State “Dominion” versus Property Rights

If you happened to be a fly on the wall at a Libertarian National Convention, you might see this happen: Someone will take a microphone and ask for a point of information. Then, he will ask, “Is taxation theft?” The Chair will then answer, “Yes.” Then the convention-goers will laugh, and clap, and pass over this momentary interruption, and get back to deciding who they want to run for the positions at the head of this gang of thieves.

Greenland: Trump’s Folly

In recent weeks, President Trump has been getting more vocal about his intention to bring the semiautonomous Danish territory of Greenland under the control of the American federal government. A meeting was held last Wednesday between officials from the US, Greenland, and Denmark that, according to the Danish foreign minister, didn’t move the dispute any closer to a resolution.

Conservatives Are Incorrigible Drug Warriors

Forget everything that conservatives say about individual liberty, personal freedom, property rights, the Constitution, federalism, capitalism, limited government, the free market, and free enterprise. They don’t mean a word of it because they are such incorrigible drug warriors.

The reaction of conservatives to President Trump’s “lethal, kinetic strikes” by the U.S. military against “narco-terrorists” in boats in international waters who were supposedly transporting drugs to the United States is appalling.

President Trump: Peace is Popular

Over the weekend, as a US carrier strike group made its way toward Iran, President Trump told Politico, “It’s time to look for new leadership in Iran.” This pro “regime change” statement came just days after the US and Israel-led covert operation to overthrow the Iranian government was finally defeated by Iranian authorities.