Warning: There Is No Invasion by Illegal Immigrants!
For many years, conservative commentators in the mainstream press have declaimed against the “invasion” of the United States by Latin American immigrants seeking to enter the United States without the official permission of the U.S. government. Over the years, I have received emails from right-wingers saying the same thing — that we are being “invaded” by the “illegals.” Both as a libertarian and ...
The Federal Dietary Wrecking Ball
by James Bovard
Politicians are hellbent on intruding further into Americans’ stomachs. In September, President Biden hosted a White House Summit on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. A ...
The Deadly Toll of Warrior Policing on Steroids
by John W. Whitehead
That the police officers charged with the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols are Black is a distraction. Don’t be distracted....
The Wealth of Nations
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
Why are some nations wealthier than other nations? Adam Smith addressed this question in his opus of ...
The War on Consumption
by Laurence M. Vance
Although Americans believe that they live in a free country — some would even say the freest country on earth — that freedom is ...
Freedom of Conscience
by Laurence M. Vance
Libertarian philosopher and historian George H. Smith (1949–2022), in his collection of essays titled Freethought and Freedom, incisively remarked that “without freedom of conscience ...