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SCOTUS: Patent Trolls’ Loss is a Win for Honest Commerce

by Thomas L. Knapp | May 29, 2017 | Blog

On May 22, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously — and correctly — on a fairly obscure case that nonetheless has huge implications in an area where millions or even billions of dollars are frequently at stake. In TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods Group Brands, the Court...

Thou Shalt Not Commit Acts of Unlicensed Charity

by Will Grigg | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog

In keeping with the unofficial but universally enforced government mandate to obstruct human progress and cultivate misery, the Arizona State Government’s Board of Cosmetology is investigating a complaint against a cosmetology student from Tucson who has been giving...

How Unions Used Licensing to Crush Ethnic Barbershops

by Ryan McMaken | Dec 22, 2016 | Featured Articles, Justice

For far too long, historians who wrote on inter-racial and inter-ethnic relations focused almost exclusively on the victimization of various groups while ignoring the entrepreneurship and mutual aid that took place within those same ethnic groups. Fortunately, the...

Government Licensing or Private Certification?

by Laurence Vance | Nov 25, 2016 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism

Everyone understands the need for children to obtain permission from their parents before undertaking certain activities: sleeping over at a friend’s house, viewing a particular movie, going on a field trip, participating in some sport, attending a particular party,...

Occupational Licensing and Inequality

by David D'Amato | Oct 26, 2016 | Economics, Featured Articles

Victimless-Crime Laws Breed Police Violence

by Sheldon Richman | Jul 11, 2016 | Featured Articles, Justice, Sheldon Richman

As long as the police are charged with detecting and stopping consensual transactions -- concerning, for example, drugs, guns, gambling, sex, and untaxed cigarettes and CDs -- tension and violence will continue. Abolishing victimless-crime laws won't end institutional...

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A Soho Forum discussion of COVID with Tom Woods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKzl5CngE5Q Check out Tom's great book, Diary of a Psychosis.

US Abrams Tanks Withdrawn from Fighting in Ukraine

Five four million dollar tanks up in smoke. They'll make every excuse they wish but the days of manned tanks are over. Ukraine has lost five Abrams tanks in recent months, The New York Times reported this month, citing an unnamed senior US official. At least three...

The Aircraft Carrier is the Crossbow and Chariot of the Modern Age

The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...