It is all too clear that few, if any, are satisfied with the status quo in the United States. Among the issues that have arisen in recent history—civil unrest, an assault on the US Capitol, the Afghanistan Debacle, etc.—the American people have obviously concluded that the country is declining. The president, by and large, does…
“Do you remember the internet in ’96?” a silent television display asks in Facebook’s quintessential Klavika font during an ad break. The sound of a dial-tone connection shrieks out of the television and captures the attention of the casual viewers who have turned elsewhere or to social media during the intermission. At a blistering 2021…
The coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 154,000 people. This is profoundly sad and sobering. I sometimes feel we lose sight of this tragedy in the midst of the debate over “reopening” the country. But I also know governments’ response to the crisis has life and death implications. And we need to be…
On May 17, 2019, the City of Denver decriminalized the use and possession of psilocybin mushrooms via referendum. Nevertheless, the vote was a nail-biter as the initiative was only passed by a tight margin of 50.5 percent to 49.5 percent. One of Many However, Denver was not alone in drug reform developments. Certain counties in Texas are…
by Ian Tartt Despite constant political activism from liberty-minded people since the ratification of the Constitution, we still have to deal with unending wars, millions of nonviolent people in prison, ever-increasing debt, money that’s almost worthless, government involvement in nearly every area of our lives, no privacy from federal agencies, a chunk of each…
Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s Iron Lady, would be overwhelmed with joy if she could have lived to see her fellow Britons vote to leave the European Union. Thatcher rescued her country by reversing the encroachment of socialism into the U.K.’s economy and spent the latter days her career fighting against political and monetary unification of Europe….