Qualified immunity says some people should be held to a lower legal standard than everyone else under Anglo-American common law, mostly government officials in their formal duties—but also stock holders for decisions made by their companies. The idea behind it is that...
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US Conducting More Patrols in Persian Gulf
by Kyle Anzalone | May 23, 2023 | News
The US Defense Department is sending its warships through the Strait of Hormuz at an increased pace. The operations are a reaction to rising tensions with Iran.
Cop Arrested for Kidnapping and Handcuffing Innocent Man So His Brother Could Torture Him
by Matt Agorist | May 17, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Highlighting the pervasive issue of police abuse, a North County Police Cooperative (NCPC) officer in St. Louis County, recently found himself on the receiving end of criminal charges. The charges came after a shocking revelation—this officer allegedly allowed his own...
WATCH: Cop Kills Fleeing 17 Year Old (No Charges Filed)
by Matt Agorist | Apr 27, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
A blatant example of excessive force has come to light as new video evidence reveals that Greensboro police officer Cpl. Matthew Sletten fatally shot unarmed 17-year-old Nasanto Crenshaw on August 21, 2022. The video clearly shows that the teen was attempting to flee...
WATCH: One Cop Holds Person Down, the Other Bashes Their Face In
by Matt Agorist | Apr 13, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In a sickening display of police brutality, reminiscent of countless incidents we've exposed before, a Flint police officer was caught on camera mercilessly assaulting a handcuffed man. What should have been a routine arrest will now cost Flint taxpayers dearly all...
Daytona Cop Sentenced to 25 Years After Organizing Child Pornography Ring
by Matt Agorist | Mar 20, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In March 2022, the Daytona Beach Police Department’s Advanced Technology and Cybercrime (ATAC) unit launched an investigation after receiving a tip about a child porn distribution ring that was being run on a social media app. After doing some digging, Daytona cops...
3/3/23 Richard Booth: Honest OKC Bombing Coverage Finally Goes Mainstream
by Scott Horton | Mar 8, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Richard Booth joins Scott to talk about the surprisingly good CNN article on Oklahoma City cop Terry Yeakey. Scott and Booth give an overview of Yeakey’s story and praise CNN for publishing such a fair piece about him. They then embark on a broader...
Cop Arrested After Beating Innocent Man for Not Using Sidewalk
by Matt Agorist | Mar 8, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Walking across the street in a manner not fit for the police state can often end in serious injury or death—not necessarily because of a car running you over. Unfortunately, this country's enforcement of jaywalking laws has gone to the extreme, and a new video of a...
WATCH: 14 Year Old Girl Held at Gunpoint Over Seatbelt Violation
by Matt Agorist | Feb 27, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In the land of the free, if law enforcement witnesses you driving your personally owned vehicle with dark window tint or without your seatbelt on, they will pull you over and issue a citation, otherwise known as extortion. If you refuse to acknowledge this extortion...
The Government’s War on Consumption Is a War Against Liberty
by Laurence Vance | Feb 22, 2023 | Featured Articles
Although Americans believe that they live in a free country — some would even say the freest country on earth — that freedom is limited and relative. The Cato Institute’s Human Freedom Index “presents the state of human freedom in the world based on a broad measure...
How Ron Paul Gets Liberty Right
by Lew Rockwell | Feb 20, 2023 | Featured Articles
The great Dr. Ron Paul has been right about all the major issues that confront the world today. He is right about the Fed, the Ukraine war, the FBI, and so much else. How has he managed to do that? What has given him wisdom unique on the political scene today? The...
Bipartisan Lawmakers Seek to Stop Billion-Dollar Arms Sale to Nigeria
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 16, 2023 | News
Two Representatives are demanding the White House rescind a $1 billion arms sale to Nigeria. The demand was issued after reports of horrific abuses by the Nigerian military. In April, the Joe Biden administration approved the sale of attack helicopters to Nigeria for...
Man Naps in a Car Parked In His Grandmother’s Driveway, So Cops Shoot Him
by Matt Agorist | Feb 9, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
On New Year's Eve, Anthony Maclin, 24, was asleep in his car in his grandmother's driveway. He had committed no crime, was not suspected of a crime, and harmed no one. However, none of this was a defense against three police officers surrounding his car, firing for...
A Genuine Check and Balance: Privatize Law and Order
by Michael Huemer | Feb 4, 2023 | Featured Articles
This article has been reprinted with permission from Fake Noûs, the official Substack of Michael Huemer. Here, I explain the anarcho-capitalist solution to the basic social problem (from fakenous): Recap from two previous posts: - The basic problem of human...
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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