True Civil Libertarians Must Oppose the IRS

True Civil Libertarians Must Oppose the IRS

Progressives who work to end individual rights violations committed by the NSA, FBI, DEA, CIA, and other federal agencies usually overlook, or even support, the routine violations of Americans’ rights by the IRS. For example, progressives rarely, if ever, speak out...

Planners in Black Robes

by David Gordon, Mises.org [How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution. By Richard A. Epstein. Cato Institute, 2006. xiii + 156 pages.] “Lochner-era jurisprudence” elicits a mindless sneer from  most contemporary legal theorists. In Lochner v. New York...

State Sovereignty and the Left

by Jack Hunter In true Franklin Roosevelt-fashion, President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus, or what many are calling his own “New Deal,” is being applauded by supporters as bold and progressive. Few liberals have accused the president of dragging...