It's not just about homeschooling. On Monday, I debated the Harvard professor who proposes a “presumptive ban” on homeschooling. Thousands of viewers tuned in to watch the live, online discussion hosted by the Cato Institute. With 1,000 submitted audience questions,...
Justice
When “Defund the Police” Will Turn Serious
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 11, 2020 | Blog, Economics, Justice, Libertarianism
Defunding the police is only a small part of only one side of the equation. All anti-vice laws must be erased, and the people, individually and in voluntary combination, must be freed -- including freed from taxation -- to see to their own security, their own...
Coming Apart at the Seams
by Scott Horton | Jun 1, 2020 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Scott Horton
It doesn’t have to be this way America is burning. Quite literally. The most destructive riots in America in a very long time have hit more than two dozen cities, as opportunistic thieves and arsonists hijack massive peaceful protests and acts of peaceful civil...
How Members Of ‘Gun Culture’ View The Ahmaud Arbery Killing
by Peter R. Quiñones | May 14, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Events, Featured Articles, Justice, Op Eds, Peter Quinones, Politics
There has been another controversial shooting of an unarmed man. The Ahmaud Arbery case is currently being litigated on social media by the usual suspects who plan on using this to further their “pet” agenda. Whether it be the “law and order” crowd who have their...
Duncan Lemp’s Parents Threatened With Jail For Protesting His Killing
by Jim Bovard | Apr 24, 2020 | Featured Articles, Justice
It has been six weeks since a SWAT team shot and killed 21-year-old Duncan Lemp in a 4:30 a.m. raid at his family’s home in Potomac, Maryland, an affluent and sedate suburb of Washington, D.C. Montgomery County Police have thus far refused to provide any evidence on...
Joint Law Enforcement Task Forces are Creating a National Police State
by Michael Maharrey | Apr 17, 2020 | Featured Articles, Justice
Through the proliferation of joint law enforcement task forces, the federal government is creating a national police force that operates in a legal twilight zone with little or no oversight. Law enforcement officers from various state, local and federal law...
The Szasz Centennary
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog, Justice, Libertarianism
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Thomas S. Szasz (1920-2012), the most unappreciated libertarian in modern times. Beginning with his book The Myth of Mental Illness in 1961 and proceeding through dozens of books and hundreds of articles, Szasz, a...
Reform Title IX Now
by Wendy McElroy | Apr 15, 2020 | Featured Articles, Justice
The Department of Education’s (DOE) reform of Title IX — the law that bans discrimination based on sex at federally-funded schools — has been a long time coming. For three Senators, it has not been long enough. They strenuously object to the impact on how colleges...