How Government Invented Our Modern, Inefficient Prison System
An efficient criminal justice system is based on the idea of restitution. The modern system of using prisons as punishment turns this idea on its head.
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Mike Huckabee on the 17th Amendment: Evil Plot or Great Idea?
Repealing the 17th Amendment has its upside, but a simple repeal doesn't go nearly far enough.
The Whiskey Rebellion: A Model for Our Time?
The Whiskey Rebellion, considered properly, was a victory for liberty and property rather than for federal taxation.
The Hidden Costs of “National Security”
Ten ways your tax dollars pay for war — past, present, and future
Jeff Sessions’s Drug-War Fanaticism Shows a Growing Gap Between DC and the States
As states increasingly resist federal mandates on guns, drugs, and immigration, Jeff Sessions in DC has announced it's full speed ahead.
Seattle’s Minimum Wage Supporters Ignore the Facts
Early data showed the Seattle minimum wage experiment is hurting those its supposed to help. So, the city fudged the data.
Should Libertarians Care about the Constitution?
What should libertarians think about America's founding document? Jeff Deist interviews Brion McClanahan and Allen Mendenhall.
The Tragedy of the Commons in the American Prison System
The war on drugs actually pushes violent criminals back onto the streets in order to devote resources to non-violent criminals.
The Bernanke-Yellen Bubble-Depression
The next economic crisis will be directly tied to the last economic crisis and the policies the Fed used to “solve” it. As such, it should be called the Bernanke-Yellen Crisis.
Week in Review: July 8, 2017
Sometimes, "it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another."
