reason.com: COVID-19 and January 6 in the Rear-View Mirror -- https://tinyurl.com/2lvs8nqf -- There are certain geopolitical events that are generation-defining. In my lifetime, I think they would be the fall of the Soviet Union, 9/11, the election of President Obama, the election of President Trump, the COVID-19 pandemic, and January 6. For earlier generations, they would have been Watergate, the moon landing, the Kennedy assassination, Pearl Harbor,… #liberty #news
reason.com: Faking Out The Supreme Court -- https://tinyurl.com/2npxz46c -- One of my favorite Scalia lines came in Clinton v. City of New York. In dissent, Justice Scalia would have upheld the constitutionality of the Line-Item Veto Act. He explains that the law in fact does not give the President the ability to veto individual lines of a budget--a power that some Governors have. That… #liberty #news
mises.org: Reality Is NOT a Social Construct -- https://tinyurl.com/2zy8cp4k -- Academic elites claim that there is no objective truth, only social constructs. Thus, people can create their own reality in many areas, and everyone else is expected to accept whatever “reality” is presented—or face serious consequences. #liberty #news
mises.org: Rushing for the Financial Exits -- https://tinyurl.com/2ovajc6z -- Do we have a market situation primed for everyone to head for the exits? What would ignite such a problem? #liberty #news
reason.com: Bankruptcy on the Sunrise Side of the Mountain -- https://tinyurl.com/2o8tvran -- Justice Kavanaugh is very, very upset about the Sackler bankruptcy case. #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: June 29, 1992 -- https://tinyurl.com/2evvnmdz -- 6/29/1992: Planned Parenthood v. Casey is decided. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Coming US Budget Disaster Will Impoverish Americans -- https://tinyurl.com/2kwbqmbu -- If you hail deficit spending, you are embracing impoverishment. If you defend this kind of deficit spending, you are actively supporting stagnation. #liberty #news
reason.com: Ketanji Brown Jackson Joins Conservative Justices in Upending Hundreds of January 6 Cases -- https://tinyurl.com/2omhqq5w -- Her concurrence is a reminder that the application of criminal law should not be infected by personal animus toward any given defendant. #liberty #news
reason.com: SCOTUS Repudiates Doctrine That Gave Agencies a License To Invent Their Own Authority -- https://tinyurl.com/2eolebqa -- The Court says Chevron deference allows bureaucrats to usurp a judicial function, creating an eternal fog of uncertainty about what the law allows or requires. #liberty #news
reason.com: SCOTUS Rejects a Legal Interpretation Underlying Capitol Riot Charges -- https://tinyurl.com/2qmsyrmq -- The decision also negates two counts of the federal indictment accusing Donald Trump of illegally interfering in the 2020 presidential election. #liberty #news
mises.org: Draghi’s Globalist EU Speech Urges Concentration of Power -- https://tinyurl.com/2nt7763d -- What began as supposedly a free trade union has been turning into an authoritarian, interventionist nightmare. A recent speech by a top European Union commissioner shows the sad direction the EU is heading. #liberty #news
mises.org: Biden’s Debate Performance Was Revealing -- https://tinyurl.com/2z2u8hzr -- In the debate last night, President Joe Biden needed to demonstrate that, despite his age, he is fit to remain in office. He failed spectacularly. #liberty #news
reason.com: No One Defended Immigration at the First Presidential Debate -- https://tinyurl.com/2mcv5ye3 -- The topic was reduced largely to border crossing numbers, dubious claims about migrant crime, and enforcement bona fides. #liberty #news
reason.com: Double Haters -- https://tinyurl.com/2h6w3pra -- Plus: Libertarian Party fracture, little kid Census data, flashing boobs for social justice, and more... #liberty #news
reason.com: What the First Trump-Biden Debate Taught Us Last Time -- https://tinyurl.com/2lvxkf7q -- In between insanities, the erratic Republican was considerably more right about COVID-19 policy in September 2020 than the smug Democrat or the scoldy journalist. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Collapse of Real Savings Caused the Great Depression -- https://tinyurl.com/2jpndonp -- Contrary to Milton Friedman’s thesis that the decline in the money supply caused the Great Depression, the real reason was the collapse of real savings, which was due to loose monetary policies by the Federal Reserve. #liberty #news
mises.org: Is Stephanie Kelton Failing Her Academic Responsibility? -- https://tinyurl.com/2jb8lkav -- Stephanie Kelton, the most visible promoter of MMT, is being derelict in her academic duties by not replying to Per Bylund’s critique of her theories in Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. #liberty #news
mises.org: Biden’s Blarney on Bank Fees -- https://tinyurl.com/2ou5vlw9 -- While President Biden’s inflationary economy continues to falter, the president proposes to outlaw bank overdraft fees, ostensibly to help lower-income Americans. Bank fees, however, are not the biggest threat consumers face; inflation and intervention are the real threats. #liberty #news
reason.com: Why a Disastrous Biden-Trump Debate Could Be the Best Outcome for America -- https://tinyurl.com/2o999ddb -- A true dumpster fire of a performance from one or both might be a small step towards avoiding this awful rematch. #liberty #news
mises.org: Banning Fossil Fuels Will Make Heat Waves More Dangerous, Not Less -- https://tinyurl.com/2rxc5u68 -- Environmentalists insist on banning fossil fuels and refrigerant gasses in order to end heat waves. That means people will face future heat waves (which will always be with us) without air conditioning, bringing even more heat-related deaths. #liberty #news