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The Perils of Lawfare
One sign of a fraying society is that its laws increasingly become political tools. The latest round involves Democrats trying to use criminal law in a very questionable way to try to put Donald Trump in prison, while Trump promises to retaliate if he is elected.
A Major Contribution to Libertarian Social Thinking
John Hasnas has written a new book outlining how societies operate with mutual cooperation and common law. According to David Gordon, it is a major contribution to libertarian social thought.
Governments Had a Major Role in Sustaining Slavery
Despite claims from progressive historians that US slavery was a natural outgrowth of a free market economy, the reality is that slavery would have been much costlier without governments—federal and state—subsidizing it. It is time to set the record straight.
How to Contradict Yourself about Rights
What is the source of our rights, natural Law or the state? Unfortunately, too many people who should know better choose the latter. David Gordon makes short work of their internal contradictions.
Governments Had a Major Role in Sustaining Slavery
Despite claims from progressive historians that US slavery was a natural outgrowth of a free market economy, the reality is that slavery would have been much costlier without governments—federal and state—subsidizing it. It is time to set the record straight.
How to Contradict Yourself about Rights
What is the source of our rights, natural Law or the state? Unfortunately, too many people who should know better choose the latter. David Gordon makes short work of their internal contradictions.
Legal discrimination in apartheid and equity
Under the regime of apartheid, South Africa's government engaged in legal discrimination. In the new South Africa, the government also engages in legal racial discrimination in the name of "equity."
Group interests and the ‘good of the whole’
Progressives promote civil rights viewpoints as being “good for the whole” of society. Yet most of the modern civil rights movements and accompanying legislation simply promote the "good" of one group at the expense of others.
Legal discrimination in apartheid and equity
Under the regime of apartheid, South Africa's government engaged in legal discrimination. In the new South Africa, the government also engages in legal racial discrimination in the name of "equity."
