This past weekend, the liberty movement lost a great warrior and many of us lost a dear friend. Fred Childress was killed in a motorcycle accident in Montana. The loss is especially acute for me because I thought of Fred as a kindred spirit.

I met Fred at a Ron Paul rally in Nashville in 2007. Before meeting Fred, I thought that I was the only libertarian in east Tennessee. Fred and I hit it off like long lost friends, and I will ... << MORE >>

At a time when the private economy continues to contract, the IRS is renovating its regional headquarters in Andover, Massachusetts. The building will include a reflecting pool, an art gallery, indoor gardens, a 7,000-square-foot cafeteria and an amphitheater. Sounds like a great place to fleece Americans, er, I mean work.

The Tax Mahal: A Shrine to Corporate Socialism by William Norman Grigg ... << MORE >>

"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom. "—Dwight Eisenhower

The head of the Department of Homeland Security would do well to take Ike's advice. ... << MORE >>

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Airline passengers who get frustrated and kick a wall, throw a suitcase or make a pithy comment to a screener could find themselves in a little-known Homeland Security database. The Transportation Security Administration says it is keeping records of people who make its screeners feel threatened as part of an effort to prevent workplace violence.

Make sure to read the comment section. It seems that the majority of folks who deal with the TSA are tired of the "security guard mentality."  ... << MORE >>

Yes this is it! We have crossed the Rubicon and events in the world economy are now likely to unfold in a totally uncontrollable fashion. Clueless governments still don’t understand that it is their ruinous actions that have created a credit infested and bankrupt world. ... << MORE >>

In the Soviet Union, political dissidents were often diagnosed with mental illness and shuffled off to the sanatorium. Disturbingly, the editors of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the psychiatrist's bible, may include "oppositional defiant disorder" in their newest edition. Oppositional defiant disorder is characterized by "negativistic, defiant, disobedient and hostile behavior toward authority figures."  Uh-oh!!

Read the article.

Dr. Thomas Szasz with a different take on psychiatry.
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Government programs always expand and often end up being used in ways that those who initially support them find surprising and even dangerous. For example, in the 1970s Congress passed the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act to combat organized crime. Today, RICO is almost never used against the mafia, but it is used against individuals, businesses, and even churches and political protest groups.

Here is another example. The Patriot Act was passed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to give the federal ... << MORE >>

Any of us can be accused of anything at any time. Critics often maintain that the Bill of Rights grants too many rights to criminals. This statement is wrong on two counts. First, the Bill of Rights does not grant any rights—it protects the individual's natural rights. Second, only one amendment, the Eighth Amendment which prohibits cruel, unusual, or excessive punishments, deals with convicted criminals. The rest of the Bill of Rights protects alleged criminals, in other words, us.

Unfortunately, in the name of fighting terrorism, the Obama administration is following ... << MORE >>

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