The disaster that was 2020 is finally over. Now it’s time for the inevitable post-mortems. First and foremost, the COVID-19 pandemic posed enormous challenges to American institutions, and continues to do so. Frankly, we were not prepared. We need to diagnose what went wrong, so that we are never caught unaware like this again. Fortunately,…
Andrew Trunsky on October 29, 2020 Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the former prime minister of Malaysia, tweeted Thursday that “Muslims have a right to be angry and kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past.” “Since you have blamed all Muslims and the Muslims’ religion for what was done by one angry person,…
This year has been a shock. Here is an early sketch of what I think I’ve learned. Governments are fully capable of doing the unthinkable, and doing so suddenly with no exit plan, little consideration of cost, and a callous disregard for individual rights. The US Constitution and Bill of Rights are largely irrelevant when…
In the short time since Justin Amash announced his exploratory committee for his Presidential run, he’s had no problem getting coverage from major news outlets. They’ve asked him about current issues like COVID-19 and government’s response to it, about Trump and Biden, and about the likely effect of him running as the Libertarian Party standard…
The Libertarian party may be primarily focused on their ongoing presidential primary, especially with recent developments, but there are thousands of Libertarians all across the country gearing up for campaigns at the federal, state, and local levels. Todd Hagopian, branded on Twitter as the Libertarian in Chief, is making one such bid for the Oklahoma…
Many a decade has been spent in the wake of the executive changes of the second Roosevelt presidency, watching executive office hopefuls sell off the rights of their fellow Americans in the name of power in public office. This year is no different. As we see two powerhouses of state control exercise their arguments, a…
The 2020 presidential race has been a great opportunity to illuminate shady practices, both in politics and in private life. Much like with 2016, it has made it easy to identify mental gymnasts on your Facebook friends list, and which businesses will donate to which side of the aisle. But most of all, it has…
As we move even further along into 2020, with the lockdown keeping all eyes glued firmly to our televisions, nobody can help but keep their gaze affixed to the only major event outside of the virus: the 2020 presidential race. Specifically, the Democratic primary, which now that Senator Bernie Sanders has dropped out, sets the…
Congressman Justin Amash (I-MI) appears to be seriously entertaining a bid for the 2020 presidential election, as he indicated on Twitter Monday evening. Amash sent out a series of tweets in which he criticized President Trump for not understanding his proper authority under the U.S. Constitution. “‘When somebody’s president of the United States, the authority…
This week, Liberty warriors from across the country are moving mountains… at least in a way that is acceptable when you’re social distancing. You’ll find these patriots making phone calls to the good people of Georgia, urging them to vote Matt Gurtler into Congress on June 19th. Many of these supporters have been motivated to…