Authoritarianism
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Why There is a Civic and Moral Duty to Oppose Tyrannical Bureaucracies
“In the spirit of Mises, I offer this: A society that embraces coerced medical choices has chosen a path away from social cooperation and towards the disintegration of society.” ~ Barry Brownstein
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Pretrial “Justice” Is Anything But
“If Sixth Amendment protections were honored, it would be nearly impossible for the United States to have the highest incarceration rate in the world. Due process rights are for everyone – not just those who can pay.” ~ Laura Williams
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The Church of State: Taxonomy of a New Religion
“In viewing one another as sacred individuals, even the godless might just find something a little closer to God. If we don’t reestablish a doctrine of sacredness of persons, we risk returning to the horrors that marked the twentieth century.” ~ Max Borders
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The Case of Evergrande: Is There a Housing Bubble in China?
“The Chinese housing bubble is enormous; various economic indicators leave no room for doubt. Evergrande’s problem is not an isolated issue but a systemic problem with the Chinese economy.” ~ Daniel Fernández
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Whose Life is it Anyway? Politicians Should Stop Claiming Our Futures as Their Own
“Although Democrats are on the offense, Republicans were wildly irresponsible when they last held the majority. Watching the Democrats this year gives new meaning to the joke line, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.’ Remember Sen. Murray.” ~ Doug Bandow
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Stop Protecting Presidents from History
“Continuing to close the doors on presidential records is a clear and present danger to Americans recognizing how badly they have been misgoverned.” ~ James Bovard
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Fragility’s Triumph
“As manners have coarsened, so—seemingly paradoxically—vulnerability, or the claim to vulnerability, has increased. The least expression which somebody finds disobliging is now treated as if it were a real sock on the jaw.” ~ Theodore Dalrymple
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Biden’s Plan to “Tax The Rich” Will Cost the Middle Class
“With huge budget deficits, all it would take would be some future crisis for this tax to look like a good option to policy makers. And once the rich are subject to the tax, you will be next.” ~ Randall G. Holcombe
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The Great Tax Gap Flap
“Americans do not want to return to the days when they deliberately overpaid their taxes in order to avoid a nasty audit. And certainly any hint that the IRS was auditing middle class Americans for partisan reasons would be revolutionary in more ways than one.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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Resisting Tyranny Depends on the Courage to Not Conform
“The price of abdicating our responsibility is high. As Browning puts it, Germans paid a high price for ‘placing uncritical trust in the ‘firm leadership’ of seemingly well-intentioned political authority between 1933 and 1945.'” ~ Barry Brownstein
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Why There is a Civic and Moral Duty to Oppose Tyrannical Bureaucracies
“In the spirit of Mises, I offer this: A society that embraces coerced medical choices has chosen a path away from social cooperation and towards the disintegration of society.” ~ Barry Brownstein
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Pretrial “Justice” Is Anything But
“If Sixth Amendment protections were honored, it would be nearly impossible for the United States to have the highest incarceration rate in the world. Due process rights are for everyone – not just those who can pay.” ~ Laura Williams
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The Church of State: Taxonomy of a New Religion
“In viewing one another as sacred individuals, even the godless might just find something a little closer to God. If we don’t reestablish a doctrine of sacredness of persons, we risk returning to the horrors that marked the twentieth century.” ~ Max Borders
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The Case of Evergrande: Is There a Housing Bubble in China?
“The Chinese housing bubble is enormous; various economic indicators leave no room for doubt. Evergrande’s problem is not an isolated issue but a systemic problem with the Chinese economy.” ~ Daniel Fernández
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Whose Life is it Anyway? Politicians Should Stop Claiming Our Futures as Their Own
“Although Democrats are on the offense, Republicans were wildly irresponsible when they last held the majority. Watching the Democrats this year gives new meaning to the joke line, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.’ Remember Sen. Murray.” ~ Doug Bandow
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Stop Protecting Presidents from History
“Continuing to close the doors on presidential records is a clear and present danger to Americans recognizing how badly they have been misgoverned.” ~ James Bovard
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Fragility’s Triumph
“As manners have coarsened, so—seemingly paradoxically—vulnerability, or the claim to vulnerability, has increased. The least expression which somebody finds disobliging is now treated as if it were a real sock on the jaw.” ~ Theodore Dalrymple
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Biden’s Plan to “Tax The Rich” Will Cost the Middle Class
“With huge budget deficits, all it would take would be some future crisis for this tax to look like a good option to policy makers. And once the rich are subject to the tax, you will be next.” ~ Randall G. Holcombe
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The Great Tax Gap Flap
“Americans do not want to return to the days when they deliberately overpaid their taxes in order to avoid a nasty audit. And certainly any hint that the IRS was auditing middle class Americans for partisan reasons would be revolutionary in more ways than one.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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Resisting Tyranny Depends on the Courage to Not Conform
“The price of abdicating our responsibility is high. As Browning puts it, Germans paid a high price for ‘placing uncritical trust in the ‘firm leadership’ of seemingly well-intentioned political authority between 1933 and 1945.'” ~ Barry Brownstein