Libertarian Reporting for 2026-06-22
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 25 articles from 7 sites. We chose these from 1942 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason.com, The Libertarian Institute, The Libertarian Alliance, LewRockwell, Antiwar.com Blog, Cafe Hayek, Main Feed.
Brazil Moves To End the Six-Day Workweek
Brazil's lower house has approved a constitutional amendment that would ban the common six-day workweek. It would make jobs even harder to find.
Reason.com
Jun 21, 2026 - reason.com
America's Founders Blended Liberalism and Religion
If the fusionist account of history is correct, the anti-fusionists are engaged in a far more radical project than most of them are willing to admit.
Reason.com
Jun 21, 2026 - reason.com
6/19/26 Larry Johnson on Trump’s Effort to End the Iran War
Download Audio. Scott interviews Larry Johnson about the ongoing, frequently broken yet somehow still holding ceasefire between the US and Iran, the Trump administration’s effort to find some way out ...
The Libertarian Institute
Jun 21, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Did Trump Win the Iran War? A Critique of Brandon Smith
I have had my attention drawn to an article on the Lew Rockwell site by Brandon Smith. This is a sustained and undoubtedly clever attempt to present the recent American war against Iran and the subseq...
The Libertarian Alliance
Jun 21, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
6/19/26 Kit Klarenberg on the Unraveling of West’s Global Hegemony
Download Audio. Scott interviews Kit Klarenberg about some reporting he’s done on the looming political shakeup in Bosnia. That leads to a broader discussion about how the foreign policy of the post-C...
The Libertarian Institute
Jun 21, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Today in Supreme Court History: June 21, 1989
6/21/1989: Texas v. Johnson is decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 21, 1989 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Jun 21, 2026 - reason.com
Cato’s Letters
Cato’s Letters Cato’s Letters is a collection of 144 influential essays on liberty, government, and civil and religious freedom, written by John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon under the pseudonym “Cato” ...
LewRockwell
Jun 21, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Who’s the Weak Link? The New York Times Strikes Again
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I love getting The New York Times daily summary of the news. It makes for great hilarity. Here’s today’s example: Top News Lebanon Emerges as...
Antiwar.com Blog
Jun 21, 2026 - antiwar.com
John Mearsheimer says Trump Had No Choice
Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 19 June 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about the central issue of the day — the Memorandum of Understanding that Iran and the United States ...
Antiwar.com Blog
Jun 21, 2026 - antiwar.com
6/19/26 William Van Wagenen on What It’s Like on the Ground in Lebanon
Download Audio. Scott interviews William Van Wagenen about what he’s been seeing in southern Lebanon as the fighting between Hezbollah and the IDF drags on. They also discuss the Western-backed bin La...
The Libertarian Institute
Jun 21, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Some Links
TweetPierre Lemieux is understandably troubled by the persistence of Luddism. A slice: Is it possible that the AI revolution will be so radical that no work will be left for humans? If that literally ...
Cafe Hayek
Jun 21, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Quotation of the Day…
Tweet… is from Chapter 17 of Edward Atkinson’s 1892 book, Taxation and Work: A Series of Treatises on the Tariff and the Currency: Free Trade, on the other hand, requires no force; it is what men enga...
Cafe Hayek
Jun 21, 2026 - cafehayek.com
America Spent a Fortune Shooting Down Cheap Drones. Now the Missile Stores Are Bare.
After burning through interceptors in the Iran war, the U.S. faces a dire math problem: Enemies can build drones faster than America can build missiles.
Reason.com
Jun 20, 2026 - reason.com
A Dinger of Misinformation
TweetHere’s a letter to The American Conservative. Editor: To justify his latest round of tariffs – that is, his latest barrage of punitive taxes on Americans’ purchases of imports – President Trump r...
Cafe Hayek
Jun 20, 2026 - cafehayek.com
The Mayor Who Loves Bodegas Is Building Taxpayer-Funded Competitors
Zohran Mamdani's administration has not studied how New York City's government-backed grocery stores will affect nearby mom-and-pop outlets, which operate on thin profit margins.
Reason.com
Jun 20, 2026 - reason.com
Israel, Lebanon, and the Fragility of the MoU
Flanked by French President Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump triumphantly signed the official U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday night in Versailles. This move reflects a dramatic s...
Antiwar.com Blog
Jun 20, 2026 - antiwar.com
Today in Supreme Court History: June 20, 1837
6/20/1837: Justice David Josiah Brewer's birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 20, 1837 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Jun 20, 2026 - reason.com
All Trump Is Saying Is Give Peace a Chance
The agreement with Iran is not a blank check.
Main Feed
Jun 20, 2026 - libertynation.com
The Fed — The “Mothership of The Globalists” — Has a New High Priest. And What It Means For Your Money
Thorsten Polleit’s The U.S. central bank (the Federal Reserve, or Fed for short) is the most powerful and influential central bank in the world. The Fed issues the U.S. dollar, the world’s reserve cur...
The Libertarian Alliance
Jun 20, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
The U.S. and Iran Are Exchanging Nuclear Concessions for Economic Relief. That's Compromise, Not Surrender.
Hawks don’t understand what diplomacy is: Both sides give something up and both sides get something in return.
Reason.com
Jun 19, 2026 - reason.com
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Rum, time travel, and inappropriate trophies.
Reason.com
Jun 19, 2026 - reason.com
Bernie Sanders Proposes AI Tax To Give Everyone $1,000 a Month. His Bill Would Do a Lot More Than That.
The Vermont senator's American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act would also create an entirely new regulatory regime for the tech industry.
Reason.com
Jun 19, 2026 - reason.com
The Supervisory Power Of The Supreme Court As A Form Of Virtue Signaling
Only Justice Thomas was willing to look past the difficult consequences of an appellate waiver.
Reason.com
Jun 19, 2026 - reason.com
Major League Baseball Teams Have the Right To Offer Pride Uniforms. Should They?
The league’s conduct is indisputably protected by the First Amendment. But that doesn't make it wise.
Reason.com
Jun 19, 2026 - reason.com
When Justice Professor Merged With Justice Barrett
Hunter presented a weird syncretism between Amy Coney Barrett's scholarship and her jurisprudence.