United States

September 17, 2017

Tools for arguments: Why are U.S. infant mortality rates higher?

Tools for Arguments attempts to provide important facts (in a short form) to advocates for liberty, which they can and should use when discussing libertarian ideas. In discussions about healthcare, and its […]

September 12, 2017

How Central Banking Increased Inequality

Although today high levels of inequality in the United States remain a pressing concern for a large swath of the population, monetary policy and credit expansion are rarely mentioned as a likely […]

September 5, 2017

Liberty Faceoff – Do we Have the Right to Remove Controversial Monuments?

In this Liberty Face Off, Ryan Khurana and Richard Mason discuss whether we have the right to remove controversial monuments. The fate of statues should be left to those with the right over the property. […]

September 3, 2017

Let’s not Fall into the Trap of Anti-Immigration Rhetoric

The anti-immigration rhetoric on which Trump based his presidential campaign has moved from simple demagoguery to concrete policy measures. Earlier this month, President Trump gave his support to the RAISE Act whereby […]

August 22, 2017

Can Capitalism Cure Healthcare from Government?

According to the annual index published by The Heritage Foundation, Hong Kong has been leading the ranking of world’s free economies for more than two decades. Despite its monopolies and the eroding […]

April 4, 2016

Celebrate Freedom Day

Looking for another way to spread the message of liberty on campus this spring? Want to take part in a national conversation on the meaning and importance of free expression? Well next […]

October 15, 2015

Not Just a Gun: Classical Liberalism and the Right to Self Defense

Emotions run high around the issue of gun control, and with good reason. Gun violence is indeed tragic. Overshadowed by the grim context of mass shootings, or more personal tragedies like suicides […]

September 17, 2015

A Post-Debate Pick-Me-Up

Are you depressed after watching the Republican debate last night? I mean, how many different ways are there to say “government is good and ought to be bigger”? From a disappointing range […]

September 8, 2015

Get Ready for Constitution Day 2015

In just over a week, we’ll be celebrating that peculiar document that established the United States as we know it – and in doing so, ushered in a new era of […]

July 4, 2015

Happy Independence Day!

We tend to think of them as a monolithic force. “The Founding Fathers” we say, “would have wanted this.” We say that “they” would have been opposed to that. With fire in […]

June 23, 2015

Today in History: The “Smoking Gun”

On today’s date in 1972, President Richard Nixon sat down with White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman and a tape recorder to discuss the recent Watergate break-in. In the resulting tape, […]

September 15, 2014

The United States Government Is Holding You Hostage

In response to increasing levels of expatriation over the past few years, the United States government has hiked the fee to denounce citizenship by a whopping 422%. From now on, if you […]