U.S. History

In a slave system, threats of brutality underlay the whole relationship.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho talk about recent court cases involving defamation claims, justifying libertarian skepticism of the entire concept.

Last week NATO announced that it will open its first-ever Asia office in Japan. What next, NATO membership for Taiwan?

A new bill being sold as an "immigration control" measure is really a vast expansion of the federal regulatory and surveillance state known as "E-Verify."  The potential for abuse is enormous. 

Should political reform be the result of a much-discussed comprehensive plan? Or should it come about through decentralized decision-making that deals with the situations at hand?

Once the Southern states accepted the Thirteenth Amendment, Lincoln was entirely content for the old Southern elites to resume their positions of power and for many blacks to continue in a condition little better than bondage.

The current banking crises have deep roots in US financial history. Monetary authorities have engaged in inflationary behavior for more than a hundred years.

The so-called progressives sought to shape and control selected aspects of American family life, including education, work, liquor consumption, suffrage, and family size. 

Taxpayer-funded company Dominion is suing private parties for saying things the company doesn't like. These lawsuits illustrate how defamation laws can be used to destroy free speech.

From Never a Dull Moment: A Libertarian Look at the Sixties. Narrated by Jim Vann.