Do We Really Consent to be Governed?
December 4, 2017 – Robert Higgs …… Grudging, prudential acquiescence, however, is not the same thing as consent, especially when the people acquiesce, as I do, only in simmering, indignant resignation.
A Basic Principle about Trade
December 3, 2017 – Jacob Hornberger …… To the extent that government laws, rules, and regulations interfere with people’s freedom to trade with others, to that extent government is reducing people’s standard of living. It’s making them poorer.
Gun Control is Elitist and Wrong
December 2, 2017 – Scott McPherson …… Elites aren’t comfortable with commoners owning guns. Elites are even less comfortable when commoners use guns, in defense of themselves and others.
For God’s sake let boys be boys, and girls be girls, and stop this charge to turn them all into ‘non-binary, gender fluid creatures of indeterminate sexuality’
December 1, 2017 – Piers Morgan …… At the risk of offending the world’s increasing army of hypersensitive PC-crazed snowflakes, I am proudly and unapologetically identifying as a male.
Canada’s useless Competition Bureau
November 28, 2017 – Lee Friday …… As the Bureau pretends to be the consumers’ guardian angel, it wastes taxpayers’ dollars on counterproductive activities.
Diversity Obsession
November 27, 2017 – Walter Williams …… Ask your average college president or provost whether he even bothers promoting political diversity among faculty. I’ll guarantee that if he is honest — and even bothers to answer the question — he will say no.
Why we love Farmers Markets
November 26, 2017 – Jeffrey Tucker …… They are relatively free of federal regulation, and that’s what makes them great.
Tear Gas, Guns and Riot Squads: The Police State’s Answer to Free Speech Is Brute Force
November 25, 2017 – John Whitehead …… Forget everything you’ve ever been taught about free speech in America. It’s all a lie. There can be no free speech for the citizenry when the government speaks in a language of force.
Governments Want us to Believe we are Empowered
November 24, 2017 – Lee Friday …… On November 18th, citizens in London, Ontario cast their ballots in the annual ‘Neighbourhood Decision Making Program.’ In fact, this program is nothing more than a tiny bone ($250,000) – less than one tenth of one percent of the City’s budget – with strings attached, thrown to taxpayers.
A Basic Principle about Drug Laws
November 23, 2017 – Jacob Hornberger …… Drug laws bring into existence drug gangs. It’s just a basic principle of economics. If you like drug gangs and the violence that comes with them, then you should support drug laws. If you oppose drug gangs and their violence, you should oppose drug laws.