The Kirk Assassination: A Nihilistic Farce in the Theater of the Absurd
The assassination of Charlie Kirk is not your garden-variety spasm of partisan idiocy or sectarian spite.
Evil Flourishes When Reason is Abandoned
. Charlie Kirk was correct when he said, “When people stop talking, that’s when you get violence.” But it is even more accurate to say, as Ayn Rand pointed out, “When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements.”
EU Big Brother Menaces Freedom & Innovation
Under the pretext of protecting children from online predators, the privacy of millions of users could be undermined.
Frederick Douglass: Self-Made Man by Timothy Sandefur
Frederick Douglass unique contribution to American political philosophy is well summarized in the contrast between the mottos he and Garrison used for their newspapers. Instead of Garrison’s call for separation, “no union with slaveholders,” Douglass demanded equality: “All rights for all. ”
Why Broadcasters Still Have “Junior Varsity” First Amendment Rights
Networks and local affiliates try to avoid programming that might strike FCC regulators as misleading, tasteless, or shocking. The FCC has never disavowed its authority over content, and the sword of Damocles still hangs over every licensee.
Government Shouldn’t Play “Truth Police”
President Trump and others in his administration can and have pushed back against speech they disagree with and speech they believe to be false. That is their right, so long as their counterspeech does not cross the line to threats of government power.
Charlie Kirk: A Gift For Embracing Critics and Debating Ideas
From universities to legacy media to Antifa to Black Lives Matter to Big Pharma, Kirk fought the most influential cartels in our midst. They noticed.
Campus Progressives Preach Tolerance — and Produce Violence
Defining words as a form of violence creates a permission structure for actual violence.
How Charlie Kirk Inspired a Generation
America was founded on the principle that we are free to disagree, and Charlie embodied that. Through respectful debate, he showed that people of all backgrounds and beliefs can stand firm in their convictions while still recognizing one another’s humanity. He lived that belief every single day.
