The violent protest at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 has long been over, but the upcoming Biden administration’s response to it is likely to do greater violence to the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law than anything the worst of the protesters could have...
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How Small States Enable Wealth: A Historical Analysis
by Jeffrey Herbener | Jan 25, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
Deepak Lal, a prominent, pro-market, development economist wrote the following words in his 2004 book, In Praise of Empires: Empires have been natural throughout human history. Most people have lived in empires. Empires and the process of globalization associated with...

Panic in the Imperial City
by Kenny MacDonald | Jan 21, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Despite all the lip service about democracy, justice, human rights, freedom, equality and so forth—the entire Washington establishment exists for the sole purpose of perpetuating the empire. How do I know? Because the media response to the January 6th attack at the...

Why Statists Despise Trump
by Jacob Hornberger | Jan 18, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
In the words of Ronald Reagan, here we go again. The unbelievable hatred that Democrats, liberals, progressives, and the mainstream press have toward President Trump continues to consume them, with the latest manifestation being a second impeachment of President...
News Roundup 1/15/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 15, 2021 | News Roundup
US News A large GOP House caucus is against the waiver Gen. Lloyd Austin will need to become Secretary of Defense. The post is meant for a civilian, for a soldier to sit in the position they must get a waiver from Congress. [Link] Laura Poitras says she was fired from...
How the Farm Lobby Stifles the International Market
by James Talocka | Jan 12, 2021 | Featured Articles
Farmers from the major wheat- and rice-growing provinces of India have filed into the capital region to voice their displeasure with recent farm reforms. This comes as India’s government undermines longstanding privileges for farmers in a major transition toward free...
A Reader’s Guide to Liberalism
by José Niño | Jan 8, 2021 | Featured Articles
Has the definition of “liberal” changed over time? One of the more compelling debates in American intellectual circles concerns classical liberalism vs modern liberalism. In American parlance, the word liberal is used reflexively, often without much deep thought about...
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...
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Some Things Never Change
"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.” --John Philpot Curran, Irish statesman, 1790
Anti-War Blog – Remember
The 11th of November, specifically at 11AM is a sacred time that has taken on a religious observance among the victorious of World War One. A time to officially remember those who died in that war and the many others since, often with the observation of silence for a...
Rust-Bucket Life Extension for the Win
Ticonderoga Class Arleigh Burke Class It seems counterintuitive but keeping old ships commissioned is expensive. Expertise on the hulls ages out and retires, technology moves on and maintenance demands increase and don't decrease. These life extensions are random and...
Censorship Down Under
The Australian parliament pushes through a bill that will now control access to social media. Like most censorship and prohibition acts it is done under the guise of child protection, the fear mongering used has been constant. Children can be groomed, manipulated and...
Right Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription
The populist Sanders-left (which is actually broader because it includes Tucker Carlson and others called rightists) is partly correct and partly incorrect about what happened to the Democrats last Tuesday. They say correctly that the Democrats failed because they...
Bang for your Buck: Fraud, Waste and Abuse as a Lifestyle Choice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqJ0kg9xvLs I don't agree with everything he says and he gets technical details wrong like "...these destroyer class ships, probably doing the same thing the submarine does." No, but that's OK. One thing that is always missed here is...
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