“Cold-blooded murder”

Over the past two months, Donald Trump has killed 46 civilians in 10 separate airstrikes against what he claims, without evidence, to be “narcoterrorist” drug boats.1 It’s “cold-blooded murder,” in the words of Professor David Cole from the Georgetown University Law Center.2 Then on Friday, Trump escalated his […]

Why I Talk About Agorism

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Why I Talk About Agorism The Corbett Report Oct 26 READ IN APP by James Corbett corbettreport.com October 26, 2025 The always provocative (and thought-provoking) Larken Rose recently posted a video, “Why I Don’t Talk About Agorism.” If you haven’t seen […]

2 pm Eastern 10/25/25: Round-Table #139: Should Mastery of Civics be tied to Voting Rights?

I will be joined by Keith Preston, Florian, and Alek to discuss whether or not a mastery of civics should be a prerequisite for voting rights. My Contact Info: Locals: https://praiseoffolly.locals.com/ X:   / pofpodcast   Telegram: t.me/PraiseOfFolly_1511 Facebook:   / praiseoffollypodcast   BuyMeACoffe: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PraiseOf… Subscribe Star: https://www.subscribestar.com/PraiseO… Substack: https://substack.com/profile/40985862… Email: tertullian155@protonmail.com Co-Host Contact […]

The Future of Philosophical Anarchism: Subgenres, Integration, and the Evolution of Political Consciousness

Troy Keith Preston Oct 25, 2025 Philosophical Anarchism and Its Global Implications Philosophical anarchism, as articulated by thinkers such as William Godwin, Robert Paul Wolff, Roderick Long, and Carole Pateman, holds that no state or government possesses legitimate moral authority over the individual. Unlike revolutionary or insurrectionary anarchism, […]

Two killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon; 41 patients in critical condition evacuated from Gaza; U.S. considers implementing a “Gaza Humanitarian Belt”

Drop Site Daily: October 24, 2025 Drop Site News Oct 24, 2025 41 critical patients evacuated from Gaza on Wednesday—the first medical evacuations since the ceasefire went into effect on October 10. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports that no aid trucks have reached northern Gaza in 10 days. […]

Libertarian campaign

By Cake Boy The Libertarian Party in this country campaigns on an anti-bureaucracy slogan. They want to get a saw through the government and cut costs. Some things to say about this. Often, libertarians say they are against the government, but in reality, they don’t really act like […]

The Best Kind of Amnesia

The Best Kind of Amnesia Plus: Canal St. raids, Baumol effect, gun safety makes lefties angry, and more… LIZ WOLFE I’m forgetting we ever had a government: Isn’t it wild how the government shutdown keeps going on and on and yet it’s barely driving the news? To be […]

Dozens of unidentified bodies returned by Israel buried in a mass grave in Gaza; Trump seeks $230 million compensation for past federal investigations

Drop Site Daily: October 22, 2025 Drop Site News Oct 22, 2025 Gaza authorities bury 54 unidentified bodies handed over by Israel, some bearing signs of abuse and torture. The number of food trucks allowed into Gaza remains far below the required minimum as outlined in the ceasefire […]

Execution in the Pacific

Wednesday, Week XLIII, MMXXV Recently: How do you take in millions of refugees? Karen Jacobsen’s new book, Host Cities: How Refugees Are Transforming the World’s Urban Settings. Today: For decades, the Coast Guard intercepted suspected drug runners, boarded their boats, seized their cargo, and arrested them for prosecution. […]

The big exchange

Thursday, Week XLIII, MMXXV Recently: The Kremlin and Syria’s Islamist rulers were at war for years. Why are they working together now? Vali Nasr on the swift and unexpected transformation of power in the Middle East. Today: How did Changpeng Zhao go from U.S. federal prison to a presidential pardon […]

The Red Beret

Sponsored by Reaktion Books   Today in The New York Review of Books: Willa Glickman takes the measure of Curtis Sliwa; Nitin K. Ahuja ponders the science of dying; Hillary Kelly reads the complete Tessa Hadley; David A. Bell scrutinizes the historical development of sociology; a painting by Maira Kalman; and, from the archives, Richard […]

Trump “National Police Force” Built on ICE Partnerships With Local Agencies Like… Wildlife Commissions?

Most Read Teachers Scrambled After ICE Released Tear Gas Outside a Chicago Elementary School Jessica Washington Chicago teachers said they’re dealing with traumatized students in underfunded schools — while the Trump administration spends millions to militarize American cities. Read More → The U.S. Isn’t Even Bothering With Its […]

Notes from a Recent Visit to Russia

‘That’s fighting there in the distance!’ Matt Bivens, M.D. Oct 23, 2025 Red Riding Hood meets the Big Bad Wolf, in a window display in Moscow’s main children’s toy store, Tsentralny Detsky Mir. September 5. Photo by Matt Bivens. A guest essay from friend-of-Racket and former “Moscow Times” […]

Milei’s Moment of Truth

Milei’s Moment of Truth Plus: The innocent fisherman…with a long rap sheet, East Wing gets torn down, Cuomo tries to convince Republicans, and more… LIZ WOLFE What will become of Milei? Argentina will hold midterm elections this Sunday, which will determine the composition of the legislature and what […]

Facebook and Free Expression

October 23, 2025 Welcome to The Lighthouse, the weekly email newsletter of the Independent Institute covering politics, economics, current events, and everything in between. Dear Readers, From free expression to foreign policy, this week’s featured pieces explore how power—whether governmental or individual—shapes the limits of freedom. This week, […]