The Inefficiency Of The Criminal Justice System Is Proven In Colorado
Article by For Liberty Staff. El Paso County Colorado is the perfect example of the failures of the criminal justice system in America. According to Ed Krayewski of Reason, the county…
Big Government Is Making America’s Youth Weak
Article from Reason by Lenore Skenazy and Jonathan Haidt. One day last year, a citizen on a prairie path in the Chicago suburb of Elmhurst came upon a teen boy…
House Liberty Caucus Slams Budget That Adds Over $5 Trillion To The National Debt
Article from Rare by Jack Hunter. As most Republicans hail the House passage of the budget that opens the door for tax reform, the most libertarian-oriented group within the GOP is blasting…
State Pays $1.2 Million To ‘Ghost Employees’
Article from Michigan Capitol Confidential by Evan Carter. The Michigan Civil Service Commission recently voted to restrict a practice called “union release time” that allows state employees who are union…
The Federal Government Has Grown 7 Times Larger Since The FDR Presidency
Article from CNSNews by Terrance P. Jeffrey. Real per capita federal spending has increased more than sevenfold since fiscal 1941, which concluded on June 30 of that year — or…
SCOTUS Is Considering A Case, With Major Due Process Implications
Article from Reason by Elizabeth Nolan Brown. “Twenty-one people en masse arrested for trespassing for going to a party. Does that feel right?” asked Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in…
Another Attempt To Tax Soda Fails
Article from the Washington Free Beacon by Elizabeth Harrington. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s crusade against soda has met another failure, as Chicago voted to end its taxation Wednesday. Cook County commissioners…
California Legalized The Sale Of Homemade Food, Business Flourished
Article from Forbes by Nick Sibilla. A government official appears at a man’s door. The man has been breaking the law: He has sold bread baked at home. This isn’t…
Socialism Is Incomprehensible, And The Plight Of Venezuela Proves It
Article from Bloomberg Markets by Patricia Laya and Catarina Saraiva. Venezuela’s triple-digit annual inflation rate is set to jump to more than 2,300 percent in 2018, the highest estimate for…
Gun Bans Are Futile, Here’s Why
Article from Reason by J.D. Tuccille. It’s always been true, as gun restrictionists have repeatedly promised, that “nobody’s going to take your guns away.” But few gun owners have ever…