15+ hour, 50+ min ago  (1042+ words) True freedom begins with examining the assumptions we rarely question. This reflection explores self-government, authenticity, and the courage to choose differently. Many of us move through life with freedoms we've never fully realized. We often settle into careers that may…...

18+ hour, 10+ min ago  (816+ words) Nostalgia is a powerful emotion, but it can become a poor economic guide. By romanticizing the past, societies risk resisting the innovation, entrepreneurship, and creative destruction that make future prosperity possible. This is nostalgia economics in action. A global celebrity…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (151+ words) Kibbe on Liberty | Guest: Robert Alt Republished from Free the People. As Europe limits cash transactions and prepares for a digital euro, concerns are growing over privacy, autonomy, and financial surveillance. Occupational licensing quietly suppresses entrepreneurship. Many small businesses begin…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1713+ words) Imagine a day without the state Recently I wrote about statism and security, remarking on two incidents of horrific police abuse over in Europe that have gone viral online recently. Some people remarked that my complaints smacked of utopianism. Sure,…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (316+ words) High taxes and regulations are driving companies away from the Evergreen State, and the rate is accelerating. Another 55% of business leaders are considering moving their personal residences elsewhere, citing the state's escalating tax burden as the top challenge. This flight…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (175+ words) This essay explores John Stuart Mill's influential defense of unfettered free thought and discussion as necessary for discovering truth. After a police raid, Afroman fought back with music'and won in court. A sharp look at free speech, satire, and holding…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (1378+ words) The quiet bureaucracy locking families out of the American Dream For years, I sat on both sides of the Zoning Board table. First as a land-use attorney representing property owners, then as a member of a municipal Zoning Board of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (660+ words) The digital euro is on the way Under the guise of fighting money laundering, the EU is making anonymous economic activity progressively harder. Starting in July 2027, Europeans will no longer be allowed to pay businesses or professionals more than "10, 000 in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1708+ words) Who will save us from them? In "The Day Government Stole My Dream Property," I told the story of how the perfect piece of (seemingly) pristine land'something I have wanted to buy since I was five'turned out to be downslope…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (492+ words) Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in Texas'last Confederate bastion of the Civil War'and the way black Americans both fought for and then celebrated their freedom. Juneteenth Emancipation Day Celebration, June 19, 1900, Texas | Mrs. Charles Stephenson (Grace Murray), Public domain, via…...