Judge grants government proceeds from Edward Snowden’s book Snowden, who leaked details of surveillance programs, is charged with espionage but has remained exiled in Russia since 2013. A federal judge ruled that the government is entitled to any money he makes from...
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Betraying the Constitution
by John Whitehead | Dec 11, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
“It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government.”—Thomas Paine While Congress subjects the nation to its impeachment-flavored brand of bread-and-circus politics, our civil liberties continue to die a slow, painful death by a...
DHS to Tell States How to Implement REAL ID Requirements
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. | Dec 9, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is graciously willing to instruct states on how to implement plans to enforce the REAL ID statute requirements that go into force on October 2020. One of the suggestions being offered to states is the creation of online...
Death and Taxes? How About Life and Liberty? Join us as we build a better Institute.
by Scott Horton | Dec 5, 2019 | Scott Horton
On a shoestring budget since our founding in 2016, we have done our best to hold the line on libertarian principle while prioritizing the fight against the government’s worst depredations first. In 2017 we published our director Scott Horton’s acclaimed book Fool’s...
Betraying the Constitution: Who Will Protect Us from an Unpatriotic Patriot Act?
by John Whitehead | Dec 4, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
While Congress subjects the nation to its impeachment-flavored brand of bread-and-circus politics, our civil liberties continue to die a slow, painful death by a thousand cuts. Case in point: while Americans have been fixated on the carefully orchestrated impeachment...
11/22/19 Michael Boldin on the PATRIOT Act
by Scott Horton | Nov 25, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Michael Boldin describes the appalling state of an American government that has strayed so far from its founding principles as codified by the constitution. Today the federal government wields so much power over every aspect of our lives that the only rational choice...
OK Boomer, It’s Not Important to Respect (All) Your Elders
by Ryan McMaken | Nov 25, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Now that I've reached the ripe old of age of 42, I've been married for twenty years, and I've partially raised four children. The older I get, the more I realize how very wrong I was to ever think that a disproportionate number of people older than me possessed some...
11/22/19 Peter Van Buren on the Lasting Damage of Russiagate
by Scott Horton | Nov 22, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Peter Van Buren rehashes some of the details behind the surveillance of the Trump campaign through FISA warrants on Carter Page and George Papadopoulos, which originally opened up the "Russiagate" investigation into Trump. Now the same anti-Trump plot has expanded...
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The US Submarine Force is Sunk
When you look at the larger disaster of American arms and readiness, all the services are in the hazard of being mission ineffective. The US Navy surface fleet has been an unmitigated building debacle with the Little Crappy Ships, Zumwalt class and the USS Ford...
Israeli Govt. Thugs Attack Associated Press
Israel is not a Western democracy. It's a typical oriental despotism that does not share our values. Supporting them is against America's national interests.
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The Conscientious Objector As Hero
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor granted in the US armed forces. Out of the 41 million who have served in the U.S. military, the Medal has been presented to only 3,517 service members (618 awarded posthumously) who went above and beyond the call of...
The Pentagon Follies Continue
The most expensive paper tiger in Earth's history. The F35 continues to bleed out the treasury for no return. The House Armed Services Committee draft version of the bill, released today, also includes $33.8 billion in defense spending at other federal agencies such...
ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan is seeking arrest warrants against two Israeli leaders, including Netanyahu, and three Hamas officials.
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