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Prostitution and a Free Society

by Laurence M. Vance November 26, 2024

Libertarianism is based on the timeless principles of individual liberty, commercial freedom, property rights, and a government strictly limited to the protection of these things. Therefore, libertarianism neither shies away from hard topics nor has to adjust its principles to remain relevant or keep up with the times. Consequently, libertarianism is viewed by some as a radical philosophy both ...

The New Deal as the Great Reset, Part 1

by Robert E. Wright November 25, 2024

A conservative opinion outlet recently ran an op-ed entitled “Conserving the New Deal,” which asserted that President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s policies were “great,” as in something good that conservatives should emulate. The New Deal was indeed “great,” but in the same sense as the Great War and the Great Depression were — a big costly and destructive mess. In fact, ...

The Deep State Wants to Terminate the Constitution

by John W. Whitehead November 22, 2024

“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary.”—Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale This is how it begins. This is how it always begins, justified in the name of national security. Mass roundups. Raids. Indefinite detentions in concentration camps. Martial law. The erosion of habeas corpus protections. The suspension of the Constitution, at least for select segments of the ...

The Biggest Mistake America Has Ever Made

by Jacob G. Hornberger November 20, 2024

The biggest mistake America has ever made since the nation’s founding was the conversion of the federal government from a limited-government republic to a national-security state. If the American people are ever going to achieve a genuinely free society, a necessary prerequisite is the dismantling of the national-security establishment and the restoration of America’s founding governmental system of a ...

Protectionism Is More Idiotic Than It Looks

by James Bovard November 19, 2024

Donald Trump’s re-election assures that protectionism will become even more fashionable inside the Beltway. Trump recently declared that tariff is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary,” and the exaltation of trade barriers has become the latest political mania. Washington hustlers are loudly promising to enrich the nation by selectively blockading American ports. Unfortunately, the Trump team and the ...

A Dictatorship Disguised as Democracy

by John W. Whitehead November 18, 2024

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”—James Madison Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Unadulterated power in any branch of government is a menace to freedom, but concentrated power across all ...

We Still Need Marijuana Freedom

by Laurence M. Vance November 15, 2024

Although all eyes during the recent election were primarily on the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and secondarily on the contests between the blue team and the red team for control of the U.S. House and Senate, ballots in many states also contained candidates for state and local offices and referendums. More than 140 ballot measures appeared on ...

An Immigration Conversation with a Conservative

by Richard M. Ebeling November 12, 2024

Donald Trump’s reelection as president of the United States has been partly identified with his promise to “close the border” to illegal immigration and the threat of a mass deportation of millions of those who have been living in America, sometimes for almost a lifetime. If this threat is carried out, it would be one of the largest forced ...

The Deep State’s Plot to Destabilize the Nation Is Working

by John W. Whitehead November 8, 2024

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out ... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” — H. L. Mencken If the three-ring circus that is the looming presidential election proves anything, it ...

Another Win Against Anti-Competitive Licensing Laws

by George Leef November 7, 2024

One of the many ways that government stifles competition to aid special-interest groups is occupational licensing — laws that make it illegal for people to offer their services unless they have procured the state’s approval by going to the expense of obtaining a license. Invariably defended as laws needed to protect consumers, licensing laws are actually enacted at the ...

Disaster Relief and Foreign Aid

by Laurence M. Vance November 4, 2024

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 through November 30) has so far resulted in 15 tropical storms, 10 of which became hurricanes (winds exceeding 73 mph), and four of which were classified as major hurricanes (category 3, 4, or 5 — with winds over 110 mph). Many residents of North Carolina, Florida, and other southern states are still ...

The Election Is About Big Government Getting Bigger

by Richard M. Ebeling November 1, 2024

Shortly after this article is published, we will know the outcome of the 2024 presidential campaign. But whether the winner is one or the other of the two major political party candidates, one thing is certain: the intrusive and heavy hand of government will continue to have sway over our lives after the victor is sworn in as the ...