Dear Supporters of the Libertarian Institute, Happy New Year! First of all, Thank you very much for your past support of the Institute from me and Sheldon Richman. We have been so pleased at the reception our project has received and the prospects for the Libertarian...
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11/30/18 Sheldon Richman on Immigration and the Drug War
by Scott Horton | Dec 2, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman talks about the latest with the migrant caravan and President Trump's reaction to it. He points out how odd it is for Trump supporters to justify all the bad things he does by saying "Obama did it too". Wouldn't that mean they should either love Obama...
News Roundup 11/27/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 27, 2018 | News Roundup
Police shoot and kill an innocent man while responding to a shooting at a mall. Initial reports of the shooting claimed the innocent man was the criminal. [Link] A Missouri woman was sentenced to 20 days in prison for speeding. [Link] Sheldon Richman argues Trump is...
11/16/18 Sheldon Richman on the Smear Campaign Against Pro-Palestine Groups
by Scott Horton | Nov 19, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman talks about his latest article for the Libertarian Institute, in which he spotlights a new documentary exposing the smear efforts of various pro-Israel groups against anyone standing up for the rights of Palestinians, particularly on American college...
11/9/18 Sheldon Richman on Voting
by Scott Horton | Nov 10, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman shares his election day experience, one where he got to choose exactly the outcome he wanted and take home real products afterward—namely, he went to the grocery store. Richman contrasts the voting of the marketplace that we do every day with our...
10/12/18 Sheldon Richman on Israel-Palestine Negotiations
by Scott Horton | Oct 13, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman returns to the show to talk about his latest TGIF article, "Trump’s Middle East Delusions Persist." He and Scott discuss the state of negotiations between Israel and Palestine and what can be done to make Americans see the truth of Israel's many abuses...
9/28/18 Sheldon Richman on Benedict de Spinoza
by Scott Horton | Oct 1, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman discusses an unusual topic for the show: the life and philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. Richman's latest installment of TGIF looks at Spinoza's thought and encourages us to apply his teachings to today's politics. Discussed on the show: "TGIF: Spinoza – A...
9/12/18 Sheldon Richman on If We’re Sure It Can’t Happen Here
by Scott Horton | Sep 20, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman is interviewed for his new article for the Libertarian Institute, "TGIF: Are We Sure It Can't Happen Here". Richman discusses the abuses of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union and the parallels that are breaking in our society today. Sheldon Richman is...
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Economics Is about Individual Choice
"The light which the economic theorist can throw on an economic process, or on the outcome of such a process, is viewed as deriving from his ability to relate back the process to the individual acts of choice of which the process is made up. Through the theorist’s...
New WarNotes Podcast Episode is Live Monday 16 December 2024
Ep 005 "Fixing Fight Club: 21st Century Nuclear Renaissance" In this episode, a complete reassessment of American nuclear weapons has to be done. In the future near-peer and peer fight, nuclear weapons will be an option in the 21st century and no one can predict how...
How Far We’ve Come
"The conditions under which modern man of the capitalist West must act are different from those under which his primitive ancestors lived and acted. As a result of the providential care of our forebears we have at our disposal an ample stock of intermediate products...
The Vulnerable Capitalist
"Popular literature attributes enormous 'power' to the capitalist and considers his owning a mass of capital goods as of enormous significance, giving him a great advantage over other people in the economy. We see, however, that this is far from the case; indeed, the...
Winter is Coming to an American City Near You
It is much worse than Shawn Ryan thinks per his reactions during the interview. Sarah Adams discusses a forecast of an attack on the US from 1:12:00 to 1:25:00. There will be far more than 1k fighters (think train the trainer) because the aQ et al planners will...
Ruminations on War in the 21st Century
Agreed, Armchair Warlord nails the paper tiger posing as the US military. My additions: There is no Auftragstaktik in the modern western militaries despite their "embrace" of Mission Command. Carriers are the crossbow and chariot of the 21st century. A tremendous...