Prior to 1968, most adults in the United States could purchase a firearm without state interference. Guns were available in local retail stores, as well as mail-order catalogs, and as long as you hadn’t been convicted of a felony and you had the funds, there weren’t...
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News Roundup 12/3/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 3, 2018 | News Roundup
A postal worker admits to stealing $5,200 from greeting cards. [Link] The Department of Justice awards $17 million to the victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting. [Link] A Dallas police officer who killed a man after entering his apartment has been indicted for murder....
News Roundup 9/10/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
The House passed a bill that will reclassify dozens of crimes as crimes of violence. The reclassification will allow for more crimes that could result in deportation. [Link] A Dallas police officer shoots and kills an innocent man after mistakenly entering his...
Trump’s Supporters: Beasts of Burden
by Craig Cantoni | Jul 1, 2018 | Economics
Lower-middle-income workers comprise the majority of Trump supporters. According to a recent Cato Institute study written by John F. Early, former assistant commissioner at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, those in this income group often have more than one job and...
Splitting California into 3 Pieces Is Long Overdue
by Ryan McMaken | Jun 15, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics
It now looks like California voters will have the chance to vote on whether or not the state ought to be split up into three pieces. The Los AngelesTimes reports : If a majority of voters who cast ballots agree, a long and contentious process would begin for three...
Yountville Shootings Another Cost of War
by Marc Joffe | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Last Friday, an Afghanistan War veteran suffering from PTSD took hostages at a Northern California veterans home, ultimately killing three female employees and himself. And so, the senseless and endless US intervention in Afghanistan has claimed four more lives, right...
Time for a New Works Progress Administration
by Craig Cantoni | Feb 14, 2018 | Blog
My fellow libertarians will become hysterical with this commentary and send me to the intellectual gulag. Conservatives and liberals will join hands with them. Why? Because they won’t like my alternative to Trump’s plan to rebuild America’s infrastructure. Instead...
News Roundup 10/4/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog
The Trump administration is finalizing a plan for a $29 billion disaster relief bill. [Link] A Dallas police officer has been given nine months probation for shooting and killing a man. The shooting occurred after a high-speed chase. The man killed did not fire a...
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Tom Woods on the Social Justice Warrior Narrative
[I]f this were truly a “white supremacist” society, being called a white supremacist would be a badge of honor, not a professional death sentence. – Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
Military Aviation Joins the Emerging Competency Crisis in the West
Trend-lines on military aviation accidents are edging upwards to rival in the commercial aviation industry in mishaps. Not only is this a barometer for readiness and training but an indicator for the emerging competency crisis plaguing the West. Peacetime military...
Horror Show: More Proof Troops Massacred Afghans After ISIS Attack at Kabul Airport
As we reported at the time, marines slaughtered innocent people after the bombing. The perfect clusterfu*k of an ending to a perfect clusterfu*k of a war. Watch US Marine’s GoPro footage that challenges Pentagon’s account of attack at Kabul airport...
My Latest Interviews
Michael Liebowitz, the host of The Rational Egoist, interviewed me about my life in the libertarian movement. Enjoy! Also have a look at my interview covering my libertarian experience and the Israel-Palestine conflict on the Bob Murphy Show.
Professors, W. Post Call Out NYT for Oct 7 Mass-Rape Hoax
Another disgrace for the Charlie Savage Times.
Israel’s Amazing Feat
Israel has accomplished quite a feat: its crimes against the people of Gaza are of such a large scale that they make Hamas's Oct. 7 crimes look small.