How about we do something novel in the new year? Let's stop worrying about the stuff most politicians, pundits, and activists want us to worry about and instead think about ourselves, our families, our friends, and whatever communities we choose to be part of. Let's...
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The Human Under the Numbers
by Kym Robinson | Dec 30, 2021 | Featured Articles
The story of Anne Frank is tragic. If not for the words that she wrote in her diary, she would be a digit of history. Her diary is relatable, and the thoughts that collected inside her being during a horrible time in history gives the reader an idea of who she was....
Vaccines, Autonomy, and Mandates: A Libertarian Analysis
by David D'Amato | Dec 30, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Prefatory Note Given the subject matter discussed below, I believe it prudent to state at the outset that I am not at all opposed to vaccinations themselves: indeed, I have received a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as all other normal-course vaccinations recommended for...
For One Day, Protestors Stopped the War Machine
by Jim Bovard | Dec 27, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
I’ve attended most of the major antiwar protests in Washington since 9/11. At a 2005 protest, a cop tried to whack me on the head with a wooden pole. At a 2007 protest, I snapped a picture showing George W. Bush hanging next to the U.S. Capitol. But my favorite...
Austin’s Mayor…
by Arlo Pignotti | Feb 17, 2021 | Blog
...telling us to conserve energy, sitting in front of his painting with special accent lighting and thermostat turned up so high he doesn't need a sweater.
Episode 500: How Trump Can ‘Legally’ Win And Destroy the Left Forever w/ Curtis Yarvin
by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 19, 2020 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
101 Minutes Strong Language Curtis Yarvin is a prolific writer who used to blog under the name Mencius Moldbug. He is famous for coining the phrase and the concept of "The Cathedral." Curtis recently released an article on his Substack entitled, "Reflections on the...
Cops Frame Dozens of Innocent People With Fake Heroin
by Scott Horton | Sep 11, 2020 | Blog
In Raleigh, NC. Oh well though that's just "collateral damage" in the great drug war right folks? Like my friend's sister who they killed with an "experimental" new pain killer since her doctors were afraid of what the federal cops might do if they found out he was...
As Much As They Might Want To, They Just Can’t Steal Their Way To Paradise
by Steven Woskow | Jul 20, 2020 | Blog
Jeff Snider at Real Clear Markets makes the case for capitalism Capitalism sure is messy, unpredictable, and, most of all, lumpy. It doesn’t go in a straight line, can cause tremendous stress and pain, and there are times when it gets caught up, for prolonged periods,...
Judge: Cops and DAs Can Break Any Law They Feel Like, What Are You Gonna Do About It? That’s What I Thought.
by Scott Horton | Apr 9, 2020 | Blog
There is no such thing as the "rule of law." There are just corrupt men like the low-life scumbag in a black dress who goes by the name of Alan Albright, though you are to address him as "Your Honor," on pain of imprisonment.
Collateral
by Kym Robinson | Jan 23, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The dirt crunched hard as the blade of the shovel pushed deeper, a boot kicked the metal head further into the Earth. Lifting the weight of rock and clumped dirt from the ground, he threw it to the side and repeated the action. The pain of the labor did not deter him,...
Torture: Infliction Of Severe Physical Pain As A Means Of Punishment Or Coercion
by Steven Woskow | Dec 9, 2019 | Blog
"MORALITY is doing what is RIGHT regardless of what you're told CONFORMITY is doing what you're told regardless of what is right!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv0oCQMyzT8&feature=youtu.be
Ocasio-Cortez: Abolish Homeland Security; GOPs Wail in Pain
by Scott Horton | Jul 12, 2019 | Blog
The lady with all the names finally says something reasonable, so the conservatives -- led by the vile and disgusting Liz Cheney -- denounce her as treasonous. Hell.
‘It’s Pain Compliance’
by Scott Horton | May 30, 2019 | Blog
Parents send their child to government school. Chaos ensues. Jeez, Honey, I don't know. The Gestapo sure has murdered a lot of people this year. But they're still the best game in town when it comes to teaching our kids how to read. Who else is going to do it, us?...
The Law of Unintended Consequences Strikes Again
by Jeffrey A. Singer | Aug 27, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics
Late last week UPI news ran a report by E.J. Mundell with the headline, “Government efforts to curb opioid prescriptions might have backfired.” It cites two separate studies published online in JAMA Surgery on August 22 that examined two different restrictive opioid...
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Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
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