reason.com: Wealth Taxes are Direct Taxes that are Subject to the Rule of Apportionment -- https://tinyurl.com/2adea2ep -- An originalist analysis #liberty #news
mises.org: Resisting the Brave New Culture -- https://tinyurl.com/27c2dso2 -- Murray Rothbard noted that the culture wars are not the result of conservative intransigence but rather of progressive elites’ insistence on forcing new cultural rules on people who don’t want to be coerced. #liberty #news
mises.org: The American Compass Points in the Wrong Direction -- https://tinyurl.com/2ae6jka9 -- In its attempt to claim that the concept of free trade is full of fallacies, The American Compass builds its anti-free trade case upon...fallacies. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Fallacies of Conservative Protectionists -- https://tinyurl.com/27aaae7u -- In its attempt to claim that the concept of free trade is full of fallacies, The American Compass builds its anti-free trade case upon...fallacies. #liberty #news
reason.com: Protections for the Undocumented -- https://tinyurl.com/29292uv5 -- Plus: Putin goes to North Korea, designer babies, YIMBY wins, and more... #liberty #news
reason.com: A Real-Life Psyop: How the U.S. Military Spread Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theories -- https://tinyurl.com/26y2ypvm -- Washington keeps getting caught pushing the kind of disinformation it claims to oppose. #liberty #news
reason.com: Maryland Governor To Issue Mass Pardon to More Than 100,000 Marijuana Offenders -- https://tinyurl.com/2b4c6bnl -- The blanket pardon is one of the largest yet, and another sign of the collapse of public support for marijuana prohibition. #liberty #news
mises.org: How Washington and the Fed Caused the Commercial Real Estate Crisis -- https://tinyurl.com/25k68yhv -- Commercial real estate in the USA is facing a major crisis which could not have been possible without the enabling of the Fed and the draconian restrictions imposed during covid. As commercial real estate prices collapse, the usual suspects call for even more bailouts. #liberty #news
mises.org: A Critique of Latin American Neocons -- https://tinyurl.com/2bh8cfcd -- While neoconservativism as we know it has US origins, one of its versions is alive and well south of our border. Unfortunately, neoconservatism has made inroads in Latin America. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Deadly Tobacco Drug War Down Under -- https://tinyurl.com/27zf3zo3 -- Australia’s Prohibition-style attempts to abolish nicotine use have predictably led to a new drug war being fought over a legal substance. #liberty #news
mises.org: The First French Communists: The Conspiracy of the Equals -- https://tinyurl.com/283yjq5q -- Caius Gracchus Babeuf came to Paris in 1790 and imbibed the revolutionary atmosphere. Five years later, he founded the secret Conspiracy of the Equals. #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: June 16, 1960 -- https://tinyurl.com/26nk3u8u -- 6/16/1960: The 23rd Amendment is submitted to the states. #liberty #news
reason.com: Second Amendment Roundup: Bump Stocks are not Machineguns -- https://tinyurl.com/2bknbelk -- The Supreme Court’s Cargill ruling has broad implications. #liberty #news
reason.com: Federally Funded Dad Jokes -- https://tinyurl.com/26epcv4s -- Does America really need a National Strategic Dad Jokes Reserve? #liberty #news
reason.com: A Frightening View of Free Speech and Academic Freedom at Harvard -- https://tinyurl.com/28kq2sqa -- A Harvard Dean suggests universities can and should limit controversial speech. #liberty #news
reason.com: More Evidence that Republicans are Now the Party that Benefits From High Voter Turnout -- https://tinyurl.com/26n3hhsq -- If the trend persists, it may lead to reconsideration of traditional partisan attitudes towards mandatory voting and other policies intended to increase turnout. #liberty #news
mises.org: AI: “Existential Crisis” or Excuse for Cronyism? -- https://tinyurl.com/29z7qncp -- As AI continues to develop, the prophets of doom claim that it will “take over” and create a dystopian society. Far from being an “existential threat,” AI is a tool that can be used for good or ill. #liberty #news
reason.com: Government Subsidies Keep Your Food Boring -- https://tinyurl.com/25nedx5s -- The feds’ focus on large-scale crops hinders the resurgence of heritage grains and results in less food diversity. #liberty #news
mises.org: Economic Status Report: AI and the Fed -- https://tinyurl.com/299q4qa4 -- Mark Thornton joins Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop on Radio Rothbard to discuss the current state of the economy and what to expect as we near the election. #liberty #news
mises.org: Decolonizers’ Assault on Science -- https://tinyurl.com/25qtoq46 -- The decolonization movement seeks to destroy both economics and science, all in the name of social justice. In the end, however, what they get is not justice and certainly not order, but rather chaos, and deadly chaos at that. #liberty #news