“Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves [lives] every day in fear that their behavior will be misconstrued as suspicious, intoxicated or hostile by law enforcement.”—Steve Silberman, The New York Times...
Justice
Oakland Activists Pushing Efforts to Block Federal Militarization of Local Police
by Michael Maharrey | Sep 30, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
OAKLAND, Calif. (Sept. 30, 2019) – Activists in Oakland have ramped up efforts to take a first step toward limiting the impact of federal programs that militarize local police. American Friends Service Committee (AFCS) will host a community town hall on policing and...
The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019
by Scott Horton | Sep 29, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Scott Horton
The Libertarian Institute is proud to announce the publication of the brand-new book, The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019! It's the heroic Dr. Paul at his very best on war, peace, economics and individual liberty. We know you're going to...
Coming to Palestine by Sheldon Richman
by Scott Horton | Sep 28, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Scott Horton
The Libertarian Institute is proud to announce the publication of our latest book, Coming to Palestine, by our heroic executive editor, Sheldon Richman. In this incredible volume of essays, collected over 30 years, Sheldon Richman exposes the true history of Israeli...
Impotent Rage
by Kym Robinson | Sep 25, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice
It is with a sense of justice that most of us cling to the idea that all wrongs will in some way be righted. It is the romantic belief in law and order, that somehow an impartial system of arbitration can and will find the solution to millions of moments of intimate...
Americans’ Estrangement Threatens the Empire
by Austen Proctor | Sep 25, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
Introduction When aiming to answer the question of “what is going on with America?” one must look first at what the underlying feelings currently held by Americans, by asking the first question: “what do Americans agree on?” The contemporary feeling is overwhelmingly...
An Amiable Contrarian – The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004-2019
by Aaron Keith Harris | Sep 17, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004-2019 When Ron Paul left Congress after failing to win the GOP nomination in 2012, it seemed as though the movement that formed around his two historic presidential campaigns would continue to thrive. After all,...
‘I Don’t Need Proof, Just Tell Me What to Believe!’
by Peter R. Quiñones | Sep 17, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
Whether it be Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy, from a young age people are taught to believe in things that are fantasy. And those are the “positive” things. Through time, children have been told stories of “the monster under their bed” that will “get...