Congress Does Not Come Back With a Warrant
Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes).
Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes).
Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of left-leaning thinkers who also hold libertarian ideas.
Plus: A listener asks if Trump or Biden have done anything to secure the blessings of liberty.
Plus: A listener asks about the absurdity of Social Security entitlements.
Plus: A listener asks about Republicans and Democrats monopolizing political power in the United States.
Plus: A listener asks the editors a question about progressive taxation in the United States.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for short quotes from fictional works that are representative of libertarian ideas.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for big picture thoughts on United States foreign policy interventions in other nation states.
Plus: A listener asks if the editors have criteria for what constitutes a good law.
Plus: A listener asks if the state of Oregon’s policy on drug decriminalization should be viewed as a success.
Plus: A listener asks if it should become the norm for all news outlets to require journalists to disclose their voting records.
Plus: A listener asks if libertarians are too obsessed with economic growth.
Republican Presidential Nomination
Plus: Javier Milei’s powerful speech on economic prosperity in Davos
Plus: A listener asks the editors if there are any bad laws that might discourage people from having kids.
Plus: Which is worse, trashing Nancy Pelosi's office or having sex in a Senate hearing room?
Plus: State officials attempt to ban Donald Trump from 2024 election ballots.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the libertarian argument against shopping local.
Plus: A listener asks if there is any place libertarians can go to start their own country or city state.
Plus: an unexpected digression into the world of Little Debbie dessert snack cakes.
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Plus: A listener asks the editors about libertarians and "reflexive contrarianism."
Plus: Is Veep more realistic than House of Cards?
Plus: A listener asks the editors why the Libertarian Party waits until election year to nominate its presidential candidate.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about requiring gun buyers to pass a psychological assessment.
Plus: President Joe Biden’s weird economy and Rep. Mike Johnson as the unlikely new speaker of the House of Representatives.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about mandatory maternity leave.
Plus: The search for a new speaker of the House continues to be a ludicrous mess.
Plus: Chaos in Congress, and bums in the parks
Plus: A listener asks the editors to weigh in on a hypothetical executive order to establish an American Climate Corps.
Plus: A listener asks whether younger generations are capable of passing reforms to entitlement spending.
Plus: A listener asks for the editors’ advice on how to spend his money.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to name America's unsung or undersung heroes.
Plus: A listener question concerning porn verification laws.
Plus: A listener question about the continued absurdity of sports stadium subsidies
Plus: Libertarian lessons in the wake of the Maui wildfires
The answer? Because special interests and government prevent the free market from working the way it should.
Plus: A listener inquires about the potential positive effects of ranked-choice voting reforms.
Plus: Why don't journalists support free speech anymore?
Plus: A listener question concerning drug decriminalization and social well-being
Plus: Should libertarians consider employing noble lies when pitching themselves to new potential voters?
Plus: Does Tom Cruise really do all of his own stunts?
Plus: A listener questions last week’s discussion of the Supreme Court's decision involving same-sex wedding websites and free expression.
Plus: A listener question on the potential efficacy of congressional term limits.
Plus: Was Gerald Ford right to pardon Richard Nixon?