What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not but that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed? What farmer or manufacturer will lay himself out for the encouragement given to any particular cultivation or establishment, when he can have no assurance that his preparatory labors and advances will not render him a victim to an inconstant government?
October 6, 2023 What Ever Happened to English Only?
I was eating at an outdoor cafe yesterday and overheard a couple speaking a foreign language. I was curious as to what language it was and so I asked them. They responded “Farsi.” I said, “Thank you. That’s a beautiful language.” I can just imagine officials at the Pentagon and the CIA chafing, given that those two people were from Iran. But I don’t hate people simply because...
The Latest Government Shutdown Circus by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the most recent government-shutdown circus and explain how ...
You're Not Fired
by Laurence M. Vance
At the end of every episode of “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump’s reality TV show, he would utter his signature catchphrase “You’re Fired!” Yet, it ...
Macaulay and the Ghosts of Tyranny Past, Part 2 by James Bovard
Reposing with a favorite author in the Virginia Tech library in 1976, I savored one zinger after another in Thomas Macaulay’s ...
Congressional and Media Hypocrisy on Cluster Bombs by Ted Galen Carpenter
The U.S. elite’s alleged commitment to human rights and opposition to war crimes was just put to the test in an especially clear fashion. ...
