking the Bank to Upgrade the Nuclear Arsenal (Part I)
The United States is on track to spend the equivalent of more than two Manhattan projects per year in one of the most expensive nuclear arms races in history. The US has not done a recorded air breathing nuclear detonation since 1992 (the last US test, Julin-Divider,...
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