Men may adjust to the new disorder, resume the course of their lives as best they can, and submit more or less to conditions. In time, they may even forget that the system is maintained by force, or that things could be otherwise. After all, most peoples at most times have lived under varying degrees of oppression. Nonetheless, ameliorative reform introduces violence into life. The force charged with keeping the peace becomes the disturber of the peace. Traditional relationships are disrupted. Liberty is restricted and reduced.
–Clarence B. Carson
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
September 6, 2023 Abolish Sedition Laws
Yesterday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., sentenced Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, to 22 years in jail for the crime of “sedition” arising out of the January 6 protests at the Capitol. It wasn’t the first time that the judge, Timothy Kelly, meted out a high jail sentence for the sedition offense. Last week, he handed out an ...
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The deadly fire in Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui is the fire seen round the world. The death toll is in the ...
The Federal Reserve and Monetary Growth
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard examine the Federal Reserve's target of 2 percent for ...
The Myth of NATO as a Defensive Alliance by Ted Galen Carpenter
Western leaders have long fostered the self-serving myth that NATO is an organization solely for the mutual defense of its members. ...
Macaulay and My 75-Cent Epiphanies, Part 1 by James Bovard
Fearing that my writing style was becoming anemic, I recently sought a literary booster shot from my bookshelves. Happily, a dozen volumes of Thomas ...
