James Bovard, author of Public Policy Hooligan, discusses how Woodrow Wilson got America into WWI, directly and indirectly causing the rise of Hitler, Stalin, WWII, and the redrawing of the Middle East. At home, Wilson gave rise to a government crackdown on free...
This article, written by our colleague, Will Grigg, is republished from December 20, 2006. “Turn with me to the third chapter of Ecclesiastes,” instructed our pastor.“Let's leave,” I whispered tightly to my wife Korrin. She quietly but firmly shushed me, and she had a...
The notion that immigrants come to the United States to access public programs has become something of a popular myth. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), better known as welfare reform, introduced a five-year ban on...
It all goes back to the Civil War. The number of Americans renouncing their citizenship rose to a new record of 5,411 last year, up 26 percent from 2015, according to the latest government data. Why? It all goes back to the Civil War, and to a tax meant to deter...
Philip Dru interviews Scott Kohlhaas, the Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Alaska, and the man behind DraftResistance.org, about his petition drive to protect Alaskans from any future conscriptions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFEkQORm9vA&t=12s
Located nearly three hours drive from Adelaide, the property rested in the South-East. The nearest township a good thirty minutes if you pushed your vehicle over dirty unselaed road. It was a job that a mate threw my way, help out some old timers that he knew through...
He lies about everything. This time it's his uncle Ambrose who was lost at sea during WWII. Genocide Joe lies that he was eaten by cannibals, smearing the people of Papua New Guinea, who fought as America's allies in that war.
COL John Boyd was quite the maverick in the military ranks and rocked the boat all the time. You will not though incredibly capable, he was never promoted to flag rank. One of the best insights he ever gave was that when one distills strategy simply, it is:...
Parts of the "left" and "right" often lament that class politics has given way to identity politics. I don't get that. Class was the original modern political identity, and state privilege was part of the cause. Libertarians and classical liberals long warned that...