The Government’s War on Pipelines Made Us Vulnerable to Attacks on Our Infrastructure
May 12, 2021 – Jon Miltimore …… The recent fuel disruptions show the danger in the government’s long war on oil pipelines.
The Problem with “Just Do What the Cops Say and You Won’t Get Hurt”
May 3, 2021 – Ryan McMaken …… Apologists for police abuse often claim that if a citizen complies with police orders and does what he’s told, then he won’t get hurt. The evidence says otherwise.
Economist: Lockdowns ‘Greatest Peacetime Policy Failure’ in Canada’s History
April 29, 2021 – Jon Miltimore …… Canadian economist Douglas Ward Allen recently ran a cost-benefit analysis of lockdowns. The trade-off hardly seems worth it.
The United States Has Declared Defeat in Two More Wars
April 26, 2021 – Ryan McMaken …… Now that the average American voter is barely paying attention—and that the US is facing an economic crisis and weak recovery—it has become politically expedient to move further toward wrapping up a couple more lost wars.
On Vaccine Passports and the Interpretation of Reality
April 13, 2021 – Donald J. Boudreaux …… Where I see liberal civilization being brutally transformed by a Covidocracy into what David Hart calls a ‘hygiene socialist’ society, other people see civilization being compassionately reset into a safer and more humane arrangement in which, presumably, no one ever again will be killed or even discomforted by pathogens. Where other people see a dream, I see a nightmare.
Why Governments Hate Decentralization and “Local Control”
April 8, 2021 – Ryan McMaken …… Decentralized societies that value local customs, institutions, and governments are obstacles to the expansion of the regime’s power. Not surprisingly, central governments do all they can to destroy this.
Free States Faring Far Better Than Lockdown States in One Huge Way, New Data Show
April 4, 2021 – Brad Polumbo …… The results are in—and they overwhelmingly vindicate the free states over the authoritarian experiments.
They Said Things Would Be Much Worse in States without Lockdowns. They Were Wrong.
March 28, 2021 – Ryan McMaken …… When Georgia and Florida scaled back covid restrictions, the experts predicted far more death in the “open states” than in the locked down states like New York and California. The numbers tell a different story.
How to Tell the Difference Between Real Education and Propaganda
March 23, 2021 – Annie Holmquist …… There is a difference between what we call education, and what actually comprises true education.
Vaccine Passports are Cronyism
March 16, 2021 – Barry Brownstein …… People should take the time to understand the definition of “Capitalism” before they criticize it.