“If you are not actively fighting against evil, your apathy is helping evil succeed.” ~ Parrish Miller
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Make America Better Again
I’m never going to be a cheerleader for Trump because I want a government small enough to drown in a bathtub, not the big-spending ‘populism’ of today’s GOP. With that said, the contrast between Trump and the vapid political bimbo the left is propping up couldn’t be more stark. We cannot afford — both literally…
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There are No Acceptable Exceptions to Free Speech
I’m a free speech absolutist. Some people misconstrue my principles because I have supported certain limitations on the content disseminated to minors by government schools and libraries, but that’s because I support limiting government institutions — not because I support infringing on the free speech of individuals. Yes, government should police itself and set standards…
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Idaho Doubles Down on Gross Injustice
Idaho House Bill 406 is one of the most grossly unjust and terribly drafted pieces of legislation I’ve ever seen. It will classify individuals as drug traffickers based on simple possession of even tiny trace amounts of a drug and send them to prison for decades with no possibility of early release. There is already…
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Saving our Society Requires Real Education Choice
What is the purpose of promoting education choice? As I see it, there are two related but distinct goals served by this effort. The first is to provide families with not just the legal right to opt out of government schools (which they have in most states) but also the practical means to do so.…
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The War on “Whiteness”
It has become popular among leftists to conflate “whiteness” (essentially being of Caucasian heritage) with “white supremacy” and to attack these concepts as if they were indistinguishable. This obfuscation is intentional because the theory of “white supremacy” is only embraced by a tiny minority, and it has no traction in modern society that necessitates the…
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Fentanyl, Drug Policy, and Informed Consent
Should drugs be legal? Even fentanyl? These are questions libertarians hear regularly as the death toll attributed to fentanyl continues to rise. One of the core foundations of libertarian thought is consent, and by extension, the ability to grant or withdraw consent. The reason why some choices are generally denied to minors yet broadly extended…