I really shouldn’t do this, because the gun debate changes about as many minds as the abortion debate at this point, with both sides choosing to ignore statistics that don’t confirm their previously held beliefs, substituting emotion for reason. It is, in general, a big ole’ waste of time. This is especially true of articles,…
There were two major complaints which lead to Rand Paul’s opposition to the most recent bipartisan spending spree. Process and ideology. Process Appropriate appropriation bills, done through regular order, are mandated to be done through 12 separate bills needing to go through both houses and signed by the President by the start of the federal…
Two new developments have surfaced about the opioid crisis today, the first related to one of it’s driving factors and the other to an attempt to alleviate the crisis itself. One of these stories involves government, and one involves a corporation. The first comes from a report released by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental…
This article originally appeared on Liberty Viral on July 12, 2017 I respect Chelsea Manning, I really do. I was defending her back when she was Bradley, for trying to bring transparency to what he viewed as immoral actions by our government. There’s a lot of article to go into whether or not he went…
Last night, 19 Democrat Senators voted to give Trump vast surveillance powers, by voting to shut down debate on the FISA, the 4th Amendment, and due process. Surely, this can only be wise if they trust Trump not to abuse such powers. Senator Tom Carper lamented that “the President-elect still cannot guarantee that protecting the…
Last night, this publication ran an article entitled “The Libertarian Party: By Idiots, For Idiots”, from the pretentious and erudite pen-name Publius. Given that I don’t consider myself an idiot, I figured a rebuttal was in order. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that the LP has it’s fair share of flaws. I’ve been…
Today, Trump signed into law the most consequential tax reform bill in decades. The left should applaud. I say this not because it benefits them in the real world (especially if they live in blue states that may lose some local and state tax deductions), but because it’s consistent with their own philosophy. In making…
I am not writing this from a bunker, lined with canned goods and guns. I’m not wearing a tinfoil hat fedora, and don’t even own any camo clothing. I believe the earth is round, chemtrails are contrails, GMOs are a positive for humanity, and that vaccines don’t cause autism. I don’t think that JFK did…
December 16th, 2007 was the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, and Ron Paul used the occasion to throw a “money bomb” that took in $6 million dollars, primarily through smaller donations. He used imagery of our nation’s early tax revolts via the Sons of Liberty to draw followers to do their part to…
Yesterday in an interview with Bloomberg, economist Joseph Steglitz called for literally outlawing Bitcoin, on the basis that it doesn’t serve any “socially useful function“. In the same interview, he unintentionally did a good job highlighting several of Bitcoin’s socially useful functions. Let’s leave aside whether or not governments should outlaw things that they deem…