reason.com: The 5th Circuit Says the Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Young Adults Is Unconstitutional -- https://tinyurl.com/2bcd2eog -- The government failed to persuade the appeals court that 18-to-20-year-olds are not part of the people or that the age restriction is consistent with the historical tradition of firearm regulation. #liberty #news
mises.org: Mises Apprenticeship 2025 -- https://tinyurl.com/2dftq64v -- The Mises Apprenticeship is designed for those who want to engage in the battlefield of ideas from outside the constrained and stagnant ivory tower. #liberty #news
reason.com: Trump Expands School Choice, Narrows What Schools Can Teach -- https://tinyurl.com/28o54das -- Trump signed two executive orders expanding federal funding of school choice while banning radical indoctrination in federally funded schools. #liberty #news
mises.org: Kenya and Nigeria: Hiking Taxes When There Is Nothing Left to Tax -- https://tinyurl.com/2c2dukjs -- African nations such as Nigeria and Kenya desperately need market economies and freedom from the socialism and statism that infects the governing elite of that continent. #liberty #news
mises.org: La-La Land, Once More -- https://tinyurl.com/2yj7wp8w -- California politicians are in a state of denial as deadly wildfires burn out of control throughout the state, the latest being in Los Angeles. Their denialism in the face of real facts shows that California politically has become La-La Land. #liberty #news
reason.com: 4 States Consider Bills To Treat Women Who Get Abortions as Murderers -- https://tinyurl.com/2amwfe8n -- These bills—in Indiana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Carolina—could also imperil IVF practices and threaten care for women with pregnancy complications. #liberty #news
reason.com: Los Angeles Sheriff Misused Confidential Database Thousands of Times To Run Concealed Carry Background Checks -- https://tinyurl.com/2ajz9klr -- Public records obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation show how sensitive police databases are used and abused. #liberty #news
mises.org: William McKinley: Prostitute of Protectionism -- https://tinyurl.com/23vz8aqs -- Protectionist tariff taxes are nothing more than a price-fixing conspiracy orchestrated by the state that enriches a relatively small group of politically connected corporations. #liberty #news
mises.org: How Austrian Economists Repeatedly Saved Civilization -- https://tinyurl.com/2bdvstdv -- When it seemed central Europe would succumb to the terrors of Bolshevism, Ludwig von Mises wrote his classic book, Socialism, convincing fellow Austrians that socialism was destructive. Mises influenced F.A. Hayek, whose The Road to Serfdom had similar effects in the US. #liberty #news
reason.com: Chinese AI Enters the Chat -- https://tinyurl.com/234jvj79 -- Plus: Federal employees offered buyouts, immigration crackdown continues, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Tariffs Will Not Make America Great Again -- https://tinyurl.com/247pknzr -- Making it harder to do business with Americans is not the way to help domestic workers, small businesses, and everyone else in middle America who has been getting ripped off under our current political system. #liberty #news
mises.org: What Happens in a Mixed Economy? -- https://tinyurl.com/23kxgmal -- There is always the choice between the market principle and the hegemonic principle. There is no third way or middle ground between the two, often presented as a “mixed economy.” #liberty #news
mises.org: Education: Where Liberty Is Winning Some Important Battles -- https://tinyurl.com/24s5kbz6 -- Despite efforts by elites to promote state-sponsored education, people are revolting against the statist model. From private schools to home schooling and other alternatives, people have not forgotten that liberty and learning fit well together. #liberty #news
mises.org: There Is No Such Thing as “Settled Law” -- https://tinyurl.com/2cvpo52p -- No matter how the court rules on birthright citizenship (or anything else), it certainly won’t be the “last word” on the matter, and nothing is decided beyond the short term. #liberty #news
reason.com: Like Biden, Trump Does Not Control the Price of Eggs -- https://tinyurl.com/27qmxjzx -- Though he promised to lower costs on Day 1, Trump remains just as beholden to the laws of supply and demand as his predecessor. #liberty #news
reason.com: Abolish the CFPB -- https://tinyurl.com/27nfds42 -- This rogue agency stifles innovation, drives up costs, and infantilizes consumers—all while operating without accountability. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Rise of “History by Theory” -- https://tinyurl.com/22twfo9d -- How should we approach the study of history? An unfortunate trend has been to implement “history by theory” in which practitioners take theories and present them as facts. An honest approach is to take the historical facts and interpret them through coherent theories. #liberty #news
reason.com: Guns and Grammar -- https://tinyurl.com/22e4wlns -- Though awkward and antiquated, the Second Amendment’s syntax and grammar unambiguously protect gun rights. #liberty #news
reason.com: Utah Resolution Would Encourage More Free-Range Parenting -- https://tinyurl.com/2xonapvb -- Make childhood great again, says state Sen. Lincoln Fillmore. #liberty #news
mises.org: "Landman" vs. the Environmentalists -- https://tinyurl.com/233bveux -- While TV commentators are wagging their fingers at the fossil fuel industry, Taylor Sheridan has provided a different point of view with Landman. #liberty #news