Libertarian Reporting for 2026-07-16

Updated on July 15, 2026 at 7:10:20 PM GMT

Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 100 articles from 17 sites. We chose these from 1956 articles found on 36 sites.


Today's featured sites are:
LewRockwell, Cafe Hayek, Reason.com, John Locke Foundation, The Libertarian Institute, International Liberty, Free the People, Law & Liberty, Tenth Amendment Center, Antiwar.com Blog, The Libertarian Alliance, Mises Institute, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, Notes On Liberty, C4SIF.org, Main Feed, Learn Liberty.

Article Keywords: apartheid, biden, censoring, china, congress, department of homeland security, economy, enforcement, first amendment, iran, law enforcement, maga, nuclear, prison, republican, trump

Congress Moving Bill To Criminalize Criticizing Israel

“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” Attributed to Voltaire Our federal government—especially under Donald J. Trump—is doing everything it can to suppre...


LewRockwell
Jul 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: china, congress, conservative, crime, defense, election, gaza, iran, observer, republican, riot, senate, supreme court, surveillance, trump

Can We Trust the State?

The weekend news that Senator Lindsey Graham is dead at 71 is a shock; even more curious is the tedious whitewashing of his death by the warmongering state he served. It was only a few weeks ago that ...


LewRockwell
Jul 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, climate, election, executive order, immigration, jobs, migrant, migrants, migration, supreme court, tariff, taxes, trade, trump, white house

Some Links

TweetWishing Boston Globe columnist – and my friend – Jeff Jacoby the very best as he struggles with some health issues. A slice from Jeff’s most-recent column: AS SOME of you know, I am on medical le...


Cafe Hayek
Jul 15, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords:  vance , administration, biden, conflict, congress, defense, foreign policy, gop, invasion, iran, maga, republican, spending bill, trump

Lindsey Graham's Death Marks the End of an Era of Interventionist Foreign Policy

The late senator was one of the last advocates of hawkish policies out of step with public opinion.


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, constitution, executive order, federal judge, first amendment, indictment, lawyer, maga, pam bondi, prison, senate, taxes, trump

By Blessing Corruption, Todd Blanche Has Disqualified Himself From the Job He Wants

Trump’s nominee for attorney general has repeatedly subverted justice to benefit his boss.


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, anti-american, border, conflict, crisis, defense, economy, escalation, invasion, iran, national security, nuclear, trade

The Middle East at the Crossroads of Global Power, Energy and Nuclear Risk

Some news stories disappear before the coffee gets cold. Others refuse to leave, quietly growing in the background while the public moves on to the next headline. The recent military confrontation inv...


LewRockwell
Jul 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, election, federal reserve, inflation, iran, maga, senate, supreme court, tps, trump

The Fed's Tough Mission

Plus: More strikes on Iran, Nayib Bukele runs for a third consecutive term, private dinosaur-bone ownership, and more...


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, antitrust enforcement, debt, enforcement, hollywood, jobs, maga, republican, trump

12 States Sue, Call Paramount–Warner Bros. Merger an Antitrust Violation

If successful, it could do more harm than good to the entertainment industry.


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, conservative, constitution, election, scotus, scotus::2, supreme court, trump

Jackson is SCOTUS’ most partisan justice

Skye Graham writes for the Federalist about an interesting new analysis of US Supreme Court partisanship. A new Wall Street Journal analysis found that Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most partisan justi...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 15, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: conflict, congress, crime, defense, indictment, maga, offender, supreme court

Utah's New Rule Allowing Propensity Evidence in Sexual Assault Prosecutions

While propensity evidence is generally inadmissible in criminal cases, an exception for sexual assault cases is both common practice and good public policy.


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: communist, conservative, crime, iran, lawyer, prison, republican, trump

Leopold and Loeb . . . and Graham

In September of 2025 when President Trump was attacking Thomas Massie I wrote Donald Trump Is a Putz!. “The one thing that Trump could actually accomplish to make the US and the world at large a bette...


LewRockwell
Jul 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords:  vance , conflict, congress, conservative, constitution, iran, trump, white house

Vance Tells Rogan: Iran War Was Certainly Legal

Vice President JD Vance said that, while he had some objections to the war against Iran, he believes it is legal and supports President Donald Trump. Appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience Wednesday, t...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 15, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: election, fiscal, mamdani, mamdani::2, migration, tax the rich, taxes

New York’s Fiscal Suicide, Part II

Part I of this series began by showing how New York ranked at or near the bottom in several measures of state competitiveness. Updated numbers from various analyses show that the Empire State is not g...


International Liberty
Jul 15, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Article Keywords: anti-ice, crime, enforcement, law enforcement, maga, trafficking, trump

European Commission Moves Us One Step Closer to the End of the Open Internet

It's coming faster than you might think.


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: border, convictions, crime, indictment, jobs, maga, supreme court

No, a New Study Does Not 'Lay To Rest' the Debate Over Drug 'Legalization'

The Manhattan Institute’s Charles Fain Lehman misstates the findings of a new paper to claim he was right all along.


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, crisis, defense, iran, propaganda, riot, trump

There Are Two Ever-Widening Wars Bringing the World to Its Armageddon Moment

Sunday, I was interviewed by Sullivan Ahmed for an hour.  I explained that the tit-for-tat game that Iran and Washington are playing works perfectly for Israel.  Israel is the source of the violence. ...


LewRockwell
Jul 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords:  vance , conflict, iran, nuclear, observer, trump, white house

Iran to Vance: Witkoff, Kushner Undermining Negotiations for Financial Gain

Iranian officials told Vice President JD Vance that President Donald Trump’s lead negotiators, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, were exploiting their role for financial gain.  Drop Site News reported ...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 15, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: defense, invasion, iran, republican, rubio, senate, trump

Graham described as earning the last laugh

Jim Geraghty of National Review Online analyzes responses to US Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden and unexpected death. While Graham spent his 23-year Senate career advocating for a lot of causes, he was b...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 15, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: climate, conservative, inflation, mamdani, mamdani::2, riot

Collective Action Is Necessary for Collective Benefit

Hot. Blistering hot. A charring, moisture-evaporating heat that singes all over, inbreaking your skin and boiling your insides. The post Collective Action Is Necessary for Collective Benefit appeared ...


Free the People
Jul 15, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Article Keywords: crisis, maga, nuclear, protest, protest, trump

The 'Nuclear Nightmare' That Was Manufactured by the Media

Despite decades of panic, a new reactor has been approved for the first time in 10 years.


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, iran, maga, rule of law, second amendment, supreme court

What Has Heller Wrought In 18 Years?

"In nearly two decades, very little about the practical right to keep and bear arms has changed."


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, crisis, election, maga, trade, white house

The Government Doesn't Know Whether You Need Antidepressants

Against the new war on SSRIs.


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, constitution, crime, first amendment, maga, riot

Ban on "Personal, Impertinent or Slanderous Remarks" in City Council Public Comments Is Unconstitutional

So the Fifth Circuit held a few weeks ago.


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: china, defense, iran, nuclear, riot, trump

The Globalization of War: How Much Longer Will We Continue to Live on the Brink of a Nuclear War?

Donald Trump planned to secure Russian support for an attack on Iran in exchange for “handing over” Ukrainian territories that, in opinion polls conducted before 2014, identified much more strongly wi...


LewRockwell
Jul 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: conflict, constitution, convictions, defense, prison, rule of law

What Is the Declaration?

It is best to see the Declaration as one part of a larger story, not as an all-purpose tool.


Law & Liberty
Jul 15, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: conservative, constitution, defense, protest, protest, trump

On the Importance of First Principles

Tal Fortgang’s majoritarianism owes more to the New Deal than to the Constitution.


Law & Liberty
Jul 15, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: economy, jobs, maga, protest, protest

D.C. Wants To Charge Robotaxis $6 Million. Unions Still Say No.

A proposed bill would legalize commercial autonomous vehicles in D.C. under one of the country’s most expensive regulatory frameworks, but unions still want the brakes applied.


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, federal judge, first amendment, maga, riot

Federal Judge in Texas Not Wild About Fifth Circuit's Recent Precedent

"[T]he Fifth Circuit ... discerned that pedanticism ought to be favored over practical wisdom."


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, defense, escalation, iran, trump

Hostilities Between US and Iran Resumed. ‘The MoU is Over’ Says Trump

Hostilities between the US and Iran have officially resumed. During the recent NATO summit in Ankara, US President Donald Trump announced that the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding was “over” and ...


LewRockwell
Jul 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: biden, congress, conservative, election, epstein::-3, maga, tariff, taxes, trump

Donald Trump Is Not a Liar

President Donald Trump, broadly speaking, is not at base a liar. Sure, almost every word out of his mouth is a lie. You don’t have to go back to his marriage vows to prove this; a simple survey of his...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 15, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: mamdani, mamdani::2, tax the rich, taxes

Exposing cost of New York’s tax-the-rich policies

Rusty Weiss writes for RedState.com about the cost associated with New York’s bad tax policies. New York has spent years aggressively taxing its wealthiest residents in the name of fairness, and the r...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 15, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: constitution, defense, maga, supreme court

Today in Supreme Court History: July 15, 1819

7/15/1819: John Marshall publishes defense of McCulloch v. Maryland in the Alexandria Gazette under the pseudonym "A Friend of the… The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 15, 1819 appeared firs...


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, escalation, iran, trump

The US Cannot Defeat Iran

On 10 July 2026, I was on the “Deep Dive” with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis, where we talked mainly about Iran, although we did discuss Ukraine in the last part of the show. On Iran, we talked about th...


LewRockwell
Jul 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: iran, nuclear, propaganda, trump

The War For Your Mind Is Heating Up

The first time I met Vladimir, my Russian college roommate freshman year, we got to talking about politics and it turned out he was all for the free market, and in fact went on to join the college inv...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 15, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, crisis, tps

Constitution: The REAL Reason it Even Exists.

The founders knew - freedom cannot exist with a government - that doesn’t have strict rules, a clear line in the sand that it’s not allowed to cross. In other words, when government determines the ext...


Tenth Amendment Center
Jul 15, 2026 - blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com
Article Keywords: conservative, enforcement, lawyer

The UK’s Monstrous Equality Act

The Telegraph recently headlined a report titled ‘Monstrous’ Equality Act has gone too far, warns Lord Sewell. It seems that conservatives in the UK believe the Equality Act 2010, which is based on th...


LewRockwell
Jul 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: debt, economy, taxes

Offload Risks onto the Bottom 90% and Immiseration Follows

The underlying story of the past 50 years has been the offloading of risk onto workers and consumers. On my map of how the world works, we start with structures of control that distribute the good stu...


LewRockwell
Jul 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: foreign policy, gop, midterms

Is the GOP Crack-Up Ahead of the Midterms Real? Was Lindsey Graham Real?

The death of 71-year-old Senator Lindsey Graham has brought the debate over U.S. foreign policy over the last 25 years or more to the fore: Graham was an unapologetic Cold War warrior who promoted eve...


Antiwar.com Blog
Jul 15, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: iran, propaganda, trump

State Department Offering Quarter-Million Dollar Grants to Groups in Lebanon that Promote US Image

The US Embassy in Lebanon announced that the State Department is offering grants of up to $250,000 to groups that help promote American propaganda.  “The US Embassy in Beirut is opening a new Notice o...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 15, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: biden, iran, trump

The Guardian Turns Pirate

Donald Trump is a man of much cunning but limited intelligence. Throughout his business career he displayed an instinctive talent for bluff and for escaping situations that would have ruined less adap...


The Libertarian Alliance
Jul 15, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
Article Keywords: maga, senate

Lindsey Graham's Sister Tapped To Replace Him in the Senate

Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss what's next for the U.S. Senate after Lindsey Graham's passing and Mitch McConnell's continued absence.


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: maga, prison

Brickbat: Reading, Writing, and Gender Studies

A Brazilian court sentenced Audato and Ieda Denardi to 50 days in prison after convicting them of "intellectual neglect" for homeschooling… The post Brickbat: Reading, Writing, and Gender Studies appe...


Reason.com
Jul 15, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  canad, crisis

Medical Purgatory, A Miraculous Healing

Read Part I here, Part II here. I left you, dear reader, having come home at last after a crisis of aphasia in one — good — hospital, and after two and a half days of abject misery, and soul-searing p...


LewRockwell
Jul 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: constitution, rubio

Rubio’s Anti-ICC Campaign Is an Anti-‘Sovereignty’ Project

The International Criminal Court, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio complains in a July 13 Wall Street Journal op-ed, styles itself “a standing world tribunal with near-unlimited reach, empowered to o...


Antiwar.com Blog
Jul 15, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: prison, surveillance

Foucault, Panopticism and the Carceral Society; the Rise of the Surveillance State

The standard narrative is that policing and imprisonment are necessary tools to keep the public safe from criminals. But it also would seem that these things are useful tools for a state that wishes t...


Mises Institute
Jul 15, 2026 - mises.org
Article Keywords: conservative, foreign policy

Why movement conservatism’s excommunications have always been about foreign policy.

For conservative leaders like Buckley, what really matters is that you support the American imperial warfare state. The stuff about freedom is window dressing.


Mises Institute
Jul 15, 2026 - mises.org
Article Keywords: communist, iran

Chicago teachers union hosts pro-communist, pro-terrorist convention

Jon Levine writes for the Washington Free Beacon about questionable activity involving the teachers union in one of the nation’s largest cities. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) hosted a Marxist, viru...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 15, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: congress, senate

Panning Dem Khanna’s Israel ‘stunt’

Editors at National Review Online criticize a Democratic congressman’s recent publicity stunt. It used to be that politicians exploring a presidential campaign would show up at the Iowa State Fair or ...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 15, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: economy, jobs

Quotation of the Day…

Tweet… is from page 26 of the late Tom Wolfe’s brilliant 1981 book, From Bauhaus to Our House: In fact, here was the great appeal of socialism to architects in the 1920s. Socialism was the political a...


Cafe Hayek
Jul 15, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords: biden, border, congress, conservative, constitution, election, enforcement, federal reserve, immigration, law enforcement, maga, migration, prison, republican, scotus, scotus::2, second amendment, supreme court, tariff, trade, trump, voting rights

4 Takeaways From the Supreme Court's 2025–2026 Term

From executive power to civil liberties, what to make of a momentous year at SCOTUS?


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  vance , administration, conflict, conservative, defense, economy, foreign policy, gaza, iran, maga, observer, trump, tulsi

The Resumption of the Iran War and Oil Supplies

On Friday morning the New York Times reported that America had launched waves of attacks on Iranian targets, one of the most intense rounds of strikes since the war had begun more than four months ear...


LewRockwell
Jul 14, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, conflict, congress, economy, enforcement, iran, jobs, maga, republican, trade, trump

The Push for an Embargo on Israel Is Vague and Confused

Are critics talking about a government-to-government weapons embargo, or are they trying to shut down private trade? There's a big difference.


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  vance , border, conflict, congress, federal judge, gop, iran, jobs, lawyer, maga, trade, trump

Meet the New War

Plus: YIMBY high schoolers, Vance alienates Jewish donors, AI for homework help, and more...


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, conflict, constitution, doj, epstein::-3, executive order, federal judge, lawyer, maga, scott bessent, supreme court, taxes, trade, trump, white house

A Federal Judge Slams Trump's IRS Lawsuit As a Pretext for Delivering a Phony 'Settlement'

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams concludes that the case never presented a true "case or controversy" because both sides were controlled by the president.


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, defense, economy, fiscal, mamdani, mamdani::2, national security, republican, senate, trump

Congressional Ratification of President Trump’s Corporatism

Despite regularly denouncing the rising socialist menace, President Trump has been pursuing a policy arguably just as, if not more, dangerous to liberty and prosperity as anything proposed by Zohran M...


LewRockwell
Jul 14, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: congress, conservative, crisis, maga, protest, protest, republican, riot, surveillance, taxes, trade

'Government Totally Annihilated': How Americans Governed Themselves as British Rule Crumbled

America in the mid-1770s was a jumble of spontaneous formations amid the ruins of an empire.


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, constitution, crime, enforcement, immigration, law enforcement, migration, protest, protest, supreme court, surveillance

While the Political Circus Distracts Us, Flock Builds the Digital Police State

“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.”—George Orwell, 1984 While Am...


LewRockwell
Jul 14, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, conflict, escalation, foreign policy, iran, maga, riot, surveillance, trump, white house

Did Trump Finally Drop the ‘Pacifist’ Act?

It’s common knowledge that Donald Trump always came across as the “peace candidate”. His sweeping criticism of America’s “forever wars” (particularly in the Middle East) reinforced the image of a real...


LewRockwell
Jul 14, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: conflict, defense, escalation, foreign policy, iran, nuclear, propaganda, riot, trade, trump

The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Trump Is Losing the War for the Strait of Hormuz

A US president casually threatening to cut off trade with Spain is not normal “tough talk” it’s a signal flare for how unstable alliance management can get when policy is driven by impulse. We walk th...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 14, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords:  ice , conflict, crisis, inflation, kings, maga, protest, protest, tariff

Reviews of "House of the Dragon" and "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms"

Catching up with developments in the cinematic Game of Thrones/House of Ice and Fire Universe.


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  vance , china, crisis, economy, escalation, iran, national security, nuclear, trump

Iran War 3.0

A market downturn in the U.S. – exacerbated by an energy crisis – could spell disaster for Trump’s midterm hopes. When the U.S. Navy, in co-ordination with Qatar and Oman, tried to slip a convoy of fo...


LewRockwell
Jul 14, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords:  canad, constitution, debt, defense, economy, federal judge, gaza, maga, trump

A World of Impunity with a Reflection of What Happens ‘When the World Sleeps’, Francesca Albanese

When the World Sleeps, a book (256 pages), was published by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for Gaza, in April 2026. It is a personal and political account of Palestine that combines ten hum...


LewRockwell
Jul 14, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: congress, defense, escalation, fiscal, republican, senate, trade, trump

Inside the Pentagon Plan to Stitch Israel Into American Defense

Washington’s yearly defense measure has ground to a halt, and one buried clause explains why a widening bloc of lawmakers wants the whole thing pried back open. Members voted down the procedural rule ...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 14, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: administration, biden, climate, congress, offender, republican, trump, white house

Can Trump proposed rule pull the plug on bad appliance regulations?

Many Americans dislike federal home appliance regulations, perhaps nobody more so than the current White House occupant, who routinely rails against them at his rallies. Trump has worked with Congress...


Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Jul 14, 2026 - cei.org
Article Keywords: constitution, foreign policy, gop, immigration, immigration reform, migration, senate, trump

National Review pays tribute to Lindsey Graham

Editors at National Review Online react to the sudden death of South Carolina’s US Sen. Lindsey Graham. There might be senators who’ve had more zest for the job than Lindsey Graham, but we can’t think...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 14, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: congress, defense, foreign policy, iran, maga, senate, trump

As U.S. Starts 'New' Iran War, Lawmakers Want Answers About Deadly Elementary School Strike

A Tomahawk missile struck an Iranian school and reportedly killed over 100 children in February.


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: crime, enforcement, gun violence, law enforcement, maga, protest, protest

Did a "Minneapolis Effect" and Later De-Policing Cause Firearms Crimes to Spike in 2020?

My essay on the topic collects the available empirical research. There is support for the theory that, as police across the nation pulled back from some forms of proactive policing after protests surr...


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, iran, senate, tariff, trade, trump, white house

Trump Floats Adding Iran, Hezbollah to Russia Sanctions Bill

President Donald Trump suggested Congress add Iran and Hezbollah to the bill that places massive sanctions on Russia. The legislation, authored by the late Lindsey Graham, has received renewed attenti...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 14, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords:  canad,  ice , climate, conflict, defense, inflation, transitioning

My Arctic Journey, Part 1: A Northern Perspective on World Politics and IR Theory

Two decades ago, the first of what has evolved into a full baker’s dozen of my published books went under contract, marking a shift from my prolific writing of articles and book chapters to much longe...


Notes On Liberty
Jul 14, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
Article Keywords: economy, jobs, kings, maga, republican, senate

Ohio Cut Red Tape. Now Its Business Sector Is Thriving.

America's most business-friendly states are proof that permitting reform works. Still, they have a bad habit of handing out tax breaks to favored industries.


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, doj, epstein::-3, federal judge, impeachment, indictment, judiciary, maga, trump, white house

Slush Fund Update!

I'm sure that readers are as anxious as I am to see how Todd Blanche explains this all away during his confirmation hearings.


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: biden, conservative, constitution, doj, prison, surveillance

Spanberger makes questionable appointment to prison reform group

Jessica Schwalb writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the latest evidence that Virginia’s governor is no moderate. A cabinet official “moderate” Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger (D.) tapped ...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 14, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: conservative, constitution, convictions, defense, foreign policy, riot

Russell Kirk’s American Conservatism

A new volume of Russell Kirk’s writings shows how the traditionalist admired America without sentimentality or ideological passion.


Law & Liberty
Jul 14, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: china, conservative, economy, maga, protest, protest

The Rise and Fall of the Oxbridge Dons

Colin Kidd’s new book charts the fate of Britain’s elite intelligentsia in the postwar period.


Law & Liberty
Jul 14, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: crisis, debt, defense, election, inflation

Italy Says No to Blank Checks for Ukraine

The political mood across Europe is beginning to shift, and even governments that have strongly backed Ukraine are discovering that public opinion has its limits. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni...


LewRockwell
Jul 14, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, anti-american, communist, election, republican

Socialists take over America’s Democratic Party

Arthur Schaper writes for American Greatness about a disturbing development in American politics. For decades, the Democratic Party exploited—but also restrained—its more liberal, anti-American activi...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 14, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: congress, enforcement, hollywood, jobs, supreme court

Cox Communications v. Sony (2026): No Contributory Copyright Liability for ISPs for User Piracy; Hollywood and RIAA Demand “Alternative Enforcement Tool”

The Supreme Court just told the copyright cartels that your ISP isn’t liable when you pirate something, because the ISP didn’t tell you to do it. So what’s Hollywood’s response? They’re openly demandi...


C4SIF.org
Jul 14, 2026 - c4sif.org
Article Keywords: executive order, maga, nuclear, trump

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ignores Trump's Order To Revise Radiation Exposure Limits

The agency pretends to loosen scientifically unjustified regulations but does nothing of the sort.


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, maga, senate, trump

Taking the W

Developers rush to use California's new apartments-near-transit law, North Carolina eliminates parking requirements, and the federal housing bill finally becomes law.


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: communist, hollywood, iran, propaganda

Post-Literate, Post-Numerate: Where Will It End?

This week, all the advanced thinkers agree that kids are reading less and we are entering a post-literate age. It must be true; the Atlantic says so. Kindergarten teachers say that many of their stude...


LewRockwell
Jul 14, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: conflict, iran, trade, trump

Trump Walks Back Plan to Charge Tolls in Strait of Hormuz

Just a day after announcing that the US would charge a 20% security fee for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump reversed his decision under pressure from US allies.  On Monda...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 14, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: border, conflict, riot, trump

Coalition of the Willing to Hold Military Drills Near Ukraine in Preparation for Post-Ceasefire Deployment

A bloc of Kiev allies will hold war games in states that border Ukraine in preparation for deploying troops to the country once a ceasefire is reached with Russia.  On Monday, the Coalition of the Wil...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 14, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: defense, escalation, riot, trump

Zelensky’s Strange Trip to the NATO Summit

Last week, on the sidelines of the NATO summit, Volodymyr Zelensky repeated his demand that Ukraine be invited to join NATO, which was bold, considering that Ukraine’s president wasn’t even invited to...


The Libertarian Institute
Jul 14, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: economy, tariff, trade, trump

Exports and Imports Move in the Same Direction

TweetHere’s a letter to a commenter at my Facebook page. Mr. Beveridge: In a comment on this Facebook post of mine – a post in which I criticize Trump’s tariffs – you write that my post “seems to igno...


Cafe Hayek
Jul 14, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords: feds, fiscal, gop, republican

Medicaid’s Ever-Expanding Fiscal Burden

Nine years ago, I shared some depressing charts about Medicaid. The fiscal outlook today is even worse, as illustrated by this chart based on national health expenditure data from the Centers for Medi...


International Liberty
Jul 14, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Article Keywords: congress, defense, maga

Debate: What Actually Happened to Rep. Ro Khanna in the West Bank?

Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss the strange turn of events in the congressman's trip.


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: circuit court, maga, supreme court

Political Defamation Case Can Go to Jury as to "Actual Malice" When Defendants' Couldn't Explain How They Arrived at Their Accusations

From yesterday's Illinois Appellate Court decision in Grasso v. Mottl, decided by Justice Matthew Bertani, joined by Justices Linda Davenport… The post Political Defamation Case Can Go to Jury as to "...


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: lawyer, maga, supreme court

How Does The Supreme Court Caption Cases?

The briefs in the transgender sports cases were styled as "By next friend" but the Court captioned the case as "By her next friend."


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: enforcement, law enforcement, maga

Brickbat: Making Myself Useful

A jury in Wales convicted Detective Inspector Emma Gardner of the North Wales Police of unauthorized access to computer material,… The post Brickbat: Making Myself Useful appeared first on Reason.com....


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, republican, trump

Trump Is Now The Biggest Threat To The United States (Here’s Why)

Former Trump attorney and dedicated loyalist Robert Barnes joins George Gammon of Rebel Capitalist to discuss the decline and fall of the imperial Trump administration. Not only is Robert Barnes a mas...


LewRockwell
Jul 14, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, iran, trump

Ron Paul on Hiding the Cost of the Iran War From the American People

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: While Trump Administration officials continue to provide low-ball figures for how much the Iran war has cost the United States, a thorough look at this “most unpopu...


Antiwar.com Blog
Jul 14, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: congress, iran, trump

‘Not How It Works’: Critics Slam Trump Bid To Restart Legal Clock on Illegal Iran War

Critics from both sides of the political aisle on Monday denounced President Donald Trump’s effort to construct a facade of legality for the illegal US-Israeli war of choice on Iran by notifying Congr...


Antiwar.com Blog
Jul 14, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: executive order, maga

New York Becomes the First State To Ban New Data Centers

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s one-year moratorium buys time for the state to create a convoluted regulatory regime.


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: maga, senate

Abdul El-Sayed Exposed After Rejecting Socialism Label

Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss U.S. Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed's socialist beliefs.


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: debt, maga

FIFA Changed Soccer's Rules for Americans—and We Love It

Plus: a survey on fixing soccer, the Home Run Derby’s format changes again, and a goal you have to see to believe


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: maga, supreme court

Today in Supreme Court History: July 14, 1913

7/14/1913: President Gerald R. Ford's birthday. He would appoint Justice John Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 14, 1913 appeared first on Reason.com.


Reason.com
Jul 14, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: iran, trump

Soft Words, Big Sticks, and an Endgame in Iran

Is Trump at the end of his patience?


Main Feed
Jul 14, 2026 - libertynation.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress

The ROAD to Housing Act’s Moving to Work expansion still misses the bigger housing issue

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is Congress’s most sweeping housing legislation in years. As I previously covered, the legislation deserves some credit for reducing a couple significant regulator...


Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Jul 14, 2026 - cei.org
Article Keywords: iran, trump

Puncturing myths about the Charlie Kirk killing

Editors at National Review Online analyze the latest information about Charlie Kirk’s murder. Within hours of Charlie Kirk’s tragic assassination, conspiracy theories started spreading on social media...


John Locke Foundation
Jul 14, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: judiciary, surveillance

Chat Control Comes in Two Versions. Neither Respects Your Privacy

We thought we had killed Chat Control. Germany opposed it, Parliament rejected it, talks collapsed, yet headlines now say it just passed the EU Parliament. Confusing?


Learn Liberty
Jul 14, 2026 - learnliberty.org