Everyone Has Property Rights, Whether They Know it or Not
Even if the Native Americans didn't understand property rights at all, that still wouldn't justify stealing their land, and killing them.
U.S. History
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Did the Indians Understand the Concept of Private Property?
On Columbus Day, it's helpful to remember that the American Indians have always been rational users of private property, just like everyone else.
America: The Dictatress of the World
John Quincy Adams warned that if the US sought to run the world, "she would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit."
Ending Gun Violence Begins by Ending the Drug War
With the horrific shooting that recently took place in Las Vegas, debates over gun control have been given center stage in our media and politics o
The American Militia and the Origin of Conscription: A Reassessment
The history of American militias is a complex and often-misunderstood story of both public and semi-private militias.
Yellow Journalism and Cheech and Chong: Drug Policy in the 70s
Chris Calton explores US drug policy between the Nixon and Reagan Administrations.
Dickinson: We Cannot Be Happy without Being Free
Of all his writings, perhaps most important were his 'Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies.'
A Libertarian “Stealth Plan for America”?
Thomas DiLorenzo reviews Nancy MacLean's attack-book on libertarianism.
Massacres and Marijuana: Vietnam and the Drug War
Chris Calton explains how the US government escalated the War on Drugs at home, while serving as a drug runner in Southeast Asia.
Elvis’s Own Personal Drug War
Elvis was a devoted fan of Nixon's Drug War — right up to the day he died from a drug overdose.
