Libertarian Reporting for 2026-08-17
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 39 articles from 11 sites. We chose these from 1966 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason.com, The Libertarian Institute, Main Feed, Cafe Hayek, International Liberty, Free the People, Antiwar.com Blog, LewRockwell, C4SIF.org, Notes On Liberty, The Libertarian Alliance.
Trump's Assault on Judicial Review Undermines a Crucial Safeguard Against Tyranny
In one case after another, the president has tried to cut the courts out of the picture painted by the Framers.
Reason.com
Aug 16, 2026 - reason.com
8/13/26 Robert Pape on How His Escalation Trap Model Stands Up to Recent History
Download Audio. Scott brings Robert Pape back on the show. They discuss the difficult situation Trump is in as he tries to find a face-saving way out of his war with Iran. But first, Scott and Pape lo...
The Libertarian Institute
Aug 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
8/14/26 Joe Kent on the Risk That US and Israeli Aggression Will Lead to Stateside Terrorism
Download Audio. Joe Kent joins the show again to discuss the risk of a major terrorist attack against Americans. He and Scott go through all the major Islamist groups around right now and weigh who po...
The Libertarian Institute
Aug 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
The Trump Administration Is Still Straddling the Fence on Gun Rights
The White House lets freedom ring … sometimes.
Main Feed
Aug 16, 2026 - libertynation.com
Some Links
TweetRyan Bourne and GMU Econ alum Adam Michel explain what shouldn’t – but, alas, what nevertheless does – need explaining, namely: “The DSA can abolish bills — it can’t abolish costs.” A slice: The ...
Cafe Hayek
Aug 16, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Government Failure in Africa, Part II
When writing about economic policy of African nations, I’m usually worried, sometimes mixed, and occasionally hopeful. Overall, however, the continent is a mess, as described in Part I of this series....
International Liberty
Aug 16, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Today in Supreme Court History: August 16, 1933
8/16/1933: President Roosevelt adopts the Code of Fair Competition for the Governance of the Petroleum Industry. The Supreme Court declared… The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 16, 1933 ap...
Reason.com
Aug 16, 2026 - reason.com
Why Is the Kennedy Center Board Trying To Add Trump's Name to the Building—Again?
Must they keep chipping away at their dignity?
Reason.com
Aug 16, 2026 - reason.com
Lift Campaign Donation Caps, But Ban Them From Special Interests
Understatement alert: money in politics is not popular. The post Lift Campaign Donation Caps, But Ban Them From Special Interests appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Aug 16, 2026 - freethepeople.org
‘Cheap Piece of Imperialist Propaganda’: US Video Hails ‘American Dominance’ of Western Hemisphere
A congresswoman whose parents immigrated to the United States during US-backed genocidal dictatorships in Guatemala on Tuesday excoriated a State Department video hailing the Monroe Doctrine, an imper...
Antiwar.com Blog
Aug 16, 2026 - antiwar.com
Quotation of the Day…
Tweet… from page 21 of my Mercatus Center colleagues Chris and Rachel Coyne’s essay “The Economics of Price Controls,” which is chapter 2 of Flaws & Ceilings (2015), an excellent collection edited by ...
Cafe Hayek
Aug 16, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Will Trump Attempt To Take Over the Elections in November?
The ‘democracy gap’ in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the ‘least worst’ every four years and then wonder wh...
LewRockwell
Aug 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Lunatics Are Running The Asylum
When I was 10 years old, the United States was one trillion dollars in debt. Now we are nearly 40 trillion dollars in debt. So what did we get for spending 39 trillion dollars that we did not have? Wh...
LewRockwell
Aug 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Nicholas Snow “The Three Stages of Invention” (2006)
Nicholas Snow “The Three Stages of Invention,” Mises Daily (07/20/2006). Archived comments below. Nicholas Snow “The Three Stages of Invention,” Mises Daily (07/20/2006). Frédéric Bastiat is considere...
C4SIF.org
Aug 15, 2026 - c4sif.org
Trump Promised Transparency. His Administration Keeps Finding New Ways to Hide Records.
"The most transparent president in history" keeps chipping away at laws like FOIA meant to keep the government honest.
Reason.com
Aug 15, 2026 - reason.com
Switching Presidential Planes in Ankara
Hardly a week goes by when Donald Trump is not the centerpiece and source of a lie so outrageous or an accusation so heinous that one has to sit back gazing at one’s computer screen, stunned by the au...
LewRockwell
Aug 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Camp of the Saints Has Come Home to America, a Doomed Nation
Americans are unaware of how infiltrated their legal and political institutions are by immigrant invaders. Americans, thanks to corrupt Presidents, even have immigrant invaders as judges who use thei...
LewRockwell
Aug 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
450,000 U.S. Soldiers Diagnosed With Traumatic Brain Injury Since 2001
Lord Salisbury used to complain to his officials during Jingoistic outbreaks that it was like having “a huge lunatic asylum at one’s back.” —Andrew Roberts, Salisbury, Victorian Titan The prodigious n...
LewRockwell
Aug 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Tucker, “Apple the Monopolist” (2010)
Jeffrey A. Tucker, “Apple the Monopolist,” Mises Economics Blog (01/28/2010) (archived comments below) Apple the Monopolist January 28, 2010 9:18 AM by Jeffrey Tucker (Archive) Apple’s products seem l...
C4SIF.org
Aug 15, 2026 - c4sif.org
How the First World War Destroyed the Gold Standard
As Trump’s “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth demands a fifty-percent increase to the war budget—topping an eye watering $1.5 trillion—it may be instructive to remember that war spending has always and e...
LewRockwell
Aug 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Israeli Settler "Terrorists" Unjustly Expel West Bank Palestinians From Their Land
I am generally pro-Israel. But these actions amount to ethnic cleansing and gross violations of property rights.
Reason.com
Aug 15, 2026 - reason.com
The Delusional Premises of Woke Greens
hile the burgeoning democratic socialist movement is getting a lot of attention in advance of the 2026 midterm elections, a parallel dimension of wokeism quietly continues to advance. For now, the Tru...
LewRockwell
Aug 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Patent, Copyright, Trademark, and Trade Secret Horror Files
[From my Webnote series] Ported here from Kinsella, “The Patent, Copyright, Trademark, and Trade Secret Horror Files,” StephanKinsella.com (Feb. 3, 2010) As noted here, “Ayn Rand’s newsletters used to...
C4SIF.org
Aug 15, 2026 - c4sif.org
Between “Arctic Doom” and “Arctic Boom,” Part 1: Navigating a Path to a Secure, Prosperous and Free Arctic
For four decades, my research into the geopolitical and geophysical transformation of the circumpolar north has challenged the persistent misconception of an inevitable, apocalyptic impending “Arctic ...
Notes On Liberty
Aug 15, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
When the Tourniquet Fails
By someone who’s seen what happens when the ambulance doesn’t come Let me tell you a story that’ll keep you up tonight. A guy I know—let’s call him Mike—had been “prepping” for years. Not the crazy bu...
LewRockwell
Aug 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Classrooms of the Future
“The greatest danger to the State is independent intellectual criticism.” — Murray N. Rothbard, Anatomy of the State The formula High Tech = State Power is valid only while the State continues to suck...
LewRockwell
Aug 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
A Conservative Versus the Homeowners’ Association
Our kids moved out. We lived in a former display home by a main street, and we took great care of our lawn and landscaping, which was time-consuming. My wife wanted to move to a nicer neighborhood n...
LewRockwell
Aug 15, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
New Jersey Revives the Fight To Reclassify Gig Workers as Employees
California notoriously fought to do the same, which led to a slew of exemptions and job declines.
Reason.com
Aug 15, 2026 - reason.com
Free Markets, Socialism, and J.D. Vance
I prefer free markets because I’m a libertarian (I want to minimize government coercion) and because I care about real-world evidence (I want people to thrive). Speaking of real-world evidence, here’s...
International Liberty
Aug 15, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Today in Supreme Court History: August 15, 1938
8/15/1938: Justice Stephen Breyer's Birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 15, 1938 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Aug 15, 2026 - reason.com
AI Against the British State
I have been mildly sceptical of Bryan Mercadente’s enthusiasm for artificial intelligence. This has not been because I think the technology unimportant. I agree that its economic possibilities are imm...
The Libertarian Alliance
Aug 15, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Hunting ICE, unremarkable arson, and lewdness at the Founding.
Reason.com
Aug 14, 2026 - reason.com
Colombia's New President Wants More U.S. Military Help Fighting Cartels
Abelardo de la Espriella campaigned on shooting down drug planes and boats in Colombia. Twenty-five years of U.S.-funded counternarcotics suggests it won't matter
Reason.com
Aug 14, 2026 - reason.com
Virginia Man Argues His 'FTP&ATF' License Plate Is Free Speech. The Supreme Court Might Hear His Case.
A federal appeals court ruled that Curtis Whateley's anti-police vanity plate was private speech protected by the First Amendment. Virginia says it will seek review from the Supreme Court.
Reason.com
Aug 14, 2026 - reason.com
Dissenting Parents' Defamation Claim Over School's Allegations of Racism Can Go Forward
Some excerpts from the long Turpin v. Charlotte Latin Schools, Inc., decided today by the N.C. Supreme Court, in an… The post Dissenting Parents' Defamation Claim Over School's Allegations of Racism C...
Reason.com
Aug 14, 2026 - reason.com
8/11/26 Lindsey Snell on the Troubling New Regime in Syria
Download Audio. Journalist Lindsey Snell returns to the show to talk about Syria. She first recounts her experience getting kidnapped by the Jihadists who now control the country. Scott and Snell then...
The Libertarian Institute
Aug 14, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Fraud Claim Over "No Blowback" Assurance by Private School to Complaining Parents, Followed by Children's Expulsions, Can Go Forward
Some excerpts from the long Turpin v. Charlotte Latin Schools, Inc., decided today by the N.C. Supreme Court, in an… The post Fraud Claim Over "No Blowback" Assurance by Private School to Complaining ...
Reason.com
Aug 14, 2026 - reason.com
Contract Claim Over Private School Expulsions, Allegedly Caused by Parents' Organizing Against Ideological Curriculum Changes, Can Go Forward
"Beginning in the summer of 2020, the school began to change its curriculum to focus on politicized issues of race and gender identity. At some point, the Turpins learned that the school was teaching ...
Reason.com
Aug 14, 2026 - reason.com
The War on Free-Range Kids Makes The New York Times
For too long, the government has acted as if any child venturing out unsupervised is in danger—and has negligent parents.