reason.com: "500M Europeans Are Begging 300M Americans for Protection from 140M Russians Who Have Been Unable to Overcome 50M Ukrainians for Three Years" -- https://tinyurl.com/249n6k8m -- A nice line from Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (Politico.Eu). I have no well-informed view on the proper role of…The post 500M Europeans Are Begging 300M Americans for Protection from 140M Russians Who Have Been Unable to Overcome 50M Ukrainians for Three Years appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: Extractive Psychology -- https://tinyurl.com/2bxak6hs -- Is extractive always a dirty word? While mining and energy fuel civilization, modern environmentalism has reshaped public perception—and the economy. What happens when ideology clashes with reality? #liberty #news
mises.org: Is the News Really News? -- https://tinyurl.com/23kr3vpf -- While discussing Vice President Vance’s recent speech in Munich, Margaret Brennan made the bold claim that free speech is what “empowered” the Nazi Party, allowed them to take over the country, and then commit genocide. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Wailings of a Broken Class -- https://tinyurl.com/2cyaa2dc -- The intelligentsia really feels like they’re in mortal danger. It’s lovely to see. #liberty #news
reason.com: Yes, We Should End Taxes on Tips -- https://tinyurl.com/27qpxzfy -- Taxing tips generates practically no revenue, burdens workers, and fuels pointless IRS audits. #liberty #news
reason.com: Freedom of Speech and Campus Antisemitism -- https://tinyurl.com/25fg7mp2 -- People love to accuse me of hypocrisy on campus speech and antisemitism, given my longstanding support for speech over conflicting…The post Freedom of Speech and Campus Antisemitism appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Importance of Constitutional Government -- https://tinyurl.com/288dxo7w -- Most modern Americans cannot conceive of states seceding from the US, but in 1860, the majority of the people believed secession was both legal and moral and saw the Constitution as permitting it. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Hidden Cost of Tariffs: A Lesson from Bastiat’s Seen and Unseen -- https://tinyurl.com/26zrw7ao -- The great French economist Frederic Bastiat wrote that we should not look just at the visible results of government economic intervention, but also the good things that the intervention keeps from happening. Trump‘s tariffs are a good example. #liberty #news
mises.org: Fatal Freedom -- https://tinyurl.com/2dmnvbny -- In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction by Jim Downs, who exposes the high death rates from disease suffered by newly-freed slaves because of neglect by Union armies. #liberty #news
reason.com: The FCC and Its Private Taxman Go to Court -- https://tinyurl.com/29uj29j4 -- FCC v. Consumers’ Research could dismantle a massive slush fund run by unelected regulators and industry insiders. #liberty #news
mises.org: A Caste of Characters: Net Taxpayers versus Net Tax Consumers -- https://tinyurl.com/25kthlvy -- While Marxist progressives claim that “class conflict” is the source of social ills, the true conflict involves the tax-consuming caste using state power to plunder the productive tax- paying caste. #liberty #news
mises.org: Gov. Desantis Shows Support for Property Tax Elimination -- https://tinyurl.com/2xon8pko -- Property taxes, by its critics, have correctly been described as unjust, regressive, and inefficient, in addition to having a disproportionate effect on lower-income homeowners who potentially have more of a struggle to pay them. #liberty #news
reason.com: Is Science Rigged for the Rich? -- https://tinyurl.com/26pd5qqn -- A recent study claiming inequality of opportunity in the sciences commits statistical and conceptual errors that make its findings meaningless. #liberty #news
reason.com: Medicare Deserves Attention From DOGE and Congress -- https://tinyurl.com/2ymjwspt -- Reform could replace an unsustainable boondoggle with lower costs, more freedom, and better care. #liberty #news
reason.com: Article III Inverted: The Supreme Court Surrenders to Inferior Court Supremacy. -- https://tinyurl.com/23jz4cme -- Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett are engaging in alternative dispute resolution, rather than constitutional adjudication. #liberty #news
reason.com: Doxing, 1770 -- https://tinyurl.com/23h3rdl8 -- From the Providence Gazette, May 5, 1770; recall that back then an article published in one newspaper would often be…The post Doxing, 1770 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: Massie and Lee Introduce Bills to "End the Fed" -- https://tinyurl.com/23ad2hjs -- While Fed abolition remains a minority view within the Republican Party, these moves do signal movement within the Overton Window on the topic in recent years, a testament to Ron Paul‘s lasting impact on American politics. #liberty #news
mises.org: CBDC: The Impacts on Freedom, Privacy, and Economic Development -- https://tinyurl.com/28ntgfdk -- The implementation of Central Bank Digital Currencies isn‘t just about money. It also is about personal freedom and how CBDCs give the government enormous powers over individuals. #liberty #news
reason.com: Updated Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Overview of "The Ethics and Rationality of Voting" -- https://tinyurl.com/22ztzmmd -- Written by Georgetown Prof. Jason Brennan. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Bipartisan War on Elbridge Colby -- https://tinyurl.com/29zne3n2 -- Hawks from both major parties lashed out at the confirmation hearing for Trump’s nominee for top military strategist. #liberty #news