Tucked into the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is a provision that could mark another major federal government intrusion into state sovereignty. The provision, using vague language, says that states cannot leverage the federal funds to “offset” tax cuts...
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Understanding the Bend of History (Or Lack Thereof)
by Jim Bovard | Mar 23, 2021 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
The notion that Americans will always be free is part of the catechism that is force-fed to public school students. For hundreds of years, philosophers, politicians, and reformers have touted a law of history that assures the ultimate triumph of freedom. “Oppressed...
A Bill To Reject Unconstitutional Executive Orders Passes South Dakota House Committee
by Michael Maharrey | Feb 26, 2021 | Featured Articles
Today, a South Dakota House committee passed a bill that would create a mechanism to review presidential executive orders and end state cooperation with enforcement of certain orders determined to violate the U.S. Constitution. This process would set the stage to...
The Miseducation of Antony Blinken
by Kenny MacDonald | Jan 27, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On January 19th, the U.S. Senate held confirmation hearings for Joe Biden’s Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken. Blinken has a reputation on both sides of the aisle for being exceptionally qualified for the job of America’s top diplomat, which is surprising...
Is Texas Secession In the Cards?
by Tommy Salmons | Dec 30, 2020 | Featured Articles
On December 8, 2020 a previously unknown member of the Texas State Legislature, Kyle Biedermann, sent shockwaves through the liberty movement. He announced that he would file legislation that would allow a public vote on TEXIT, a move towards Texas seceding from the...
Caitlin Long: What Do Wyoming’s 13 New Blockchain Laws Mean
by Steven Woskow | Dec 28, 2020 | Blog
Wyoming is leading the country in creating an innovative blockchain legal framework. Caitlin Long (follow her on twitter) has been a leader in this effort but not the only one - this year Cynthia Lummis was elected to the senate from Wyoming. She is a strong advocate...
It’s Time To Cut the Philippines Loose
by Nickie Deahl | Dec 22, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte once again extended the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States after flip-flopping on the issue twice this year. The Trump Administration missed the chance to call Duterte’s bluff and end the one-sided agreement....
War, Peace, and the State
by Murray N. Rothbard | Dec 21, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
The libertarian movement has been chided by William F. Buckley, Jr., for failing to use its "strategic intelligence" in facing the major problems of our time. We have, indeed, been too often prone to "pursue our busy little seminars on whether or not to demunicipalize...
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The Public-School Chickens Come Home Again
In Mahmoud v. Taylor, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether parents of children in government schools have a constitutional right to opt out of programs that "expose" their kids to LGBTQ materials. Once again, the chickens have come home to roost. By that, I mean...
“I now saw, I saw. I was made blind before. I now saw.”
I was going over the notes that I had taken for this current book that I am writing, and I found a quote from a conversation with a lady. I shall spare the details of what the focused conversation was about but she said something really interesting, “I learned who my...
Russia is Now the Apex Military Predator
For those of you paying attention, the Institute has been far ahead of the curve in checking its bias and making a bloody and dispassionate appraisal of Russian fighting abilities. The Coprophile Media has been in the the bag for the Ukrainians and had a tough time...
Blue Collar Power Hour w/Kyle Matovcik & Typo
Kyle invited Typo and myself to join him for his 400th episode. Don’t forget ALP
The 250th Anniversary of the Colonial Divorce Proceedings
This is the semiquincentennial anniversary of the "shots heard 'round the world" at Lexington Green on 19 April 1775. Some call this civil war the Revolutionary War. It was a civil war because when the alert muster activated and Paul Revere and his fellow horsemen...
The Biden Junta and Domestic Terrorism
“Domestic terrorism” was used to justify the administration’s censorship agenda targeting its political and social opponents.The First and Second Amendments were targeted, of course. In secret. All fifteen pages of this document are an Orwellian nightmare. Then the...
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