Essays
The Milgram Experiments and What They Teach Us
Decades after the Nuremberg Trials and decades after The Milgram Experiments they are still relevant today and teach us about the nature of authority.
Andrew Lepore
Essays
Banning Kratom Nationwide Will Be Deadly
Though kratom is a safer alternative to opioids and saves lives every year, the state wants to schedule it as a Schedule One narcotic.
Essays
The Libertarian Case for a Border Wall
Though the wall would require some funding, its long-term savings in government spending on immigration shows a principled and pragmatic necessity.
Essays
The Cuban Project: Is the U.S. Willing to Kill Its Citizens?
Declassified Pentagon documents about the Cuban project show that American public officials were willing to go to disturbing lengths to provoke a war.
U.S. Politics
The Most Brutal Police Department in the Country
With grossly high levels of excessive police force and four FBI investigations, Mesa, AZ has some of the most brutal police in the country.
Essays
The Technocratic Police State Of Dubai
Could Dubai's technocratic police force and justice system serve as the blueprint for America’s police state of the future?
Essays
Statist Rhetoric: "If You Don't Like It, Why Don't You Leave?"
A statist may show libertarians this line in argument, but the line is not an argument at all.
Essays
6 Times The United States Government Massacred Americans
From Sand Creek to Kent State, six times the American government gunned down its own people — with almost no one convicted.
Essays
The $15 Minimum Wage is a Self-Defeating Goal
Evidence shows minimum wage hikes incentivize business owners to automate would-be minimum wage positions.
Essays
The Stigma Surrounding Hallucinogens Took Root in Western Colonialism
This stigma surrounding hallucinogenic substances has taken many forms since the times of colonialism.
Opinion
We Shouldn't Trust Trump's CIA Appointment
Who is President Trump's director of CIA appointment and why we shouldn’t trust her.
Essays
Nobody Truly Understands Natural Human Rights
The debate over what is a right rages on, yet few truly understand what rights are.
Essays
Government is Simply a Massive Scam
Government is simply not worth the costs, and is entirely unnecessary for the better functioning of a developed and free society.
Essays
The Market Forces Companies to Care For Consumers
A rational individual will purchase a good or service if the benefit they receive from that service is equal to or outweighs the cost of it.
Essays
Drug Prohibition is Not the Government's Responsibility
Drug prohibition goes against common morality, considering it inherently requires violence to enforce it against American citizens.
Essays
Advocacy For Any Law is Advocacy For Violence
When we talk about the betterment of society, it should be through the paradigm of peace, cooperation, and voluntarism.
Essays
The First Anarcho-Capitalist
Lao Tzu is the first Rothbardian, thousands of years before Rothbard was born.
Essays
How Portugal Is Winning The War On Drugs
Portuguese officials came to the conclusion that hardcore criminalization was not the answer to the problem.
Essays
Molon Labe: A Call Against Authoritarians
'Come and take them': what 300 Spartans at Thermopylae still teach about answering authoritarians.
Essays
Socialism Fails Due to the Lack of Economic Calculation
Mises proved that socialism wouldn't work because, unlike capitalism, it cannot distinguish more or less valuable uses of resources.
U.S. Politics
Jason Stapleton on Trump, Military Experience, and Libertarianism
Jason Stapleton is a libertarian radio host with a captivating past.
Opinion
The Student Walkout Movement? It's Pro-Gun
The student walkout program seeks to put more power in the hands of the state, rather than decrease violence.
Essays
It Is A Myth That Capitalism Shuts Down Social Mobility
The free market does not care how rich or poor you are, it cares about how well you serve your fellow man.
Opinion
CNN Is Wrong, America Does Not Want To Give Up Its Guns
They think that by tossing out a number larger than 50% we should just throw our rights out the window.