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News Roundup 10/25/17

by | Oct 25, 2017 |

In Honolulu, you can be fined for looking at your phone while crossing the street. [Link] Senator Jeff Flake announces he will not seek reelection. [Link] An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was sentenced to seven years in prison for taking bribes and sex...

News Roundup 10/10/17

by | Oct 10, 2017 |

Kelley Vlahos discusses a new documentary about burn pits from the Iraq War. [Link] The Russiagate saga continues to produce stories that lack evidence. [Link] Russia warns that there will be negative consequences if the US leaves the Iran nuclear deal. [Link] The US...

News Roundup 9/14/17

by | Sep 14, 2017 |

The Department of Justice announced it would not prosecute six police officers involved in the death of Freddy Gray. [Link] The US army has moved two tank brigades to northern Poland. The US says it is responding to concerns about Russia war games. [Link] Defense...

News Roundup 9/5/17

by | Sep 5, 2017 |

A judge has sentenced a woman who is the victim of child sex trafficking to nearly six years in jail. The woman pressured her friend to join the child sex network she was involved in. She was 15, and under the control of an abusive pimp at the time she...

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More on Immigration and Public Property

Inspired by scholar Simon Guenzl, it occurred to me that regarding "state-claimed" so-called public property, people have been wronged not primarily as taxpayers but as potential homesteaders. (See Guenzl's "Public Property and the Libertarian Immigration...

The F35: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

“Soon after publication ‘Superiority’ was inserted into the Engineering curriculum of MIT, to warn the graduates that the Better is often the enemy of the Good, and the Best can be the enemy of both, as it is always too late.” - Arthur C. Clarke Superiority by Arthur...

Thomas Szasz: Champion of Freedom

Today is the 104th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Szasz (1920-2012), the great if unappreciated libertarian and defender of individual autonomy and dignity. A psychiatrist by profession, for over 50 years, Szasz was the foremost critic of the social-control system...

Iran Attack Liveblog (PHOTOS/VIDEOS)

My live coverage of Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel Saturday night, as it happened. Obviously much of this information has either been confirmed, disproven or become obsolete by now, but the thread is full of interesting details that didn't make it into my...

The Dogs of War are in Heat

The dogs of war are always in heat. They bark, they gnaw, they kill and breed. Civilisation a chimera, chewing through bones, tearing at flesh, the killers are never in defeat. No matter how well behaved they act, whatever laws claim to be their collar and what kennel...

Iranian-Americans Weigh in On Tehran’s Attack on Israel

National Iranian American Council (NIAC) president Jamal Abdi has commented on Tehran's major drone and missile attack on Israel on Saturday night. NIAC has worked to improve US-Iran relations and spent years pushing for increased diplomacy. We are deeply concerned...

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Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty

Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty

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Americans today have “freedom” to be fleeced, groped, injected, harassed, surveilled, vilified, disarmed, beaten, detained, and maybe shot by federal agents. From hapless homeowners hit by SWAT raids to pandemic lockdowns pointlessly paralyzing lives, government...

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