Ben Freeman talks about President Trump's friendship with Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson and what it means for the military-industrial complex. Trump likes to boast about keeping businesses—particularly those related to military industries—open and hiring in the...
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Cop Nation
by Steven Woskow | Aug 8, 2019 | Blog
The government plan to turn us all into snitches. Whistleblowers help government collect billions in unpaid taxes WASHINGTON — Whistleblowers who helped the federal government collect $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes last year reaped a record $312 million in reward money...

Ethical Consistency, Does It Really Matter?
by Jared Nordin | Aug 6, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
We see or hear it all the time. Whether we're on social media or having a conversation with a friend or family member, you may hear something like this, your redneck coworker may say, "We just need to turn the middle east into a sheet of glass!" Meanwhile, your...

Open Borders Are Compatible With a Welfare State
by Jacob Hornberger | Aug 6, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
For some time now, there has been a conservative faction within the libertarian movement that has advocated that libertarians abandon their position in favor of open borders and instead join up with conservatives and progressives in support of government-controlled...
The Myth of the “Fair Share” of Taxes
by Bradley Thomas | Jul 27, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
There is seldom a shortage of politicians and pundits calling for more people to pay their “fair share” of taxes. But how is one to determine what everybody’s fair share should be? The blunt answer is that there is no non-arbitrary way to determine a “fair” amount of...
The Sons of Liberty Flag: How a Group of American Patriots Led the Colonies to Rebellion
by Sam Jacobs | Jul 2, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
The origins of the Sons of Liberty flag go back to 1765, when a secretive group of patriots known as “the Loyal Nine” was formed – the group behind the original Boston Tea Party. The flag was then known as “the Rebellious Stripes” and it was banned by the British...
End All State Support to Colleges and Universities
by Jacob Hornberger | Jun 17, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
While Democratic Party presidential candidates are stumbling over themselves in offering people free college tuition and other political candy in the hope of buying their votes, I’ve got a better idea. Let’s end all state support of colleges and universities entirely....
Why State Propaganda is Far Worse Than Corporate Advertising
by Bradley Thomas | Jun 6, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
One of the key criticisms leveled at a free enterprise capitalist system is that the desire for material goods is an unnatural by-product of corporate power. Indeed, as argued by post-Keynesian economist and social critic John Kenneth Galbraith, in his popular 1958...
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Reinventing the Economy w/Mike Maharrey
Mike Maharrey is back, and we discuss the Trump Administration’s plans for economic stability. Alp
Finland Pokes the Bear
President Stubb in Finland wants to expand the armed forces in Finland. Take a look at Finland on a map. Largest contiguous border with Russia in Europe. A population of 5.6 million. 5.6 million in one of the largest countries in Europe. The international border...
Carrier Follies Continue Apace
The military press seems to be coming around to the conclusion that has been floated here at the Institute for quite some time. The aircraft carrier has seen its time and it is time to retire the tired and anachronistic technology. Poor concepts, design and planning;...
Child Effigies
There was a time when Rebecca Black and her song, ‘Friday’ was a meme. It was popular for millions of people to tease, torment, stalk and threaten the life of a thirteen year old girl because of a music video, the digital mob was hungry for another child effigy to...
The Abduction of Mahmoud Khalil
The Trump administration's abduction and threatened deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a 30-year-old green-card holder and permanent legal resident of the United States, is horrifying not just for him and his pregnant wife, a U.S. citizen, but as a sign of things to come....
Roast in Hell Karl Marx
On this day when Karl Marx became a good communist.
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