Through a campaign of lying—aided by the police, the media, and Duke University’s administration and faculty leadership—Durham County District Attorney Michael Nifong was able to ram through false charges of rape, kidnapping, and sexual assault against three Duke University members of the lacrosse team. By June 2006, things looked bleak for the accused, as it became evident that Nifong might well succeed in getting the case to a jury, and then convincing those jurors to convict.

From the 2026 Libertarian Studies Conference (March 19):

(Classical) Liberalism Has Not Failed, and We Need It Now More Than Ever by Ryan McMaken

When interest rates are pushed artificially low in the midst of constantly-increasing costs of living, the avenues by which average Americans save and grow their wealth are limited. Frugality—demonstrated by spending less than you earn and socking away a portion of your income in bank CDs—becomes an exercise in frustration as widespread price inflation eats away any nominal increase in wealth.

In the ensuing search for higher yield, average Americans are pushed to take more risk in order to earn returns that have a chance of outpacing relentless price inflation.

[This short article from the 1960s can be found as “Abolish Slavery! — Part III” in Never a Dull Moment: a Libertarian Look at the Sixties, edited by Justin Raimondo.] 

The United States’ national debt now totals roughly $38.7 trillion, exceeding $355,000 per taxpayer. Such figures invite scrutiny of the government programs driving chronic budget deficits. According to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, “one of the largest drivers of that rising debt is federal spending on major healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.