My dear old friend Jeff Riggenbach died today. Jeff was a brilliant writer who penned two pieces on Randolph Bourne, the namesake of Antiwar.com’s parent foundation, The Randolph Bourne Institute. The Brilliance of Randolph Bourne Randolph Bourne Biography As a...
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News Roundup 1/4/20
US News A UK judge denies the US extradition request of Julian Assange. [Link] The Department of Health and Human Services announces it will not charge distilleries $14,000 fee for producing hand sanitizer. [Link] Illinois expunges half a million marijuana arrest...
Caitlin Long: What Do Wyoming’s 13 New Blockchain Laws Mean
Wyoming is leading the country in creating an innovative blockchain legal framework. Caitlin Long (follow her on twitter) has been a leader in this effort but not the only one - this year Cynthia Lummis was elected to the senate from Wyoming. She is a strong advocate...
Protection or Pain Treatment: Choosing Between Your Gun and Medical Marijuana
The federal government currently criminalizes those who legally use medical marijuana and own firearms.
News Roundup 12/9/20
US News Congressman Matt Gaetz warns Republicans against opposing marijuana legalization. [Link] Biden's choice for Health and Human Services Secretary is Xavier Becerra. As California's AG Becerra pushed gun regulations, enforced marijuana laws, attempted to add...
Beware the ‘Nurse Ratched’ State
Advocates of minimal government have often warned against “The Nanny State,” which rears its ugly head whenever bureaucrats try to tell people what they should do and how they should live. There is a sense in which all governments do that, through the very enactment...
Existentialism, Libertarianism, and the NAP
I self-identify only as myself but have long been sympathetic with both libertarianism and existentialism. Having dealt throughout 2020 with an array of restrictions on my liberty imposed by local authorities everywhere I have been (Europe, the UK, and now in the US),...
News Roundup 11/10/20
US News Joe Biden plans to spend $11 trillion over ten years. [Link] A new poll shows 68% of Americans want to legalize marijuana. [Link] Trump fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. [Link] South Korea expects the US to pay more of the cost of deploying troops to...
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