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80+ Senators ‘Fully Committed’ to NATO Membership for Sweden & Finland, Demand Shortened Process

by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | May 25, 2022 | News Roundup

A significant majority of the US Senate has signed a letter welcoming Finland and Sweden into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the group of 82 senators urging for expedited membership for the two Nordic states.

War Is Not a Conservative Thing

by Michael Maharrey | Nov 8, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism

Perpetual war and aggressive interventionism have become the hallmark of Republican foreign policy. But war is not a conservative thing. Last month, I saw somebody assert unironically and in complete seriousness that Californians need to reelect Rep. Maxine Waters...

Donald Trump Continues to Make the Case for Limited Government

by Eric Schuler | Dec 6, 2016 | Blog

Not intentionally, of course. But he's making the case nevertheless. Today, he did so on Twitter, offering this barb to the Boeing Corporation: Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion....

What Obama Built, Donald Trump Now Inherits

by Will Grigg | Nov 12, 2016 | Will Grigg's Freedom Zealot Radio

Donald Trump doesn't actually build things; he places his name on what others have constructed, and he is about to re-brand Obama's executive-centered police state. Trump supporters eager to help their leader expand the apparatus of coercion should remember that what...

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A Response to My Memorial Day Critics

My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...

Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle

https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...

The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”

Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...

The Lesson From Germany and Korea

Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...

Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options

When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...

Free Book: An Anarchist Critique of the COVID Mandates

I’ve had the opportunity to write a short book offering what is essentially an anarchist critique of COVID mandates. This includes the accusation that states did most of the killing rather than the virus. The 123-page book, Measuring the Mandates: Questioning the...

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