In August 2020, an FBI undercover agent code-named “Red” unsuccessfully tried to foment a plot to assassinate Colorado’s attorney general. The next month, an FBI undercover agent with the same code-name and physical description played a major role in the conspiracy to...
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TSA Still Molesting at Warp Speed
by Jim Bovard | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured Articles
I traveled to Hartford, Connecticut last week for a conference. It was the first time since the start of the pandemic that I had the pleasure of being pawed by TSA agents. Alas, since 2020, neither I nor the Transportation Security Administration have become...
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by Harley Abbott | Feb 21, 2023 |
1. Personal Information Collection 2. Payment Information 3. Email Marketing 4. Mailing Addresses 5. Information Sharing 6. Cookies and Tracking 7. Children’s Privacy 8. Data Security 9. Changes to this Privacy Policy We understand how important your privacy is, and...
Down With Content Moderation!
by Jeffrey Wernick | Nov 15, 2022 | Featured Articles
Back when I was involved with Parler, I wrote an article about FaceBook and it’s then-newly anointed Oversight Board. A more apt name might have been Tourqemada, condemning people to a digital inquisition. Free speech frauds did not condemn the concept of this board,...
No Free Speech. No Privacy.
by Jeffrey Wernick | Nov 7, 2022 | Blog
Let’s keep things simple and clear. There are no free speech platforms on Apple or Google. Apple rules. Google rules. Their rules do not permit free speech. PERIOD! Additionally, Apple and Google are surveillance platforms that require “social media” apps to do...
Corporations Pull Twitter Ads After Promoted Tweets Appeared Near Child Porn Requests
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 28, 2022 | News
An investigation conducted by the cybersecurity group Ghost Data found that advertisements from well-known companies appeared on Twitter accounts that promote child pornography. Several corporations have removed their ads from the social networking site in response. Ghost Data identified hundreds of accounts sharing underage pornographic content which Twitter did not remove.
Russia Announces Citizenship for Whistleblower Edward Snowden
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 26, 2022 | News
Heroic whistleblower Edward Snowden was granted Russian citizenship on Monday. Snowden leaked a massive cache of documents from the National Security Agency proving mass surveillance of American citizens existed.
An Invisible Enemy Turned Inward
by Clint Russell | Sep 23, 2022 | Featured Articles
Originally written in 2021, this article was later published in The Voluntaryist Handbook With rare exception, war has been fought by the poor and powerless on behalf of the wealthy and powerful. No war in my lifetime has broken this pattern. Young men go overseas...
White House Approves Over $1 Billion in Military Aid to Egypt Despite Human Rights Abuses
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Sep 15, 2022 | News
The White House on Wednesday announced it would send over $1 billion in security assistance to Egypt. The Joe Biden administration approved the aid as several top Democratic lawmakers pushed to reduce security assistance for Egypt by $300 million. While Egyptian...
Saudis Use Orwellian App to Identify Dissidents, Imprisoning Some for Decades
by Connor Freeman and Will Porter | Sep 3, 2022 | News
Saudi Arabians are using a mobile app sold by both Apple and Google to snitch on their fellow citizens for dissenting against government authorities. As a result, activists and others are going to prison for more than 30 years in some cases, Business Insider reported on Friday.
Update: Arrest Warrant for Ray Epps Was Issued in 2016
by Ken Silva | Sep 1, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Ray Epps might not face charges for trespassing on Capitol Hill grounds and encouraging others to do the same, but he could be wanted for allegedly trespassing on someone’s property in Pennsylvania. The Libertarian Institute initially reported last month on a 2015...
UN Accuses China of ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ in Xinjiang
by Will Porter | Sep 1, 2022 | News
The United Nations’ human rights body has accused the Chinese government of major abuses against Muslim minorities in Xinjiang province, issuing a new report alleging arbitrary detentions, forced labor and even torture. Beijing immediately denied the charges.
Biden Says US Must ‘Lead the World’
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Jul 1, 2022 | News Roundup
President Joe Biden has declared that the United States is still at the pinnacle of global power and best suited to “lead the world,” despite the Supreme Court’s recent “destabilizing” ruling on abortion, soaring inflation and growing civil unrest.
Privacy and the Constitution
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 27, 2022 | Blog, Justice, Libertarianism
"[B]oth the [']liberals['] and the conservatives misunderstand privacy. The conservatives engage in a narrow and unnatural reading of the Constitution in order to avoid seeing what they do not wish to see, while the [']liberals['] find in the Constitution not...
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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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