16 rounds I fired, you say? Er uh well could be I guess. Sullum at Reason: Myles Cosgrove, a Louisville, Kentucky, detective who participated in the fruitless and legally dubious drug raid that killed Breonna Taylor last March, told investigators the incident unfolded...
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Breonna Taylor: The Stupid Cop May Have Shot Partner in the Leg
by Scott Horton | Sep 27, 2020 | Blog
Ballistics report doesn't support Kentucky AG's claim that Breonna Taylor's boyfriend shot cop A Kentucky State Police ballistics report does not support state Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s assertion that Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, shot a...
Jim Bovard in 1987: US Out of the Middle East
by Scott Horton | Aug 22, 2020 | Blog
in USA Today: If sailing our fleet into the Persian Gulf was stupid, keeping them there is positively idiotic. Just because we are a superpower does not mean that we must perpetuate our mistakes. Jumping into the middle of the Iran-Iraqi war is just one more example...
Asking People To Be Educated Is A Lost Cause
by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 21, 2020 | Blog
Whenever there’s a crime in which multiple people are murdered by an assailant with a handgun or rifle people get excited. If you’ve never noticed go back and read their post-tragedy Tweets. It's their time to talk about “gun control.” Guns are a subject that very few...
Tensions Rise As Armed Militias Hold Demonstrations In Louisville
by Steven Woskow | Jul 25, 2020 | Blog
Lots of guns - hopefully they stay focused on the reason they are all there - to protest on behalf of Breonna Taylor and to call to account those responsible for her death. Live Updates from The Courier Journal Here Also, live reporting via twitter...
Cops Kill Man
by Scott Horton | Jun 13, 2020 | Blog
This is what happens when you call the cops: Cops shoot man to death, claim he was trying to take one of their guns, an obvious lie.
Only Cops Should Have Guns
by Scott Horton | Jun 9, 2020 | Blog
How could anyone still believe that after all this? asks J. D. Tuccille.
The Compassion of Libertarianism. Dr. Mary J. Ruwart and Keith Knight.
by Keith Knight | May 25, 2020 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/NHZY17v4hlc ... my basic motivation for being a libertarian had never been economic but moral. ... While I was convinced that the free market was more efficient and would bring about a far more prosperous world than statism, my major concern was...
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Anti-War Blog – Little Boy
He walked nearly twelve kilometres, barefoot, hungry. Most children like him, if they are lucky eat a single meal every second or third day. When he arrived to where the wheat was being distributed, he smiled. He was happy. Grateful. He kissed the hand of the American...
Russiagate and Gaza w/Scott Horton
Scott holds court on Russiagate and Gaza.
Another Notch in the Spine
The following is the first draft of a short story for a collection I am working on. I hope you enjoy it. Cheers! --Patrick On the morning of my first kill, I woke up before Mom had come to get me. I gazed up at the concrete ceiling, where the night before, Dad helped...
Never Let Me Go
Recently Patrick Macfarlane, my fellow, fellow at this dear Institute discussed on his Vital Dissent podcast the Kazuo Ishiguro novel, Never Let Me Go. In his books Ishiguro frequently covers memories, relationships and the human condition. Never Let Me Go, is a...
RIP Ozzy
Kyle joins me to discuss what Ozzy means to modern music, and my trip to NOLA. ALP
Based on a true story…or not.
Based on a true story, allegedly. Or maybe not. (Warning, violent content) Fourteen years ago. Give or take. He read the text message, an address. He understood where it led. The previous nights conversation with two off duty cops had been as direct as the message. He...
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