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5/25/22 Mark Thornton on Paper Money, Housing Bubbles and Free Trade

by Scott Horton | May 31, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott is joined by Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, to discuss an article he wrote recently on the current housing bubble. They begin by discussing the damage that unbacked government-managed paper money does to the United...

Baby Formula: How Government Regulations Cause Shortages. Eric Boehm & Keith Knight

by Keith Knight | May 28, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone

https://youtu.be/lNYVQ14SHiM ...[I]mports of infant formula are subject to tariff-rate quotas of 17.5 percent after certain thresholds are met. As the name suggests, tariff-rate quotas are meant to be set high enough that they effectively block additional imports by...

Treason! Biden Admin. Provoking War w/ China, Russia, and Iran. (Weekly Roundtable)

by The Libertarian Institute | May 27, 2022 | Blog, Libertarian Institute Roundtable

Press Release: Survivors of Israel’s Strike on USS Liberty Commemorate 55th Year

by Hunter DeRensis | May 23, 2022 | Blog, Events

Survivors and of the brutal Israeli military attack against the American communications vessel U.S.S. Liberty will gather at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C. on June 8 to commemorate the memories of 34 Americans who were killed and host a 55 year reunion...

This Is Who Will Build the Roads

by Starte Butone | May 19, 2022 | Featured Articles

A common counter-argument to many libertarian principles goes something along the lines of, “Without the government, who will build to roads?" Almost everyone who has tried to debate libertarian ideology will encounter this argument at some point. In the minds of many...

Biden Reverses Course on Plans to Ship Long-Range Rockets to Ukraine

by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | May 19, 2022 | News Roundup

President Joe Biden is resisting demands from Kiev to supply long-range rocket launchers to the Ukrainian military, Politico reported, suggesting the White House is concerned the weapons could be used for strikes inside Russia.

Austria to Remain Neutral, FM Says

by Will Porter | May 17, 2022 | News Roundup

Austria’s top diplomat said his country would remain outside the NATO military bloc and keep its long-standing policy of neutrality after both Finland and Sweden applied to join the alliance.

PayPal Releases Funds Seized From Independent Media Orgs

by Will Porter | May 5, 2022 | News Roundup

PayPal has reversed course after freezing thousands of dollars belonging to alternative media outlets Consortium News and MintPress News, agreeing to return money to both sites after seizing it without explanation last week.

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Abdicating Responsibility: Education

I discuss how sending children to public school is abdication of responsibility and read the seven purposes of school from Dumbing us Down.

Orwell on Socialists

"The truth is that, to many people calling themselves Socialists, revolution does not mean a movement of the masses with which they hope to associate themselves; it means a set of reforms which ’we’, the clever ones, are going to impose upon ’them’, the Lower Orders."...

The Kyle Anzalone Show [GUEST] Larry Johnson – The US is Now in War Time Footing

What happens when slogans hit hard limits—terrain, production lines, and the law? We sit down with Larry Johnson, former CIA officer and counterterror veteran, to strip the varnish off three volatile fronts: Venezuela, Ukraine, and U.S. dealings with extremist...

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Reading Common Sense and looking at modern parallels.

The Kyle Anzalone Show: Zionist Are Turning Democrats into Communists and Pushing Republicans Further Right

The ground is moving under American politics, and the fault line runs straight through U.S. foreign policy. We unpack how the Israel–Gaza war turned into a domestic litmus test that hardens the left and the right while squeezing the center into brittle talking points....

Abolish the Corporation Tax and All Other Taxes on Investment

Corporate taxes and other taxes on investment constitute double and sometimes triple taxation. That's more unjust than taxation of labor or consumption. Businesses can't pay taxes; only people can. But who pays business taxes need bear no relation to whom the...