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As the Libertarian Party gathers for its presidential nominating convention in Austin at the end of May, or July, or maybe in another city at some outdoor high school football stadium on wooden bleacher seats that allow for proper spacing, one thought should be in the forefront of all decisions – 2020 provides the circumstances…
Following a major gun massacre in the nation this April, Canada has moved to officially ban more than 1,500 varieties of firearm from ownership in the general public. This decision, which was drafted and made ready well before the COVID-19 pandemic, has been extensive in curbing what little gun rights remain in Canada, with supposedly…
On a Wednesday press conference, Michael Ryan at the WHO’s Health Emergency Program caused indignant headlines to ripple across the globe faster than the corona virus can infect your respiratory tract cells. Sweden’s somewhat diverging corona fighting strategy has been treated with outrage, anger, and disbelief in global news coverages – plus a handful of libertarians celebrating its newly-acquired laissez-faire status. “If we are…
In a recent proposal to the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish National Party (SNP) has outlined new policies to enact “true equality” by regulating negative or critical speech of certain identity groups through legal punishment. This would mean that anyone whose open discourse, digital or otherwise, that happens to be critical of the reasoning for certain…
Rep. Thomas Massie (KY-R)warned that food shortages are coming Sunday on Twitter, but this was not fear mongering as the congressman offered a solution that will allow more freedom in the marketplace. “Other members of Congress own cattle, but only a few of us RAISE cattle. I fix the fences, feed the hay, castrate bulls,…
New York is one of the most highly restrictive states in the union when it comes to gun rights, and their excessive regulations elicit retaliation from policy groups such as The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association. That institution was capable of appealing a court case regarding the legality of particular regulations within the…
Todd Haugh, Indiana University Tyson Foods recently suspended production at its Waterloo, Iowa, pork processing plant due to a growing coronavirus outbreak among employees. The plant was Tyson’s largest, employing some 2,800 workers and processing 19,500 pigs a day. At least 180 confirmed infections originated from the plant, about half of all cases in the…
It was only a few months ago that someone last treated Cassie Johns like a freak. During a doctor’s office visit in February, she was asked to list her emergency contacts. Johns, a preschool teacher in Seattle, wrote down two people–Chris and Joan–and identified both as her “partners.” They are two of the four romantic…
Recently, the Dallas County Commissioners voted to extend their “Safer At Home” order until May 15. Dallas, which is the most densely populated and second most populous county in Texas, has taken additional measures past those mandated for the state as a whole given it’s risk of becoming a hotspot for the COVID-19 pandemic. As…
As someone who lives in Upstate New York, I have been especially interested in Governor Cuomo’s response to the health crisis affecting our state. During the beginning of the pandemic, I found the governor’s press conferences sober and responsible. My appreciation didn’t rise to the level of adulation, but it did represent a break from…