The Foundation for Education (FEE) recently published a fascinating article about John B. Calhoun's famed "mouse utopia experiment," in which mice were given a kind of rodent welfare state that provided every need in unlimited supply -- food, nesting quarters, even medical care. He then simply observed what happened over a long period of time. "At first, the mice did well. … [Read more...]

Per the Washington Examiner, "Elijah Robinson attempted suicide as a teenager. As a queer, mixed-race student, the bullying at his public school was destroying his life and pushed him into a deep depression...But thanks to a Florida school choice program that provides tuition funds for low-income students to attend private schools, the Tax Credit Scholarship, Elijah was able to … [Read more...]

Libertarian comedian songwriter Remy has released a new parody video, All My Loving, this time mocking the financially irresponsible promises of politicians. … [Read more...]

BEST LIBERTARIAN COMEDY: ANTHEM FILM FESTIVAL "Gov" is every woman's worst boyfriend -- cheerily controlling, manipulating, and intrusive -- all in the name of caring. Sound like another "Gov" you might know? [ Love Gov credits: Dir: Bradley Jackson/ Kaci Beeler, Jonathan Flanders, Kira Pozehl/ 5x5 min/ Short Film Series/ Libertarianism 101/ 2015] Note: the full playlist … [Read more...]

Per Reason, "When Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, Democrats screamed bloody murder about the legitimacy of appointing a justice this close to an election while calling attention to Barrett's Catholicism and anti-abortion animus. But according to Reason Senior Editor Jacob Sullum, when it comes to criminal justice and … [Read more...]

In a brief interview, a BLM protestor, wearing glasses and with a professorial air, defends the burning of buildings on the grounds that it stimulates the economy. All that has a hint of economist Paul Krugman, who famously argued that an alien invasion would be good for the economy since it would stimulate activity, entirely missing the point of the Bastiat's Broken Window … [Read more...]

Reason reports that in 2017: "Undercover cops posing as drug dealers got into a public brawl with undercover cops posing as drug buyers. WJBK, the local Fox station, calls the fight, which involved drawn guns, flying fists, and at least two dozen officers, 'a case of the good guys going after the good guys.'" It recalls Deconfliction, a comedy skit about a CIA terrorist sting … [Read more...]

Senator Mike Lee has made a series of short videos in which he explains the US Constitution literally line by line. It's just him talking, but he's a thoughtful speaker who elucidates not just what the words mean but the logic and in some cases the history behind them. Here's Episode I. … [Read more...]

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), has released this thoughtful video -- The Emperor's New Clothes -- on free speech. "Would you speak up if you saw something completely ridiculous? Or would you keep your doubts to yourself? Democracies need their truth-tellers and free societies require independent thinkers able to question convention, resist conformity, … [Read more...]

Andy Ngo has become something of a legend in journalistic terms. He is one of the few legitimate journalists today in a sea of overpaid narrative spinners. He alone has done more to expose Antifa and to document the 2020 Portland riots than entire news networks. In this brief video, he warns what Antifa is really after, and reveals what drives him -- despite great personal risk … [Read more...]