Do as I say, or else you will be fined or sent to prison.
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Inconvenient Truths and Convenient Lies
Facebook’s vice president has admitted fact-checkers are not necessarily objective, and the company even acknowledged recently in a lawsuit that fact-check tags are “opinion,” not factual assertions.
Judge Orders Fauci to Cough It Up
At issue is whether and to what extent the government itself has had a hand in encouraging tech companies to squelch speech. If so, this is unconstitutional.
The Real Villain Regarding Vaccines
If Cruz really wants parents, and all Americans, to have freedom of choice, he should call for the abolition of the FDA.
The Two Sides of the Censorship Coin
Forcing companies to allow content is the flip side of prohibiting them from expressing certain ideas. These are the two side of the censorship coin.
The Government Shouldn’t Decide Who May Practice Law
Occupational licensure is a species of political favoritism, invariably enacted to protect incumbent practitioners by restricting competition.
It’s All About Property Rights
Ayn Rand correctly wrote that without property rights, no other rights are possible.
Would You Abdicate If You Could Be the Dictator?
“If only I was dictator, I know how to set things right.”
Let Novak Play
Banning uninfected foreigners, like Novak Djokovic, from the US because they are unvaccinated is anti-science as vaccination does not stop the spread of covid-19, and anti-American as it violates the principles of individual freedom & choice that America was founded upon.
Texas’ War on Free Speech
Social media companies are not a threat to free speech. Governments that do not respect property rights are.
The Astonishing Implications of Schedule F
The gradual rise of the 4th branch of government (the administrative “deep state” bureaucracy) which is very much the most powerful branch – has reduced the American political process to mere theater as compared with the real activity of government, which rests with the permanent bureaucracy.
Dismantling Roe
Important lecture by Objectivist philosopher Onkar Ghate examining the reasoning and implications of SCOTUS overturning Roe vs Wade.
The Mighty Gorsuch vs. the Administrative State: Quotes from West Virginia vs. EPA
Justice Gorsuch rules against the dictatorship by the administrative state, in favor of the system established by the Constitution’s framers.
No Time to End the Filibuster
While one political group may not benefit from the filibuster on a current issue, they may find it very valuable protection in the future. Senator Warren be warned: You may not like the consequences of your campaign.
The Right to Abortion as an Application of Individual Rights
Both sides in the abortion debate invoke the principle of “rights.” Anti-abortionists claim to uphold a “right to life”; Pro-choice advocates a woman’s “right to abortion.” Neither side holds a rigorously defined theory of rights.
How Government Created the Baby Formula Shortage
—and a Black Market for ‘Unapproved’ European Imports.
Lessons from a Review of A Declaration and Constitution for a Free Society
Professor Brian Simpson answers arguments against using Ayn Rand’s philosophy Objectivism as the basis for improving the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
Robert Reich (and Fauci) are Wildly Wrong About Judge Mizelle’s Ruling Against the CDC’s Mask Mandate
Robert Reich skates alarmingly close to implicitly endorsing a totalitarian proposition that Fauci recently endorsed explicitly – namely, that government-employed public-health bureaucrats are above the law.
Why Is CDC Trying to Put a Mask on Your Face Again?
The massive political power for unelected bureaucrats to arbitrarily dehumanize Americans with mandates, fines, lockdowns, and prison at whim is what the Biden Administration, DOJ, and CDC are now fighting for.
How The Federal Government Forces Social Media Companies to Censor Americans
Many will argue that Twitter and other tech companies censored Mr. Senger, Mr. Changizi, and Mr. Kotzin of their own volition, and as they are private actors, the First Amendment is inapplicable.
That argument should be rejected.
Here’s How DeSantis Should Revoke Disney World’s Privileges
How can we preserve the benefits of self-governing districts without the cronyism that so often goes along with them?
The Unmasking of America
In my lifetime, I’m not sure I can remember a single other time when a federal government rule imposed upon an entire country, one that affected so many people on a daily basis, was suddenly declared to be completely illegal – not just newly illegal in light of new data but illegal all along.
Elon Musk’s Big Move on Twitter
Elon Musk’s exciting and dramatic move represents a bold attempt to overthrow the regime of control, propaganda, and enforced opinion as manufactured by the administrative state.
The Patent Eligibility “Quagmire”
If the United States is to retain our innovation edge, patent eligibility doctrine must be returned to the “anything under the sun that is made by man” standard.
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