reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: December 21, 1922 -- https://tinyurl.com/2xpdxswy -- 12/21/1922: Justice Pierce Butler takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 21, 1922 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: Looking Back and Forth -- https://tinyurl.com/2do9qvza -- Gold is up, bitcoin is cooling, the yield curve turning. 2026 could un-invert the story. #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: December 20, 1976 -- https://tinyurl.com/2bjps9ta -- 12/20/1976: Craig v. Boren decided.The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 20, 1976 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Illusion of Democracy: The “Iron Law of Oligarchy” -- https://tinyurl.com/2dobmo5x -- “Political globalism” bears the unmistakable signature of an oligarchized democracy. No matter how we vote, a small elite manages to get its way on its central issues. #liberty #news
mises.org: Combating Wokeness: An Interview with Paul Gottfried -- https://tinyurl.com/28yyeg7k -- Richard McDaniel interviews Paul Gottfried, getting his perspective on wokeness and other shenanigans and hijinks that are coming from modern American higher education. #liberty #news
reason.com: Trump Administration Drops Effort to Deport Chinese Dissident Guan Heng to Uganda -- https://tinyurl.com/2dg7cdhl -- This is likely the result of the massive public outcry supporting Guan. But Trump continues to deport other dissidents and victims of persecution back to their oppressors. #liberty #news
mises.org: Inflation and the Intergenerational Housing Rivalry -- https://tinyurl.com/2cgpsuc8 -- Instead of market competition, inflation forces young and old into rivalrous competition for housing. #liberty #news
mises.org: Nagel on Reason -- https://tinyurl.com/2bkkt289 -- This week, Dr. Gordon explores some of the thought of Thomas Nagel on reason and how subjectivists who deny objective reason are inviting us not to believe them through their arguments. #liberty #news
mises.org: Protecting a Societal Cancer with a Web of Lies -- https://tinyurl.com/269w8rpo -- The modern western society is built upon the welfare state, yet it is that very welfare state that is undermining the social fabric. It is time to recognize the damage the welfare state is doing and put a stop to it. #liberty #news
reason.com: Trump Won on Immigration. Now Most Americans Say His Deportations Are Going Too Far. -- https://tinyurl.com/2d69uouj -- The public wants violent criminals deported, not workers and their families. #liberty #news
reason.com: Cannavictory -- https://tinyurl.com/2ylewato -- Plus: Polymarket bets on when killers will be apprehended, how locking up phones saves high school, and more... #liberty #news
reason.com: More Republican Socialism -- https://tinyurl.com/2bwceewg -- The Trump administration has not made a convincing case for why it is buying stakes in these companies—and why these companies in particular, rather than others. #liberty #news
mises.org: Inflation and the Intergenerational Housing Rivalry -- https://tinyurl.com/2dyunqkz -- Instead of market competition, inflation forces young and old into rivalrous competition for housing. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Death of DOGE and the Triumph of the Establishment: A Review of 2025 -- https://tinyurl.com/2cgonuus -- On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Tho, and Connor reflect on what they view as the biggest stories and themes of the year. #liberty #news
reason.com: Trump Blames Illegal Immigrants for High Housing Prices. Blame Zoning Instead. -- https://tinyurl.com/22styqlo -- Low-skilled immigrants would expand the supply of housing more than they increase demand, if local governments would just allow new construction. #liberty #news
mises.org: Why William F. Buckley Pushed the John Birchers from the Conservative Movement -- https://tinyurl.com/29kdr4z8 -- National Review’s purging of the John Birch Society was done because the Birchers began to turn against the Vietnam War. #liberty #news
mises.org: Austrian Economics: Your Ultimate Survival Toolkit for the Financial Reset -- https://tinyurl.com/22enm5v2 -- Connor O’Keeffe joins Rob Kientz on The Freedom Report for a wide-ranging conversation on Austrian economics, government power, and why today’s affordability crisis is no accident. #liberty #news
reason.com: Yes, the First Amendment Applies to Non-Citizens Present in the United States -- https://tinyurl.com/24t79vqp -- A conservative federal judge questions the reach of free speech. #liberty #news
reason.com: The U.S. Is Stealing From Millennials and Gen Z To Make Boomers Even Richer -- https://tinyurl.com/26parvwx -- Social insurance programs are compatible with a basic safety net. But what we have now is a slow-motion generational fleecing. #liberty #news
mises.org: We Cannot Build an Economy on Lies -- https://tinyurl.com/2ath2aeh -- American journalists and academics have invented a fairy tale in which “free market orthodoxy” has dominated political thinking in America for the past forty years. This is not even slightly true, but pundits repeat the lie again and again. #liberty #news
mises.org: An Economic Contagion -- https://tinyurl.com/22s3do6n -- When there is a cascade of failing businesses at one time, it is easy to think of it as an economic contagion that is a by-product of capitalism. Yet, a cluster of business errors can be laid firmly at the feet of government. #liberty #news
reason.com: Should The Denial Of Rights To Aliens Cut Against Restoring The Privileges or Immunities Clause? -- https://tinyurl.com/234rw2kv -- What rights do aliens have under Section 1? #liberty #news
mises.org: The Student Debt Racket -- https://tinyurl.com/29udjezw -- Much of the current debate on student higher education debt centers around the students as victims of rapacious capitalism. However, the government‘s student loan program has driven up education costs, impoverished student borrowers, and financed the leftist takeover of higher education. #liberty #news
reason.com: Nova Scotia Bans Everyone From Hiking in the Woods Until October -- https://tinyurl.com/2bya7qgw -- The province says this will prevent forest fires. Those who violate the ban will face a $25,000 fine. #liberty #news
reason.com: Attempt to Get Government Documents About Anthony Pellegrino and Goldstone Financial Vanished from Internet Searches -- https://tinyurl.com/2bm9g4ct -- On August 5, I wrote about a temporary restraining order in Goldstone Financial Group, LLC v. FinanceScam.com that ordered the…The post Attempt to Get Government Documents About Anthony Pellegrino and Goldstone Financial Vanished from Internet Searches appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
reason.com: Republican Governors Send National Guard to D.C. -- https://tinyurl.com/2y5tnnz4 -- Plus: Eric Adams introduces anti-drug proposals, ICE recruitment gets crazier, and more... #liberty #news
reason.com: Americans Misunderstand Social Security but Appear Open to Reform -- https://tinyurl.com/27ol6x94 -- Younger Americans seem ready to treat the program as a safety net, not a retirement plan. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Anti-Porn Crusade Comes for Online Games -- https://tinyurl.com/23mtazps -- Activists pressure payment processors, who in turn pressure game marketplaces. The result? A whole lot of video games and visual novels are disappearing. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Meaning of Coercion in Hayekian Philosophy -- https://tinyurl.com/2xva5evc -- How do we define liberty? Hayek saw it as the absence of most (but not all) coercion, but that depends upon how one defines “coercion.” Murray Rothbard believed that Hayek was too willing to accept forms of coercion that were anti-freedom. #liberty #news
reason.com: A Terrible Environmental Law Finally Did Something Good: It Paused Construction of Alligator Alcatraz -- https://tinyurl.com/24o7erp2 -- A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against any additional construction at the immigration detention center amid plans to increase the facility’s capacity to 4,000 detainees. #liberty #news
mises.org: The European Miracle: How Contractual Politics and Divided Power Gave Birth to Western Prosperity -- https://tinyurl.com/2a8ksnug -- How did Europe move from a collection of impoverished city states and kingdoms to a prosperous state of affairs? Europeans learned the value of contracts, private property, and the limited power of the state, and in turn, they flourished. #liberty #news
reason.com: Tariffs Are Changing the Game -- https://tinyurl.com/2ytty8nc -- Plus: Guardian Angels corruption, an insane free-range kids story, and more... #liberty #news
reason.com: A First Amendment Lawsuit Highlights the Chilling Impact of Speech-Based Deportation on Student Journalists -- https://tinyurl.com/2ywc832d -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression is seeking an injunction that would protect noncitizens at The Stanford Daily from arrest and removal because of their published work. #liberty #news
mises.org: WNBA Players: “Pay Us What You Owe Us” -- https://tinyurl.com/248sr64q -- Discussions of wages often miss the all-important economic concept of a worker‘s diminishing marginal value product (DMVP), and the WNBA is no exception. #liberty #news