Friday Feature: Freedom Learning Academy
Colleen Hroncich I recently toured Freedom Learning Academy in Overland Park, Kansas, and was really inspired by what I saw there. Josiah Enyart was a public school teacher and coach for more than 10 years. Over time, he started to get a bit disillusioned by
Arizona Wants to Take Condo Owners’ Property and Sell it to Somebody Else
Anastasia P. Boden and Nathaniel Lawson Arizona thinks that some people ought to be able to take other peoples’ property when they can put it to “better use.” We think not. Under the Arizona Condominium Act, a supermajority of condo owners can force
Totalitarian Ideals and Not Living by Lies
More than forty years ago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn urged his fellow Russians “not to live by lies.” In our politicized age, his words ring truer than ever. Original Article: Totalitarian Ideals and Not Living by Lies
Assessing the BRICS Expansion: Debunking Expectations
At the conclusion of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg on August 24, 2023, it was announced that the five-country grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, had invited six more countries to join: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
New York’s Hate Speech Law Violates the First Amendment
Thomas A. Berry Social media sites face many choices when they set rules for users. How much speech is permissible? Will conversations be “anything goes” or strictly moderated for relevance and decorum? Will moderation decisions be automated, human, or a mix? Different
Reinstating ‘Net Neutrality’ Is to Ignore Reality
Thomas A. Firey Usually, when some government proposal is floated in D.C., it should be evaluated with careful, sober policy analysis. But in the case of the Federal Communications Commission’s new “net neutrality” push to more‐or‐less reinstate regulations that were repealed a half‐decade
Living Libertarian: Brief Biographies
Libertarian Autobiographies: Moving toward Freedom in Today’s Worldedited by Jo Ann Cavallo and Walter E. BlockPalgrave Macmillan, 2023; xx + 533 pp. Jo Ann Cavallo and Walter Block have done those interested in libertarianism a great service, but they have set
The Problem With “Classical Liberals”
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop take a look at "classical liberalism," a term that has come to mean a variety of different things in recent years. What is the history of classical liberalism? Is
The Pros and Cons of Decriminalization
Jeffrey Miron This article appeared on Substack on September 29, 2023. The United Nations has released a report that calls for ending criminal penalties for drug use. Decriminalization is in line with libertarian principles, and penalties against users generate substantial harms, even when jail terms
The Fed Holds the Fed Funds Rate Steady—Because it Doesn’t Know What Else To Do
If we read between the lines, it is apparent that the Fed is hoping that price inflation will fall to politically acceptable levels without any additional tightening, and without a recession. But "hope" is all the Fed has. Original Article: The Fed