Reno’s greatest achievement was to teach Americans that there isn’t much justice in the Justice Department. But never trust the professors, pundits, and other official scorekeepers to admit that truth. – James Bovard, “Janet Reno Is No Hero” [2023]
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December 8, 2023 Free Speech on Campus on the Israel-Palestinian War
The issue of free speech on U.S. college campuses has reappeared big time with the Israel-Palestinian war. Ross Stevens, a big donor to the University of Pennsylvania, is asking for the return of his $100 million donation unless the university fires its president Liz Magill. Stevens got angry when Magill answered a question before a congressional committee in which she did not …
Tyranny Comes to Main Street
by James Bovard
The following is the first chapter of the new book by James Bovard, Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty. Americans today …
The Impact of Karl Marx on Classical Economics
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week’s Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss Karl Marx in the context of the classical …
Freedom’s Greatest Hour of Danger Is Now
by John W. Whitehead
We are approaching critical mass, the point at which all hell breaks loose. The government is pushing us ever closer to a constitutional crisis….
The Beginnings of a Reborn Austrian School of Economics
by Richard M. Ebeling
Fifty years ago, on October 10, 1973, one of the leading members of the Austrian School of Economics, Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973), passed away …
Bastiat’s Concept of What is Seen and Unseen
by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week’s Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss Frederic Bastiat’s famous essay about the broken window …