By Peter Boettke Hayek famously penned the essay “Why I Am Not a Conservative.” I have often argued that folks need to read that essay in conjunction with his “Errors of Constructivism” to get a good sense of his position on why as true radical liberals we must be willing to question all existing political and social values,…
Venezuela is crumbling under socialist control and struggling with hyper-inflation, lack of food, and declining medical services. Many Venezuelan citizens are fleeing to nearby Colombia, where the locals have been concerned that their economy and justice system would not be able to sustain the flow of refugees. However, recently, Columbia did provide legal status to…
A Challenger has appeared in Illinois’ 14th District, aiming to unseat Democrat Lauren Underwood. Catalina Lauf announced her candidacy as a Republican for the congressional seat, and has set her sights much higher than just her Democrat opponent. She is taking on the entire Far Left. She calls herself The Anti-AOC. Watch Catalina’s announcement video…
Did Abraham Lincoln share a common economic vision with Karl Marx? That’s the thesis of a recent article in the Washington Post, which claims that the 16th president and the socialist philosopher “were friendly and influenced each other.” According to an essay by Gillian Brockell, “Lincoln was regularly reading Karl Marx” and appears to have adapted a Marxist…
Happy Sunday, Liberty Lovers! I am so excited that I got to chat with my very first guest, Caleb Shumate, about the socialist history of the Pledge of Allegiance. Caleb and I met during the Austin Petersen for U.S. Senate campaign, and we’ve been liberty friends ever since! (Thanks AP!!) You can find Caleb’s Libertarian…
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Many Americans see these words as being as American as apple pie and baseball. Especially those who call themselves conservatives, proudly stand and quote the…
In the last two years, the Democrats have taken a giant leap leftward. With insane proposals to abolish ICE (the same agency that caught 11 child molesters last year), ban private health insurance, legalize all unauthorized border crossings, and spend $90 trillion dollars to stop climate change, the modern left resembles a circus more than…
By Richard M. Salsman As politicians today assert, so loudly and sanctimoniously, that things like food, housing, health care, jobs, childcare, a cleaner-safer environment, transportation, schooling, utilities, and even college should be “free,” or publicly subsidized, almost no one asks why such claims are valid. Are they to be accepted blindly on faith or affirmed by mere…
The family-owned barbecue truck at Porcfest was doing a bang-up business. I stood in line and finally ordered my plate of meat. In years past, most vendors at this event processed Bitcoin for purchases, even as far back as 2011, when the idea of magic Internet money seemed goofy. All these years later, its inability to scale…
“Be gay do socialism & deplatform the bigots.” Carlos Maza tweeted to his followers on Saturday in what appears to be a strong statement that the Vox reporter, who played a significant role in YouTube’s decision to demonetize conservative comedian/commentator Steven Crowder’s channel, has not finished his crusade to deplatform voices that would dissent from…