News From London, Ontario, And Beyond
Bringing You A Different Perspective – Peace And Prosperity Are Maximized Through Free Markets, Not Through Suffocating Governments
June 27, 2019 – Lee Friday …… Peace and prosperity is diminished for taxpaying citizens because politicians and bureaucrats are not “accountable” for their actions in any meaningful sense of the word.
April 2, 2019 – Robert Higgs …… If you think your vote matters, think again.
March 8, 2019 – Gary Galles …… The only real solution to negative-attack politics is to reduce the power and scope of government over our lives.
January 7, 2019 – Karl-Friedrich Israel …… A recent paper from the Atlantic Council faults modern technologies for eroding faith in public institutions. To them, this is a bad thing.
November 15, 2018 – Gary Galles …… As Americans seem to be ever appreciative of democracy, it’s time to remind them of the impediments on liberty that democracy can bring.
November 9, 2018 – Lawrence W. Reed …… It’s a sad commentary that politics consumes so much of our lives these days, but it’s the natural and inevitable outcome of having granted politics such a commanding role in the first place.
November 7, 2018 – Ryan McMaken …… Voting “no” on a tax increase doesn’t mean you really consented to it. And Lysander Spooner argued there’s not anything wrong with voting “defensively.”
November 5, 2018 – James Bovard …… Regardless of the midterm congressional election results, voters are not “consenting” to unconstitutional policies and federal crimes.
October 21, 2018 – Lee Friday …… When our votes change nothing, and our voices are not heard, we should not be surprised if a few disgruntled citizens decide that the only way to express their frustration with the political process is to vandalize some election signs.
October 11, 2018 – Lee Friday …… London, Ontario’s leading mayoral candidates do not seem to realize that government policies are the cause of an insufficient supply of affordable housing.