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How Barack Obama Killed Political Idealism (Good)
Americans are sickened of an “idealism that is oblique, confusing, dishonest, and ferocious,” as H.L. Mencken wrote a hundred years ago. Though Mencken was condemning President Woodrow Wilson, the same verdict could characterize the legacy of former president Barack...
COVID-19 Lockdowns: Liberty and Science
COVID-19 hit America’s shores early in 2020 and since then there has been an abundance of misinformation and shifting goalpost. We have compiled all the data that you need about COVID and your civil liberties to take action.
I’d Rather By Ruled By One…
… or three, or five, or even ten. Yes, I know, i dOn’T wAnT tO bE rUleD bY aNyOnE (But for us over here living in reality and not Fantasyland…). But when you are ruled by 2.1 million civil employees, who do you blame when something goes wrong? How about horribly...
Confessions Of a Right-Wing Liberal
This classic piece appeared in Ramparts, VI, 4, June 15, 1968. It was the fulfillment of an ideological trend that began a few years earlier when consistent libertarians, led by Rothbard, sensed an estrangement from the American right-wing due to its support of...
Freedom to congregate upheld by SCOTUS
Everyone--religious believers, agnostics and atheists alike--should rejoice at the Supreme Court's decision striking down New York State's attempt to limit attendance in houses of worship.
Existentialism, Libertarianism, and the NAP
I self-identify only as myself but have long been sympathetic with both libertarianism and existentialism. Having dealt throughout 2020 with an array of restrictions on my liberty imposed by local authorities everywhere I have been (Europe, the UK, and now in the US),...
This Thanksgiving, the Government Gifts Us COVID-19 Sex Advice
Politicians and petty czars have canceled Thanksgiving across the nation. What have government health departments offered in lieu of a family gathering? Endless idiotic advice for “safe sex” during COVID. The Vermont Department of Health captured the ethos of many...
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