reason.com: A Tribute to Gene Meyer -- https://tinyurl.com/28uoyu69 -- The 2024 Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention is a wrap. I already wrote about our change of venue from the…The post A Tribute to Gene Meyer appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
reason.com: My Apologies for an Erroneous Post Faulting a N.Y. Times Article -- https://tinyurl.com/2264acse -- I erroneously put it up before rechecking it, and fortunately caught the error quickly and deleted the post. The post…The post My Apologies for an Erroneous Post Faulting a <i>N.Y. Times</i> Article appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
reason.com: Free Speech Unmuted: Free Speech in European (and Other) Democracies, with Prof. Jacob Mchangama -- https://tinyurl.com/297nyunf -- How does European free speech law differ from American free speech law, when it comes to hate speech, blasphemy, and…The post Free Speech Unmuted: Free Speech in European (and Other) Democracies, with Prof. Jacob Mchangama appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: Political Bias in Academia -- https://tinyurl.com/267dfojo -- Yes, college professors are 10-to-1 Democrats over Republicans. #liberty #news
mises.org: Erasing Black Confederates -- https://tinyurl.com/25emln2l -- One of contentious parts of the history of the American Civil War is the question of whether southern blacks served as soldiers in the Confederate army. While the numbers of black Confederate soldiers didn‘t match their northern counterparts, many of them did serve as armed combatants. #liberty #news
reason.com: Oklahoma Opens Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism -- https://tinyurl.com/2cbjbvwo -- The taxpayer-funded office will investigate cases where religious freedom is trampled on while the state implements biblical study into the curriculum. #liberty #news
reason.com: The National Debt Just Hit $36 Trillion. Does Trump Have a Plan To Control It? -- https://tinyurl.com/2dlz5vum -- It would take nearly $8 trillion in budget cuts merely to stabilize the national debt so it does not grow faster than the economy. #liberty #news
reason.com: Can RFK Jr. Fix Our Dysfunctional Public Health Agencies? -- https://tinyurl.com/25lc9mdq -- His priorities may not be the drastic reforms that are actually needed. #liberty #news
mises.org: "NAFTA Fever" and the Myth of Government-Created Free Markets -- https://tinyurl.com/232mh3fe -- Critics of free markets claim that the 1980s and 90s were near-pure laissez-faire when, in reality, the regulatory state only got stronger. #liberty #news
mises.org: Caplan’s Errors on the UAE and Open Borders -- https://tinyurl.com/25bnnnnx -- Economist Bryan Caplan has held up the United Arab Emirates as an example of how open borders can be successful. Caplan clearly does not understand how immigration works in the UAE. #liberty #news
reason.com: Starlink Election Fraud Claims Show Dems Are Not Immune to Conspiracy Theories -- https://tinyurl.com/27r3edqz -- The spread of conspiracy theories in response to a bruising electoral loss is not only found on the political right. #liberty #news
mises.org: Elections: Do They Really Matter? -- https://tinyurl.com/2cch27vr -- Elections can have important impacts on the economy, but the most important ones are preceded by some kind of revolution in the world of ideas, for good or bad. #liberty #news
mises.org: Abolish the Department of Homeland Security -- https://tinyurl.com/2clfmtho -- This might sound radical or extreme, but the US somehow managed to get along for more than 225 years before this department was created. #liberty #news
reason.com: One Brainworm To Rule Them All -- https://tinyurl.com/22muzrsd -- Plus: The sex-withholders, new JAQ with Lee Fang, and more... #liberty #news
reason.com: To Cut Wasteful Spending, Start With Energy Subsidies -- https://tinyurl.com/2ady5xd2 -- Ending the government’s preferential treatment of energy technologies is the best way to ensure long-term economic and environmental sustainability. #liberty #news
mises.org: Totalitarianism Begins with a Denial of Economics -- https://tinyurl.com/2yaocvyt -- Totalitarianism is not compatible with a functioning economic system based upon free exchange and private property. Such regimes depend upon historicism and logical relativism. #liberty #news
mises.org: Politics and Economics of the Deep State Monopoly -- https://tinyurl.com/29aqvxez -- Episodes that made a difference involved an ideological and philosophical battle about policy and the role of government. That’s what the Mises Institute is all about–we’re in the business of idea bombs. #liberty #news
reason.com: FDA Recalls 80,000 Pounds of Costco Butter Over Missing Milk Allergy Warning -- https://tinyurl.com/28y28hdr -- Apparently consumers are too stupid to know that butter contains milk. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Context Behind Donald Trump’s “Takeover” of the American Right -- https://tinyurl.com/26mnn8xq -- While it is often framed in the media as a battle between principled conservatives and an angry, non-ideological movement focused solely on personal loyalty to Trump, the current civil war on the American right is only the latest chapter in a much older story. #liberty #news
mises.org: Wanted: Critics of Austrian Economics -- https://tinyurl.com/2b568tuj -- Austrian economics today needs critics. It doesn‘t need the critics (like Paul Krugman) who cannot give valid and accurate criticisms, but rather people who actually understand the concepts upon which Austrian thinking is built provide a real challenge. #liberty #news