Have you ever heard of such madness in your life?: Judge Upholds Pseudonymity of Cincinnati Police Officer Who Is Suing His Critics for Libel I wrote about the case (in which news outlets, the defendants, and I are opposing pseudonymity) a few weeks ago here....
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News Roundup 9/16/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 16, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The mayor of Louisville announces the taxpayers of his city will pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor. So far, the police officers who murdered Taylor have not been charged. [Link] Trump says he will sell advanced weapons to states that normalize...
9/11/20 Ford Fischer on the Unified Activism the Media Doesn’t Want You to See
by Scott Horton | Sep 15, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Journalist Ford Fischer discusses his coverage of the various armed factions taking to the streets in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, and amid broader calls for police reform. The mainstream media typically paints a black-and-white narrative: on one side are...
CENTCOM Commander: No Evidence For Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops
by Dave DeCamp | Sep 15, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Months after The New York Times reported that Russia secretly offered bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops in Afghanistan, a top US commander says a detailed review of all available intelligence found no corroboration of the story. Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander...
Holy Crap. This Story Better Be Wrong.
by Scott Horton | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog
‘Like an Experimental Concentration Camp’: Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Mass Hysterectomies at ICE Detention Center Several legal advocacy groups on Monday filed a whistleblower complaint on behalf of a nurse at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
The Police Are Not Going to Be There For You
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog
The person who trusts the police to protect them is the person who has never had to rely on the police for protection. They're historians. They show up after the fact to take your statement. I've seen people on gun forums say in one moment to get a gun and learn how...
Prosecutors: The Worst Criminals in Our Society
by Scott Horton | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog
From the Center on Wrongful Convictions (Imagine for a moment that this was about your mom or sister or wife): We are writing with the wonderful news that we have come to the end of the long road towards the exoneration of Ernestine “Tina” Jimerson, the first case...
‘The fact is, we don’t have to be in the Middle East, other than we want to protect Israel.’ –President Donald Trump
by Scott Horton | Sep 13, 2020 | Blog
"We will remain energy independent. It should be for many many years to come. The fact is, we don’t have to be in the Middle East, other than we want to protect Israel. We’ve been very good to Israel. Other than that, we don’t have to be in the Middle East," the...
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The Secret to Seeing Through “News” Propaganda!
https://youtu.be/dfw0wVP1m_E Excerpt from Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy by Michael Huemer, Ph.D. Credulity Humans are born credulous – we instinctively believe what people tell us, even with no corroboration. We are...
Putting Massive Unnecessary Obligations on Strangers Does Not Make You a Good Person
The true humanitarian rejoices when the people he helps feel ready to assert their independence and to strike out on their own; for isn’t this independence essential to being truly human? - Dr. Murray N. Rothbard, Left and Right, pp. 307–08 Government is the...
Walter Grinder, 1938-2022
I note with great sadness the passing of my friend and former colleague Walter Grinder on Dec. 4. He was 84. Walter may be the most important libertarian that most libertarians have never heard of. Although he made important contributions to the literature of liberty...
Kyle Kulinski Doesn’t Understand Slavery
UBI = Slavery. Social Security = Slavery. Universal Healthcare = Slavery. Wage Slavery = FREEDOM. - Kyle Kulinski (@seculartalk) If "wage slavery" is in fact slavery, Kulinski and the like must advocate abolishing College since it requires thousands of hours of work...
Hi, folks. Tom Woods here.
Listeners of “The Tom Woods” show know I celebrated my 2000th episode last year with a live event in Orlando, Florida. My special surprise guest was the one and only Libertarian Institute Director Scott Horton. Scott entertained my audience with some original comedy,...
Patriots Cannot Be Nationalists
I think George Orwell has explained this very well: “By 'nationalism' I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions and tens of millions of people can be confidently labeled 'good' or...
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