LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Nick Givas Philadelphia’s City Council voted to remove bulletproof glass windows from certain local businesses Thursday, upsetting shop owners who fear for their safety. The council passed the measure by a vote of 14-3 to remove protective glass that separates customers from the cash register. Lawmakers believe these stores may…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Dries Van Thielen According to Statists, the free market is unable to provide railroads. In my country – Belgium –political advisors are elected to the board of the railroad monopoly. However, Brightline, a privately-funded railroad project in Florida, will soon compete with the subsidized Amtrak monopoly. Yesterday (December 4), a…
The growing enthusiasm for Bitcoin as a viable alternative investment in these evolving economic times has had the equivalent of a bucket of water thrown over it, at least as far as Russian investors are concerned. Economic Development Minister Maksim Oreshkin defended President Vladimir Putin’s decision to “protect” ordinary Russian citizens from the potential volatility…
These data breaches are absurd. It needs to be said. Almost 150 million Americans had their Social Security Numbers divulged. Hackers with access to these numbers and the right know-how can create false identities: stealing assets, creating new lines of credit, and altogether absconding with your hard earned money. What to do about it? Today,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Jack Crowe Illegal immigrants will seemingly be eligible to receive Medicare benefits under Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ single payer health care bill, released Wednesday. The bill, dubbed “Medicare For All Act of 2017,” extends an enhanced version of Medicare coverage, absent virtually all out of pocket costs, to every U.S. resident,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written By Kitty Testa Fall is in the air here in the Midwest, a favorite time for many. The leaves are turning yellow, orange and red. We’re into sweater-weather evenings with bonfires and s’mores, and the store shelves are being stocked with Halloween candy… What!?! $4 a pound for Snickers?…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Ian Tartt “No particular orderism” (also called “no particular order) is a position held by members of the Radical Caucus in the Libertarian Party. This article will examine that position as well as offer a potential path from the status quo to a free society. A good thing…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Steve Birr Officials in Connecticut are on the cusp of passing a massive tax on electronic cigarettes that risks bankrupting the state’s entire vaping industry. Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy is pushing the Connecticut legislature to pass a budget compromise by the end of month that includes a proposed 75 percent wholesale tax…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Should we, through government, encourage rebuilding major population centers in the most high risk areas of the country? Especially in areas that are prone to hurricanes, which are more predictable and frequent than earthquakes near fault lines, less random than tornadoes, and not minimized rather than maximized by development itself…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Kevin Daley The official position of the U.S. government is that cake is a form of speech, according to a Thursday brief. The U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus (or “friend-of-the-court”) brief Thursday in the marquee religious freedom case of the upcoming Supreme Court term. The case concerns a Christian baker…