One week it’s ride-sharing. The next week it’s home-sharing. The week after that, cryptocurrency. There’s no end of economic change to perpetually wring one’s hands over or, worse, demand government action against. Most opponents of the sharing economy, the gig economy, the cryptocurrency economy, etc., posture as “progressives” even as they openly side with corporate … Continue reading “Progressives” Against (Economic) Progress →
Continue reading →Orlando, Florida, 2016, at the Libertarian Party’s national convention: “Jim Fulner (MI) moved that we adopt the following resolution: ‘Be it resolved, taxation is theft.’ Following debate, the resolution was adopted by a voice vote.” Thus making a slogan much-loved by radical libertarians, and a claim implicit in the party’s Statement of Principles and platform, … Continue reading Political Parties Should Say What They Mean. The Libertarian Party Does. →
Continue reading →In April, a year after its introduction in the US Senate by Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the US House of Representatives passed the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act, “an act to increase the role of the financial industry in combating human trafficking.” Of four quick and easy tests for bad legislation, … Continue reading Rubio and Warren Join Forces Against Working Folks →
Continue reading →If one in five American parents couldn’t figure out where their kids were, mostpeople would rightly see the phenomenon as a crisis and a national scandal. Grandstanding prosecutors with visions of gubernatorial campaigns dancing in their heads would conduct mass parental perp walks. Legislators would boost their presidential aspirations by co-sponsoring legislation requiring universal implantation … Continue reading Missing Children: The Pottery Barn Rule Revisited →
Continue reading →Once again, the US military is ramping up the rate of air strikes against Syria. Some outlets have reported this as something along the lines of “Trump starts war with Syria,” which is a misrepresentation of facts as the US military has been involved in the Syrian Civil War for … Continue reading →
Press Release For IMMEDIATE Release Former Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Darryl W Perry has been outspoken about the need to reform the current justice system; as a member of the 2016 Libertarian Party Platform Committee, Perry co-sponsored the proposal to add an anti-Death Penalty plank to the LP Platform. He … Continue reading →
The US Supreme Court will, in the next couple of months, issue a ruling in a case that could have broad consequences. The case is United States v. Microsoft Corp. and according to SCOTUSblog, the issue before the Court is “Whether a United States provider of email services must comply … Continue reading →
One of the great things about the internet is the availability of information at the push of a button, and the ease with which people from around the globe can communicate. While this can be a powerful tool to help minority voices (including libertarians) publish their views, it has contributed … Continue reading →
Shortly after midnight on January 20 the federal government, we are told, was shutdown. However most people haven’t noticed any differences in their daily life. CNN reports, “Essential services, such as Social Security, air traffic control and the Transportation Security Administration, will continue to be funded even if some employees … Continue reading →
On January 15, many Americans will observe Martin Luther King, Jr Day with a bank holiday, school closures, and no postal service; otherwise it’s not really holiday that is celebrated by most Americans. King is probably best known for his “I Have a Dream” speech from 1963 where he famously … Continue reading →
Every January 1 a deluge of new laws take effect across the country, more than 200 of these new laws were added to the books in Illinois alone. Illinois state rep Mark Batinick said, “We passed bills that talk about things like how we label fish on a menu. I … Continue reading →
President Trump recently held a press conference where he said, “I promised we would pass a massive tax cut for the everyday, working American families who are the backbone and the heartbeat of our country.” Adding, “Congress has reached an agreement on tax legislation that will deliver more jobs, higher … Continue reading →
December 15 marks the day that the first ten Amendments were added to the Constitution of the United States of America. However, since 1791, Congress along with the Judicial and Executive Branches have usurped a vast amount of power and left us with the following as a redacted “Bill of … Continue reading →