• Ammon Bundy Comes Out in Support of BLM, Calls to Defund the Police

    Ammon Bundy Comes Out in Support of BLM, Calls to Defund the Police

    Ammon Bundy, an anti-government activist who lead the 41-day armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge back in 2016, expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement and for defunding the police in a recent Facebook video. He said in the video that he had considered attending, near his home in Boise, Idaho, “a …
  • Principled ideology does not underlie the illiberal dysfunction in contemporary institutions

    Principled ideology does not underlie the illiberal dysfunction in contemporary institutions

    The authoritarian excesses of cancel culture cannot be divorced from the deep incentives felt by status quo industries and institutions. There’s a famous story of a Canadian inventor who developed an inexplicably fuel-efficient carburetor. Men from the oil industry reached out to him. The inventor soon disappeared and he and his carburetor were ultimately never …
  • Libertarians Who Dismiss Social Justice Are Mistaken

    Libertarians Who Dismiss Social Justice Are Mistaken

    A just society requires just institutions. With the George Floyd killing and associated protests raising a number of issues involving race, the police, and state power that have long interested libertarians, the relationship between libertarian thought and calls for “social justice,” coming almost exclusively from the left, has found its way into the spotlight. Although …
  • Rep. Amash Signals He May Single-Handedly Delay Coronavirus Relief Bill

    Rep. Amash Signals He May Single-Handedly Delay Coronavirus Relief Bill

    Representative Justin Amash (R, Mich.) arrives for a House Oversight Committee Hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 22, 2019. Representative Justin Amash signaled Wednesday that he may delay the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package Senate leaders reached with the Trump administration hours earlier, calling the plan “a raw deal for the people.” The …