Libertarian Reporting for 2026-04-29
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources.
Why the Federal Government Can't Charge Anyone With 'Domestic Terrorism'
Federal law defines the term but there is no federal statute to charge someone with "domestic terrorism."
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
War Hawks' 'Credibility' Obsession Makes America Less Credible
Trump is making the same mistakes Nixon did, doubling down on pointless threats to save face.
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
Sabastian Sawe's Sub-2 Marathon Is What Human Progress Looks Like—and Capitalism Helped Build It
Plus: governments get deeper and deeper into horse racing, fiscally conservative Republicans keep subsidizing stadiums, and Full Swing is in a doom spiral
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
Taxing the Rich
Plus: New York City's persistent budget problems, the crony capitalist scramble for Venezuelan oil, senseless trafficking PSAs, and more...
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
How Cognitive Science Explains Our Looming Nuclear Crisis
Bombs have been falling on Iran for fifty-nine days. As of now a ceasefire is holding, just barely, brokered under pressure from Pakistan. But before it came, a girls’ primary school in the southern c...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 28, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
The party is over for Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Of all the Trump administration cabinet officials who have exited early and unceremoniously, Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer can arguably be said to have done the least damage....
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Apr 28, 2026 - cei.org
Some Links
TweetThis hot-off-the-press publication – “Land of Opportunity: Advancing the American Dream” – from AEI and edited by Kevin Corinth and Scott Winship is surely a must-read. The Washington Post‘s Edit...
Cafe Hayek
Apr 28, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Reviving Civilization
Sir Niall Ferguson received Liberty Fund's third annual George F. Will Award for the Advancement of Liberty and the Free Society.
Law & Liberty
Apr 28, 2026 - lawliberty.org
SCOTUS Weighs 'Geofence Warrants' and the Future of Digital Privacy
The government wants access to millions of cell phone location histories. The Supreme Court will decide what the Fourth Amendment allows.
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
"Gossip," "Abusive Language," and "Soft Beta Males" in Public Comments at School Board Meetings
Blanchard v. Augusta Bd. of Ed., decided yesterday by Judge Stacey Neumann (D. Me.), held that the First Amendment was… The post "Gossip," "Abusive Language," and "Soft Beta Males" in Public Comments ...
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
The Origins and Influence of Zero-Sum Thinking
A new study highlights the power of zero-sum thinking as a determinant of political views - and also should lead some to rethink immigration.
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
Adams the Lawgiver
John Adams was more than the chief architect of American independence—he also gave the new states a constitutional vision for republican government.
Law & Liberty
Apr 28, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Trade Deficit Illiteracy, Part III
Looking at Part I and Part II, and considering the focus of today’s column, this series should actually be entitled “Trade Deficit Literacy.” That’s because the material I cite explains that a trade d...
International Liberty
Apr 28, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Does Roundup Cause Cancer? Monsanto's Supreme Court Case Could Have Big Impacts on the Food Industry.
The Court’s glyphosate case could reshape legal liability—and undermine evidence-based regulation.
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
The Federal Minimum Wage Is Irrelevant. Good.
The national wage floor is so low that it might as well not exist.
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
D.C. Circuit Lets Pentagon Require That Journalists Be Escorted While in Pentagon
The panel (by a 2-1 vote) stayed a district court order that, among other things, blocked the newly established escort requirement.
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
The Monetary Origins of the American Revolution
The economic roots of the American Founding deserve to be understood on their own terms.
Law & Liberty
Apr 28, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Published Article: A Historical Record Of Special Counsels Before Watergate
"This Article presents a corpus of primary sources that were written by presidents, attorneys general, United States attorneys, special counsels, and others between the 1850s and the 1950s."
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
Loper Bright and Preemption
An unexpected roundabout in the Roundup case.
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
Democrats’ role in presidential assassination attempts
David Catron writes for the American Spectator about the role of Democrats’ rhetoric in today’s political violence. As Jesus of Nazareth put it, “You shall know them by their fruits.” This brings us t...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 28, 2026 - johnlocke.org
American Bar Association deserves no power over law schools
Sarah Parshall Perry writes for National Review Online about one legal group’s malign influence over the profession. The American Bar Association’s monopoly over the accreditation of U.S. law schools ...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 28, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Quotation of the Day…
Tweet… is from page 10 of Martin Wolf’s excellent 2004 book, Why Globalization Works: [A]nti-globalization protesters … fall rather in the category of spoiled children. But they are ‘our’ children. If...
Cafe Hayek
Apr 28, 2026 - cafehayek.com
COVID Discriminations
During the COVID-19 crisis, people who were not vaccinated faced all kinds of social discrimination, and health authorities went so far as to take drastic measures against the unvaccinated due to thei...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 28, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
White House correspondents dinner shooting suspect posted loony ideas
Collin Anderson writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the man arrested in the shooting at the White House correspondents dinner. The suspected White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shoo...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 28, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Drinking on the job
“Churchill tries to find luck in drink, but the bottle distorts the view.” - Nazi propaganda, 1942 The online British public are having one of their fits of moral outrage because they have discovered,...
Velvet Glove, Iron Fist
Apr 28, 2026 - velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com
The Evidence Revolution: Why 'Take Nobody's Word for It' Really Matters
Beyond Belief explains how the "evidence revolution" is helping practitioners, policymakers, and the public understand what really works.
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
Newsom Spent $1.5 Million on a Memoir – Is He Running for President?
California Governor Gavin Newsom has become the latest to publish a book, but that isn’t the news.
Main Feed
Apr 28, 2026 - libertynation.com
Another sign of a political violence ‘epidemic’
Editors at National Review Online react to the latest high-profile incident of politically motivated violence. An armed man charged toward the ballroom where President Trump and high-level members of ...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 28, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Apparent Surge in Self-Represented Litigation Using AI
From Anand V. Shah & Joshua Y. Levy, Access to Justice in the Age of AI: Evidence from U.S. Federal Courts… The post Apparent Surge in Self-Represented Litigation Using AI appeared first on Reason.com...
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: April 28, 2015
4/28/2015: Obergefell v. Hodges argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 28, 2015 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
Why AI Isn't Like a Law Clerk
A response to Daniel Solove.
Reason.com
Apr 28, 2026 - reason.com
Ron Paul: US Desperate To Open Hormuz Strait That Was Open Before US Attack!
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News that Iran cannot be allowed to continue controlling the Strait of Hormuz. The US is particularly angry that Iran has se...
Antiwar.com Blog
Apr 28, 2026 - antiwar.com
If Science Is a Public Good, Let China Pay for It
While there is a public uproar about China having access to the work of American scientists, there is a bigger issue at stake: Is science “owned” by “the public”? If not, why are we so worried about t...
Mises Institute
Apr 28, 2026 - mises.org
Bring out your dead! Elections boards to remove 34,000 deceased voters
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) approved rules for removing non-citizens from voter rolls on a 3-2 party-line vote in April. Part of that process involves matching voter rolls with t...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 28, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Backlash growing as legal marijuana’s effects hit home
Jennifer Galardi and Scott Yenor write for the Federalist about the impact of legalized marijuana. In a recent podcast, Andrew Huberman interviewed Dr. Natalie Crawford, a reproductive endocrinologist...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 28, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Tamny Is Mislead On Government Debt by a Collectivist Assumption
TweetHere’s a letter to a reader who sent to me John Tamny’s latest essay on deficit financing of government spending. Mr. L__: Thanks for passing along John Tamny’s latest piece on government debt. I...
Cafe Hayek
Apr 28, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Advocates for Asian Massage Workers Decry 'Sexist, Racist' Raids in Seattle
Bothell police set out in search of sex trafficking and ended up shutting down five businesses for code violations.
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
Mobocracy in America
In the face of bourgeois Jacobin challenges, can the American experiment survive the twenty-first century?
Law & Liberty
Apr 27, 2026 - lawliberty.org
America Is Losing Its Allure for the World's Migrants
The U.S. economy continues to outstrip the competition but takes a hit from declining immigration.
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
Shots Fired
Plus: White House Correspondents' Association attacker was angry about strikes on Venezuelan boats and Iranian schools, another airline bailout could be coming, and more...
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
The Kyle Anzalone Show [Guest] COL. Lawrence Wilkerson – Did Iran or Trump Cave?
The headlines move fast, but the stakes underneath them move faster. When political leaders say the Strait of Hormuz is “open” and diplomacy is “wrapping up,” we slow the tape and ask the only questio...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 27, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
The Shooter's Manifesto Was Uncomfortably Normal
Plus: Mamdani’s city-run grocery plan, the Trump administration considers a Spirit Airlines bailout, and Iran peace talks drift without a clear endgame
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
By Dropping Her Criminal Probe of Jerome Powell, Jeanine Pirro Confirms Its Political Motivation
Even Republican critics of the Federal Reserve chairman's performance rejected the notion that he had broken the law by lying about the renovation of the central bank's headquarters.
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
The Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Is No Excuse for More Security Theater
Calls for more aggressive security measures evoke the post-9/11 security theater that brought us the TSA.
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
Republicans Fumble Away Fiscal Conservatism in Stadium Subsidy Projects
Small-government conservatives are tripping over themselves to give millions of taxpayer dollars to billionaires.
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
Justice Breyer Says Not to Worry about the Shadow Docket
A retired liberal justice does not credit the shadow docket hysteria, nor does former Judge Michael McConnell
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
How to Solve Political Violence
“Leftists have tried to kill the president three times now. They killed Charlie. They’ve shot up churches and Christian schools and rioted in the streets. They are the party of terrorism. Political vi...
Libertarian Christian Institute
Apr 27, 2026 - libertarianchristians.com
SCOTUS Summarily Reverses Three-Judge Panel In Mandatory Jurisdiction Case Based On Earlier Shadow Docket Ruling In Same Case
Judge Brown's "bumpy night" ends not with a bang, but a whimper.
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
Anti-War Blog – The Feed of War
War is content, at least for those who are far from the explosions, acrid smoke and mourning parents. To those closer to the destruction and loss, it’s very real and inescapable. For most of us, the p...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 27, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
The week in regulations: Pipeline safety and NFL Draft security
Federal Reserve Chair nominee Kevin Warsh had his confirmation hearing, and President Trump dropped his criminal investigation into Jerome Powell. The government is poised to take a 90 percent ownersh...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Apr 27, 2026 - cei.org
Long Before the Canal, Global Trade Built Panama City
The narrow geography of the 50-mile Central American isthmus made it an obvious choice for trade routes between the Atlantic and Pacific.
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
Report: America’s Economic Sanctions Kill Hundreds of Thousands Annually
Economic sanctions have become the defining coercive instrument of American foreign policy. Currently, roughly 27% of the world’s countries are under sanctions imposed by the United States, the Europe...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 27, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Your Data Is Not Yours. Here’s How To Take It Back.
You didn’t just click “accept.” You handed over a detailed profile that’s bought, sold, and used to shape your choices—often without your knowledge.
The Advocates for Self-Government
Apr 27, 2026 - theadvocates.org
Maine Governor Vetoes Broad Criminal Records Sealing Bill
From Gov. Janet Mills' message Friday "vetoing L.D. 1911, An Act to Automatically Seal Criminal History Record Information/or Certain Crimes":… The post Maine Governor Vetoes Broad Criminal Records Se...
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
Conscription Means Slavery, Not Unity
On April 18, the evil spy company Palantir made a Twitter post—apparently based on a 2025 book by founder Alex Karp—about their philosophy that the government needs to transform into a “technological ...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 27, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
This Policy Is at the Root of Unaffordable Health Care
The current system incentivizes employer compensation through insurance rather than cash, driving up costs.
Cato Recent Op-eds
Apr 27, 2026 - cato.org
Spirit Airlines shows mergers may prevent bankruptcies and bailouts
In 2024, Spirit Airlines, financially troubled since the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, sought a lifeline through a merger with JetBlue Airways. Although neither Spirit nor JetBlue could be consider...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Apr 27, 2026 - cei.org
Judge Reaffirms: EEOC May Subpoena Penn's Records as to "Jewish-Related Organizations" (and Others) in Investigation of Anti-Semitic Harassment at Penn
But the judge suspends his decision pending appeal, so that the appellate court has "time to consider and decide the merits of this case, absent unnecessary procedural deadlines."
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
Don't Care Bears and Intellectual Property Law
From Judge Arun Subramanian (S.D.N.Y.) Wednesday in Those Characters from Cleveland, LLC v. Schedule A Defendants: [P]laintiff has failed to… The post Don't Care Bears and Intellectual Property Law ap...
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
Iran Offers to Open Strait of Hormuz If US Lifts Blockade, Ends War
Iran sent a proposal to the US that would bring the war to an end and allow ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials sent the new proposal to the US via Pakistan. Tehran’s deal include...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 27, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Debatable: Universal Basic Income
It seems fruitless to debate a bigger new entitlement we cannot currently afford to solve a labor-market apocalypse we haven’t yet seen.
Cato Recent Op-eds
Apr 27, 2026 - cato.org
HUD urges real estate industry to share useful information with homebuyers
Victor Nava writes for the New York Post about a significant change in federal policy that should help prospective homebuyers. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday urged rea...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 27, 2026 - johnlocke.org
The Healing Free Market
U.S. healthcare isn’t failing from too much market—it’s the wrong kind. Real competition on outcomes could lower costs, raise quality, and expand access.
The Advocates for Self-Government
Apr 27, 2026 - theadvocates.org
Bill Otis (Ringside at the Reckoning) on the SPLC Indictment
Among other things, Otis responds to my post from yesterday; an excerpt: The main criterion in a democratic system is… The post Bill Otis (Ringside at the Reckoning) on the SPLC Indictment appeared fi...
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion financing gap that no one is talking about
A provision in last year’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” mandates that beginning in 2028, the maximum provider tax rate states are allowed to charge will be reduced from 6 percent to 3.5 percent in ann...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 27, 2026 - johnlocke.org
A Few Thoughts on the Chatrie Oral Argument
On the whole, a good morning for the government.
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
Comedy Club Can't Get Injunction Blocking Claims of Sexual Assault, Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Sexism
From Manhattan trial judge Judy Kim in Rodney's Comedy Club v. Omari, decided April 17 but just posted on Westlaw… The post Comedy Club Can't Get Injunction Blocking Claims of Sexual Assault, Racism, ...
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
German Chancellor Merz: Iran Is Humiliating the US
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Iran has humiliated the US during the negotiating process. The US and Iran have held a round of talks and exchanged messages through Pakistan, but have been ...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 27, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Four steps NC legislators can take right now to make health care more affordable
People of all political stripes agree that health care is unaffordable for too many. A major campaign buzzword this year is the “unaffordability crisis,” with health care being a foremost factor drivi...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 27, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Yes, more money for teacher pay, but what happened to all that Covid money?
Teacher pay has been much in the news lately. Thousands of North Carolina teachers are supposed to descend on Raleigh next Friday to protest no state budget and lobby for higher salaries and more fund...
John Locke Foundation
Apr 27, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Celebrating a Half-Century of U.S. Trade ‘Deficits’
TweetIn the Washington Post, GMU Econ alum Mark Perry and I document this fact that should eliminate the anxiety of those who fear so-called “trade deficits”: For every $100 billion increase in the tr...
Cafe Hayek
Apr 27, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Today in Supreme Court History: April 27, 1822
4/27/1822: President Ulysses S. Grant's birthday. He would appoint four Justices to the Supreme Court: Chief Justice Waite, Justice Strong,… The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 27, 1822 app...
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
Brickbat: Partners in Crime
In California, former Rohnert Park police officers Joseph Huffaker and Brendan Tatum will be sentenced together in May after a… The post Brickbat: Partners in Crime appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
What To Do With AI-Generated Legal Scholarship?: Part 2
Am I an author? A prompter? Is this mine?
Reason.com
Apr 27, 2026 - reason.com
The Kyle Anzalone Show [Guest] COL. Lawrence Wilkerson – Did Iran or Trump Cave?
The headlines move fast, but the stakes underneath them move faster. When political leaders say the Strait of Hormuz is “open” and diplomacy is “wrapping up,” we slow the tape and ask the only questio...
Antiwar.com Blog
Apr 27, 2026 - antiwar.com
This Film Shaped Our Very First Impressions of Israel
Alright, you caught me red handed! I missed last week’s email. I did, however, spend a solid hour, hour and a half, writing an article about how the film The Prince of Egypt framed 90s kids’ first imp...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 27, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Judicial Wars Take a Disturbing Personal Turn in Utah
A Utah Supreme Court justice is accused of having a sexually charged relationship with an attorney who argued a critical congressional
Main Feed
Apr 27, 2026 - libertynation.com
From Filibuster to Funding – Will Congress Come Around?
The days of the filibuster are numbered - what Republicans have to decide is whether they'll reap the benefits of it or leave that to the Democrats.
Main Feed
Apr 27, 2026 - libertynation.com
Iran Is Out of Time
President Donald Trump has run out of patience with Iran. In an abrupt turn, the US president canceled a planned trip to Islamabad, Pakistan
Main Feed
Apr 27, 2026 - libertynation.com
‘If They Want to Talk, They Can Call Us’: Trump Says Future Talks With Iran Can Happen Over the Phone
President Donald Trump said that he was cutting engagement in the Pakistani-hosted talks with Iran. “If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us. You know, there is a telephone. We...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 26, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
The Kyle Anzalone Show [Guest] Prof. Glenn Diesen: Trump’s Legacy: The Catastrophic Destruction of the American Empire
A ceasefire can be the start of peace, or it can be the quiet moment when both sides reload. That’s the question driving my return conversation with Professor Glenn Diesen as we dissect the US-Iran ne...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 26, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
The Kyle Anzalone Show [Guest] Prof. Glenn Diesen: Trump’s Legacy: The Catastrophic Destruction of the American Empire
A ceasefire can be the start of peace, or it can be the quiet moment when both sides reload. That’s the question driving my return conversation with Professor Glenn Diesen as we dissect the US-Iran ne...
Antiwar.com Blog
Apr 26, 2026 - antiwar.com
Israel Escalates Attacks in Lebanon, Hezbollah Vows to Respond to Truce Violations
The ceasefire in Lebanon appears to be collapsing as Israel and Hezbollah are escalating attacks. On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the IDF to “vigorously attack Hezbollah target...
The Libertarian Institute
Apr 26, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Israel Sent Troops, Iron Dome to UAE in First Days of War Against Iran
Israel sent Iron Dome air defenses to the UAE to help Dubai shoot down Iranian drones. Tehran targeted Gulf states allied with the US in response to Washington and Tehran starting an unprovoked war. ...