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The War Against Cash, Part I
Politicians hate cash. That may seem an odd assertion given that they love spending money (other people’s money, of course, as illustrated by this cartoon). But what I’m talking about is the fact that...
View ArticleThe White House Swings (and Misses) on Gun Control…for the Umpteenth Time
In my analysis of the best and worst developments of 2015, I suggested that growing resistance to gun control is something we should celebrate. Particularly since we have a President who is relentless...
View ArticleWhen Local Governments Are Greedy and Corrupt, Don’t Expect Honest and...
While I’m a big fan of federalism, this isn’t because I have a starry-eyed view of non-Washington politicians. Of course there is plenty of grotesque misbehavior by state and local governments. And...
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Statist Arguments Are Especially Weak When Using Apples-to-Apples Comparisons
While there are many things I admire about Scandinavian nations, I’ve never understood why leftists such as Bernie Sanders think they are great role models. Not only are income levels and living...
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From Ironic to Asinine: Global Gun Control Developments
I recently wrote about gun control, noting how there’s less murder in demographically similar U.S. states than there is in matching Canadian provinces. This is one of the reasons why I’m optimistic...
View ArticleAnother Shooting Tragedy in a Gun-Free Zone
It’s happened again. A nut went to a gun-free zone and engaged in a mass killing. In this example, the perpetrator apparently was an Islamic fanatic upset about gay people. But let’s set aside the...
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Hillary’s Anti-Gun Agenda: An Attack on the Constitution and an Assault on...
The Constitution and Bill of Rights exist to protect our civil liberties from government. And that’s true whether the attack on our rights is legislative or bureaucratic. For instance: Our 1st...
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Fighting Terrorism: Europe vs. Texas
There are no simple answers to Islamist terrorism, particularly when individual nutjobs are determined to kill a bunch of innocent people. But I know that some answers to the problem are wrong. So...
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Academic Research Shows Minorities Get Hurt When Government Tries to Help
I thought it was a remarkable development last year when a columnist from the New York Times reported that supposedly pro-feminist policies actually backfire against women. Maybe this would help...
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A Plan for Open Borders that Anti-Amnesty Folks Can Support
As a general rule, I like immigration and I don’t like redistribution. As such, I share the late Milton Friedman’s concern about the risks of having a welfare state combined with open borders. And...
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Gun Control Lessons for Morons
While I’m depressed about the election and America’s economic future, the news isn’t completely grim. Advocates of personal freedom are winning on the issue of guns. Gun ownership has become more...
View ArticleAnother Episode of Drug War Lunacy
Elizabeth Barrett Browning started her famous sonnet with “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways” and then proceeded to provide lots of examples If I had similar talent, I would produce a sonnet...
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Trevor Noah Does a Facepalm by Accidentally Debunking the Obama-Clinton...
I like when leftists accidentally make the case for limited government. The IMF, for instance, accidentally put together some solid evidence showing that a value-added tax is a money machine for bigger...
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Money Laundering Laws: Ineffective and Expensive
Beginning in the 1970s and 1980s, the federal government (as well as other governments around the world) began to adopt policies based on the idea that crime could be reduced if you somehow could make...
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More Inane Developments in the Drug War
When writing about money laundering laws, I’ll sometimes highlight gross abuses by government and I’ll periodically make the usual libertarian arguments about privacy. But I mostly focus on how the...
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Secession, Federalism, and National Comity
The concept of secession (part of a jurisdiction breaking away to become independent) has a bad reputation in the United States because it is linked to the reprehensible institution of slavery. But, as...
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The War Against Cash, India, and a Lesson about Big Government
The War against Cash is a battle that shouldn’t even exist. But politicians don’t like cash because it’s hard to control something that people can freely trade back and forth. So folks on the left are...
View ArticleThe New York Times (Accidentally) Debunks the Never-Ending Fairy Tale of Gun...
When I write about gun control, I generally make two arguments. First, criminals are lawbreakers, so the notion that they will be disarmed because of gun control is a fantasy. Crooks and thugs who...
View ArticleThe Local Government Extortion Racket
What do Andy Johnson, Anthony Smelley, the Hammond family, Charlie Engle, Tammy Cooper, Nancy Black, Russ Caswell, Jacques Wajsfelner, Jeff Councelller, Eric Garner, Martha Boneta, James Slatic, Carole...
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Another Welfare-Subsidized Terrorist
Whenever mass shootings occur, some people quickly jump to conclusions before there’s any evidence. Folks on the right are occasionally guilty of immediately assuming Islamic terrorism, which is...
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