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Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
The mask mandates are slowly lifting but something even darker is quietly taking their place. Megan Redshaw explores whether colleges and employers can legally require you to get the Covid vaccine. As you might expect, it's complicated.
The amount of government spending these days is soaring beyond comprehension. Jon Miltimore has some valuable historical perspective on what the ancient Greeks and Romans can teach us about our current debt explosion.
With all that official spending, it follows that politicians will be looking to raise taxes to pay for their binge. Words & Numbers hosts James R. Harrigan and Antony Davies explain how when politicians say fair tax, they only mean more tax.
You're likely hearing more about Blockchain these days and wondering if it's just another fad. Ethan Yang has a timely essay about Blockchain and the future of everything in our growing digital society.
Here's a question that doesn't get asked often enough: What do humans owe each other? There's definitely no shortage of people who are eager to make a claim on your life, labor and money. Kent McManigal has a thoughtful take on a debt you don't owe.
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Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
The ideological purge of the unwoke that's taking hold in America is disturbing to witness. Just remember that what goes up quickly tends to come down quickly as well. As Sarah Weaver explains, when the cheap, angry trends have died out, the classics will remain.
Living as a free man or woman can make you feel like you are part of a despised minority. This is especially true for those who question anything regarding those official Covid mandates. Jeffery A. Tucker says that the movement away from lockdown mentality towards freedom is much bigger than we think and it's growing.
When someone who has actually lived under communism speaks up about the warning signs of totalitarian government, I pay attention. Vasko Kohlmayer warns of the behaviors that accompany tyranny as well as the underlying and flawed premises of "wokeism." This is a great explanation of what is happening to the West.
If you're serious about not embracing a life of serfdom, you have your work cut out for you. Jeff Thomas has some practical ideas for escaping serfdom by voting with your feet.
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Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
If you want to be free, you're going to have to work at it. Here's some good news from the encrypted messaging platform Telegram about two new web apps that allow you to bypass big tech censorship.
One of the great blessings of free market economics is that it encourages people to care for you without having to care about you. Art Carden has a very solid example of what this looks like and why we should be grateful.
It's easy to get hung up on party labels when we should be more focused on the principles at stake. John Stossel has an excellent article about how society is richer and more accepting thanks to libertarian ideas.
Our nation's growing economic concerns are being blamed on the coronavirus but that's a red herring. As Kent McManigal explains, so many of our economic woes can be traced back to specific government policies. He says government owes business a sincere apology.
What does it look like when people stop asking permission and start reclaiming their rights? Here's a story out of Arizona where a school board abruptly canceled a scheduled meeting over removing its mask mandate and parents, under Roberts Rules of Order, voted them out and voted in a new board. This is what scares the political class to death--the realization that their limited power is given (and taken) only by the consent of the governed.
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Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Politics has a tendency to corrupt whatever it touches. This includes well-intentioned people like you or me who might wish to run for office. Jordan B. Peterson poses the question, "What makes you think you won't be a tyrant if you were given power?" He has a point.
One of the most important distinctions we can make is the one between reform and freedom. Jacob Hornberger spells out the difference and makes the case for freedom rather than more comfortable serfdom.
We're all skeptics, at some level, when something new comes along. If you've been wary of cryptocurrencies, here's another reason to take a closer look. Jon Militmore shares the story of an NFL draft pick who's choosing to take his entire signing bonus ($22.5 million) in crypto.
Noting how much ignorance abounds in the world isn't a matter of arrogance. It's being realistic and it requires admitting that none of us are immune. As to the question of what we should be doing about it, Joakim Book says, first and foremost, don't misinform.
Being free in an unfree world isn't getting easier. I wish more people would consider Curt Mercadante's approach and choose to provide an example of freedom in how they live their lives. It's so much better that simply raging against the freedom deniers.
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Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
A major case regarding a public school student's free speech on her her personal time is coming before the Supreme Court. Thomas L. Knapp minces no words. He says SCOTUS should clarify that students don't shed their freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.
The Supremes will also be hearing another landmark case regarding the Second Amendment. Jon Miltimore explains what we should keep in mind about this case.
I make no bones about my distrust of most mass media. Most news sources don't exist to keep us informed, their purpose is to persuade us to accept narratives that are too often incomplete or untrue. Annie Holmquist has noticed that some outlets are beginning to moderate their activism but wonders if this is leading to deeper propaganda.
No matter how carefully we use your time, politics is always looking a way to insinuate itself into our lives. Robert Weissberg has a timely reminder that politics is not the only game in town. This doesn't mean that we give up the fight. We simply choose to use our time & energy where it has impact.
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Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
There's no way to sugarcoat the fact that the political systems around us are working overtime to consolidate their power over us. We've seen it with their reaction to Covid and their proposed environmental policies. What about weaponizing our money? Rob Nielsen has an eye-opening take on money as a geopolitical weapon.
No matter how good you've become at flying under the radar, eventually you're going to run into various mandates regarding masks, vaccines or Covid tests. Allan Stevo has a great explanation of how and why not to be forced into any of them.
Why is there such a concentrated push for statehood for Washington D.C.? Pat Buchanan calls it what it is--an unprecedented power grab by the folks who think they know best.
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
When you start hearing slogans like "None of us is safe until all of us are safe" Pay attention. When goodness is being defined by the people in power, you can be certain that it will include whatever they wish to do. Political consultant Gary Welch joins me to talk about police reform, vaccines and other current events.
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos stops by to discuss current events. Among the topics we cover today:
- Will bicycles soon require licensure?
- Whether you should have a radar detector
- The pride of the newly vaccinated
Pop culture is pretty far down the list of things that I care about. Having said that, it's fascinating how the entertainment awards shows are losing their audience at an unprecedented rate. Bobby Burack explains what those tanking ratings mean.
It seems as though every police-involved shooting is becoming a flashpoint for new protests across the country. What is the most likely solution? Ron Paul says if we wish to solve our police problems, we should start by embracing liberty.
Here's a word that more of us should understand: expropriation. Charles Hugh Smith has an eye-opening explanation of how what's yours is now mine in America's era of accelerating expropriation of our private property. He also has some powerful suggestions of what we can do about it.
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Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Sometimes the feeling that we are living in a type of dystopian clown world is pretty hard to shake. This is especially true when it comes to quick, fear-driven policymaking. Robert Higgs describes 12 myths that are fueling government overreach in times of crisis.
The term "equality" gets used a lot these days. But it sure doesn't mean the same thing to everyone. Gary M. Galles has a great essay on an equality worth defending.
Sometimes the feeling that we are living in a type of dystopian clown world is pretty hard to shake. This is especially true when it comes to quick, fear-driven policymaking. Robert Higgs describes 12 myths that are fueling government overreach in times of crisis.
The term "equality" gets used a lot these days. But it sure doesn't mean the same thing to everyone. Gary M. Galles has a great essay on an equality worth defending.
At the risk of being labeled a "denier", I'll confess that I have no faith whatsoever in what Dr. Anthony Fauci has to say. He may be a darling of the media but he's also doing a pretty good impression of a pseudoscience propagandist who remains willfully blind to the millions of lives he's helping to destroy. Jordan Schachtel explains what we can learn from Fauci's 300 media appearances in the past year.
Seeing through official lies is an essential skill for maintaining one's freedom. Kent McManigal is on target--as usual--with his explanation of how the latest push for gun control is based on official deception.
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