Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power
What’s been most striking to me is just how one-sided the rules are when Americans take on their own government…. It has been dismaying to learn the extent to which …
Future of Freedom Foundation
Why Do Libertarians Support School Vouchers?
For the life of me, I simply cannot understand why some libertarians still support school vouchers. Libertarianism, after all, is about achieving a free society. What do school vouchers have …
Thomas Sowell at 90: Understanding Race Relations Around the World
The issue of race relations in America has reached a new high pitch with the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman, followed by mass peaceful demonstrations and instances …
Police Bigotry and the Drug War
To suggest that all cops and all judges are racial bigots would obviously be ridiculous. But it would be equally ridiculous to suggest that there are no racial bigots within …
Government Standards
Standards are important. For example: steel. According to ASTM International (formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials), ASTM’s steel standards are instrumental in classifying, evaluating, and specifying …
Don’t Rename Those Military Bases. Close Them Instead.
A controversy has erupted over the naming of U.S. military bases here in the United States. The bases are named after Confederate generals, and there are people who want to …
The Tortured Legacy of the Mexican-American War, Part 1
Part 1 | Part 2 [to be posted] | Part 3 [to be posted] I had a horror of the Mexican War … only I had not the moral courage …
Iranian Monetary Tyranny Is Déjà Vu in America
If there is any beneficial aspect of a foreign dictatorship, it is that it can provide a reality check for the American people, especially those who are convinced that they …
The Pentagon’s Role in the Protests
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, is apologizing for the role he played in President Trump’s photo-op in Washington, D.C.. Dressed in battle fatigues, Milley …
Engineering a Race War
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”— George Santayana Watch and see: this debate over police brutality and accountability is about to get politicized into …