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Spectre

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Blog10/28/2015Matthew McCaffrey

James Bond is not a name that's typically mentioned in discussions of humble foreign policy or the importance of enforceable property rights.

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A Port in the War on Drugs Storm

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Blog08/20/2015Mark Thornton

The port city Gloucester Massachusetts Chief of Police announced that he was no longer going to arrest hard drug addicts and that indeed his police force would now work to help drug addicts get help

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Narco-Submarine Carrying 8 Tons Of Cocaine

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Blog08/07/2015Mark Thornton

How the war on drugs actually brings about less security and stability in the Western Hemisphere

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Star Wars: May the Fourth Be With You

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Blog05/04/2015Mark Thornton

Celebrate Star Wars Day: Here Are My Review/Previews of the Prequels. It's All About the Battle of Ideas!

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Reassessing the Presidency: Book and Lectures

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Blog02/16/2015Ryan McMaken

In 2001, the Mises Institute published Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom, by John V Denson, which examines the role of the US presidency in warmaking, police powers, and a variety of attacks on private property and human rights.

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Feds Seize Widow's Legally-Obtained Money — Because Terrorism

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Blog02/11/2015Ryan McMaken

The banking system in the United States today functions largely as a spy agency for the federal government.

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Eric Holder: Defender of Private Property?

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Blog02/04/2015Ryan McMaken

US AG Holder did something good on asset forfeiture. But don't break out the prize for Libertarian of the Year just yet.

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If the FBI Says It, It Must Be True

The Police StateWar and Foreign Policy

Blog12/30/2014Ryan McMaken

Why do so many people who claim to be against big government believe everything the government says about foreign policy?

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Nullification Works: Congress Ends Federal Ban on Medical Marijuana

The Police StateU.S. HistoryPrivate Property

Blog12/17/2014Ryan McMaken

Tucked deep inside the 1,603-page federal spending measure is a provision that effectively ends the federal government's prohibition on medical marijuana and signals a major shift in drug policy.

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Posner on Privacy

Legal SystemThe Police State

Blog12/10/2014David Gordon

At a recent conference on cybercrime, Judge Richard Posner, a well-known federal appeals court judge and one of the founders of the “law and economics” movement, said that the needs of national security trump a supposed right to privacy.