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No-Knock Warrants: Are They Worth The Price of Innocent Lives?0
- Abuse of Authority, Crime, Front Page, Headline News, Political Opinion
- December 6, 2019
Imagine being in your home with your doors locked, not expecting any visitors. As always, you are prepared to defend yourself and your property against intruders. Now imagine that those unannounced intruders are actually officers of the law. Police sent with the intent of collecting evidence of illegal activity. This happened to a Killeen, Texas
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Five Things No One Asked About the Impeachment — But Should Have 0
- Foreign Policy, Front Page, Political Opinion
- December 5, 2019
The impeachment proceedings against President Trump have fueled all manner of conjecture regarding the proper discharge of foreign policy, hidden motives behind both Trump’s phone call and the ensuing investigation, and everything from the dead-cat bounce of the Mueller Report to the Kurdish policy shift. But there are a number of questions that, while they should be asked,
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Alexander Hamilton, the Other Tariff Man Who Created a Mess 0
- Foreign Policy, Front Page, Political Opinion
- December 5, 2019
One of the many unsettling features of Donald Trump is his deep-seated antipathy to the time-honored doctrine of free trade. Even as early as 2016, Trump devoted a substantial portion of his Republican Convention speech calling for the adoption of protectionist tariffs and other trade restrictions against “any country that cheats.” He proceeded to blame NAFTA for
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The Queer Community: Why not Libertarianism?0
- Front Page, Political Opinion
- December 3, 2019
Perhaps the most libertarian value is the belief that the government cannot (and should not) be involved with people’s emotions. Discourse in modern media tends to focus on this belief when it comes to the right to hate. Debates over what should constitute a “hate crime” still occur. Where I don’t see many libertarians intervening
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Anti-Capitalism: Trendy but Wrong 0
- Economics of Liberty, Front Page, Political Opinion
- November 30, 2019
You can’t escape it; capitalism has a bad rap. Last night, thousands of anti-capitalist protestors took to the streets in capital cities across the world. Wearing V for Vendetta-inspired Guy Fawkes masks (most of which are made in China), these self-styled “anti-establishment” demonstrators, who took part in annual Million Mask March, sought to express their
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How to Avoid the Dead-Weight Loss of Christmas 0
- Economics of Liberty, Free Style, Front Page, Political Opinion
- November 30, 2019
With the Christmas season again upon us, recall the old adage that holds that it is better to give than to receive. The problem, though, is that humans are such inveterate traders that we often feel compelled to reciprocate. But that often just turns into half-assed trading instead of true giving — the unilateral transfer
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