Randy Barnett is arguably on the short list of the libertarians most influential in American public life. His legal scholarship has informed challenges to state power in the courts; indeed, he himself has argued before the Supreme Court. He has been an active...
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Did the Supreme Court Really Rule Against Free Speech?
by Tom Woods | Jul 9, 2024 | Featured Articles
The Supreme Court just ruled in the case of Murthy v. Missouri, in which plaintiffs (including Jay Bhattacharya, who wrote the foreword to my Diary of a Psychosis) argued that the federal government unconstitutionally outsourced restrictions on speech to third...
Parody of a Statesman: Antony Blinken, Secretary of War
by Laurie Calhoun | Jul 8, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
For Halloween last year, the United States’ highest ranked diplomat, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, dressed his son and daughter up as Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian flag, respectively. At a White House event on that day, Blinken’s...
The F35 Continues to Excel at the Pentagon
by Bill Buppert | Jul 8, 2024 | Blog
The "mission capable rate" of these F35s is simply appalling. 23 years in and it still doesn't work. 23 years. And Congress won't kill it but continues to feed money into the F35 industrial wood-chipper. The jets have often been stuck on the ground due to engine...
War on Gaza Causing Surge in Terrorism Recruiting, Says US Intel Official
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 7, 2024 | News
The State Department’s top intelligence official said that the Israeli war in Gaza is creating fertile recruitment for Islamic terrorist groups. The official, Brett Holmgren, is set for a promotion from State to National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). In an...
The Truth About Politics
by Keith Knight | Jul 4, 2024 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/OacRCCVZaiw I became a Progressive when I thought that Progressivism meant being compassionate. I stopped being a Progressive when I realized that putting massive obligations on strangers through government coercion was not compassion. - Keith Knight,...
We Need Rational Patriotism
by Christopher Coyne and Abigail R. Hall | Jul 4, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
As we observe Independence Day, you will see patriotic displays everywhere. U.S. flags, red, white, and blue clothing, patriotic décor, and calls to appreciate our freedoms will greet us in the news, in stores and restaurants, and even in our workplaces. Some 67% of...
A Social Critique of the Judgment of Imperial Taste
by John Weeks | Jul 3, 2024 | Featured Articles
Taste is existential. For example, if your tastes include Christianity, homesteading, homeschooling, firearms and dining at Cracker Barrel, the “decent and loyal people of America” will fully support the federal government burning your house down with you and your...
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Tom Woods Speech: “The Ron Paulian Roots of MAGA (and What It Still Has to Learn)”
Institute senior fellow Tom Woods' speech at the recent Ron Paul Institute event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-02TxeEEULQ
Vindication
Tom Woods interviews his old Harvard professor Vladimir Brovkin about US-Russia relations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRyRx8fA4yE
Thank You George Foreman
“Don’t do it son,” big George Foreman said as he shielded his commentary partners, Larry Merchant and Jim Lampley from violent rioters. The conclusion of the first Andrew Golota vs Riddick Bowe fight had ended in controversy which led to brawls and a ringside riot. It...
The Next Aircraft Debacle: The F47!
The Pentagon did not get the memo on the death of manned combat aircraft in the 21st century. Is the 47 designation the year the first aircraft may be aloft? Don't believe any promises on price or schedule much less efficacy. They will not deliver. China’s two...
Chasing Ghosts w/Bill Buppert
Bill Buppert of Chasing Ghosts joined me to discuss the modern warfare of politics. ALP
Propaganda and the State
Nicknamed “the father of public relations,” Edward Bernays (1891–1995) was a pioneer in the fields of propaganda and PR; this book is a great insight into the man behind the curtain. “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of...
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