Libertarian Reporting for 2026-09-08
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 44 articles from 10 sites. We chose these from 1963 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
The Libertarian Institute, Reason Magazine, LewRockwell, Cafe Hayek, Law & Liberty, John Locke Foundation, International Liberty, C4SIF.org, Free the People, The Libertarian Alliance.
The Summit Washington Couldn’t Stop
A photograph moved across the Western wires with a caption in capital letters. “COUNTER US POWER,” it read, above an image of the Kyrgyzstan president walking China’s Xi Jinping past an honor guard in...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 7, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Help Workers by Breaking Down Barriers to Labor Mobility
Labor Day is a great time to remember that we can make workers vastly better off by empowering more of them to vote with their feet, both within countries and through international migration.
Reason Magazine
Sep 7, 2026 - reason.com
Let NATO’s Free-Riders Fight WWIII
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave an interview during the G20 gathering in Asheville, North Carolina, in which he calmly diagnosed Canada’s self-inflicted problems: “We’ve had a ‘free rider’ probl...
LewRockwell
Sep 7, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Some Links
TweetThe Wall Street Journal‘s Editorial Board reports on Teamsters’ Union violence. A slice: The Teamsters have a long history of bullying that often becomes violent, and its campaign to organize Ama...
Cafe Hayek
Sep 7, 2026 - cafehayek.com
RFK Jr.'s MAHA Cooking Show Is Government Propaganda. I Kind of Love It?
I think it's cool that conservatives are trying to make it cool to care about nutrition. But this isn't the government's place.
Reason Magazine
Sep 7, 2026 - reason.com
The State Spins a New Idea for Recruiting in an Age of War
Have you ever watched cars in motion and thought the wheel spokes were rotating backwards? It’s the stroboscopic effect that occurs when we sample reality at an inappropriate frequency, making the unr...
LewRockwell
Sep 7, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Washington Is Losing the Global Battle of Public Opinion
For decades, one of the keys to Washington’s power has been its ability to use favorably inclined allies as force multipliers. Now, facing its first peer competitor in generations, Washington has been...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 7, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Robert Anderson's Cold War
How Eisenhower’s treasury secretary became a Cold War fixer, intelligence go-between, and a man no one wanted to discuss.
Reason Magazine
Sep 7, 2026 - reason.com
If Canada is 'Ripping Off' the U.S., Why Is It Falling Behind?
Americans have been widening the prosperity gap with our neighbors for years.
Reason Magazine
Sep 7, 2026 - reason.com
Germany’s Airport Terror Plot: a Flight of Fancy Leading Europe to War
Germany’s latest false-flag stunt at Leipzig is a sign of desperation by a bankrupt political system to distract from its abject, total failure. This week saw yet another audacious attempt at gaslight...
LewRockwell
Sep 7, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Inside the Fight ff MI6 and CIA Proxies Over Who Is To Lead Ukraine
This fight over the future of Ukraine is intensifying. Not only on the frontline, or between local power centers in Kiev, but also between the security services of the Anglo-American ‘allies’. On Wedn...
LewRockwell
Sep 7, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Court Grants TRO Barring "Threatening, Intimidating, and Retaliation Action … Without a Legitimate Law Enforcement Purpose" Against ICE Watcher
From Judge Michael Newman (S.D. Ohio) Friday in Moorman v. Doe No. 1; since this is a decision at the… The post Court Grants TRO Barring "Threatening, Intimidating, and Retaliation Action … Without a ...
Reason Magazine
Sep 7, 2026 - reason.com
Professor Investigated for Mocking a University 'Land Acknowledgment' Gets a $600,000 Settlement
The agreement follows a 9th Circuit ruling that the University of Washington violated Stuart Reges' First Amendment rights by treating his dissent as intolerable "disruption."
Reason Magazine
Sep 7, 2026 - reason.com
Looks Like Anglin Was Right, After All
Donald Trump does not want to kill millions of Iranian civilians. But Trump has a gun to his head and time is running out. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is getting dangerously low, long-term interes...
LewRockwell
Sep 7, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Larry Johnson: How Long Can the Military Fight Trump’s War Against Iran
“Total control” is easy to say on a podium, but war has a way of grading claims in real time. We sit down with Larry Johnson to sort through the latest reports of US strikes linked to the Strait of Ho...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 7, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Who Owns California's Gold?
The Gold Rush was not only a scramble for wealth. It was also a scramble for property rights.
Reason Magazine
Sep 7, 2026 - reason.com
The Real Elites vs. The Ruling Elites
Always and everywhere, political institutions are controlled by elites. It doesn’t matter if the regime type is democratic or monarchical. It doesn’t matter if there is a written constitution or not. ...
LewRockwell
Sep 7, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
How the Law of Displacement Can Solve the Data Center Crisis
Much of what is written here is guided by the fact I spend a lot of time thinking about the problems the world faces and what solutions could potentially address them, either now or in the future when...
LewRockwell
Sep 7, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
US Envoys Present ‘New’ Ideas in Moscow and Kiev That Could Rekindle Negotiations
The trip by President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kiev was met positively in both capitals. Following their meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev on...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 7, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Liberal Education Worthy of the Name
Harvey Mansfield has enraged liberal critics by advocating academic rigor. But his critique of Harvard has been vindicated.
Law & Liberty
Sep 7, 2026 - lawliberty.org
The Argument We Forgot How to Have
American free expression doctrine is younger and thinner than we think. An older legal tradition solved problems we are still arguing about.
Law & Liberty
Sep 7, 2026 - lawliberty.org
The Green Energy Paradox: Saving Nature by Destroying It
The environmental movement used to be about protecting nature: clean rivers, clean air, fewer toxic chemicals and less destruction of the countryside. Now, apparently, we are going to save nature by d...
LewRockwell
Sep 7, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Specter of Nuclear War Raises Its Head
When Trump recently declared the shift in his war against Iran from military to economic sanctions, I thought he had found his exit strategy. But no sooner were the words out of his mouth than Netany...
LewRockwell
Sep 7, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
9-7 election data dump: North Carolina’s election begins
North Carolina’s election began on September 4, with county boards of elections distributing absentee ballots and accepting voted ballots online from military and overseas voters. County boards accept...
John Locke Foundation
Sep 7, 2026 - johnlocke.org
US, South Korea and Japan Begin Joint War Games
The US, South Korea, and Japan kicked off five-day Freedom Edge war games in and around the Korean Peninsula. “The exercise will also incorporate multi-national maritime and aviation capabilities, and...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 7, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Russia Slams Deployment of Long-Range US Missile Launcher to Norway
The US has moved a launcher into Norway capable of firing Tomahawk missiles. The deployment drew a strong rebuke from Moscow. “A US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III delivers a US Navy Containerized La...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 7, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
How Often Are Articles in Top Law Reviews Written In Part By AI?
A guest post from Julian Nyarko.
Reason Magazine
Sep 7, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: September 7, 1958
9/7/1958: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas denied the Little Rock School Board's petition to suspend… The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 7, 1958 appeared fi...
Reason Magazine
Sep 7, 2026 - reason.com
Being Unprincipled Isn’t Applause-worthy
TweetHere’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal. Editor: Patrick Walsh is right that Alexander Hamilton was more of a protectionist than Andrew Langer made him out to be (Letters, September 7). But th...
Cafe Hayek
Sep 7, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Assessing Unions on Labor Day
In honor of Labor Day, I’ve occasionally written columns (2010, 2011, and 2020) about the role of unions in a free economy. Let’s repeat that exercise this year, starting with this video from John Sto...
International Liberty
Sep 7, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
“The Problem with Intellectual Property,” Springer 2026
Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics, Christoph Luetge and Marianne Thejls Ziegler, eds. (Springer, Dordrecht 2026) has been published, including my chapter “The Problem with I...
C4SIF.org
Sep 6, 2026 - c4sif.org
Disconnect and Dissonance
We want everything. We will pay for nothing. The post Disconnect and Dissonance appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Sep 6, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Can an All-Female Nude Spa Bar Transgender Clients With Male Genitalia? The Supreme Court May Decide.
Olympus Spa—an all-female, nude establishment in Washington state—sued after the government said it had broken the law by refusing to accept a preoperative transgender woman. But the case is more comp...
Reason Magazine
Sep 6, 2026 - reason.com
Do You Have the Right To Possess an AR-15? The Supreme Court Will Soon Decide.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a pair of cases involving rifle restrictions imposed by Connecticut and Cook County, Illinois.
Reason Magazine
Sep 6, 2026 - reason.com
9/1/26 Nolan Denaro on JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and the Failures of MAGA War Hawks
Download Audio. Scott interviews writer and podcast host Nolan Denaro about several columns he’s written recently for Antiwar.com. They dig into the shortcomings, failures and overall depravity of the...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 6, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Energy Secretary: Nuclear Deal With Iran May Not Happen Under Trump
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said President Donald Trump may not reach a new nuclear agreement with Tehran during his presidency, suggesting the US could instead focus on destroying Iran’s nuclear ca...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 6, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Witkoff, Kushner Meet Putin in Moscow, Zelensky in Kiev
President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, traveled to Moscow and Kiev for meetings on ending the war in Ukraine. On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 6, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Part II: Trump’s Most Impressive Accomplishment?
If I’m being serious, deregulation is actually Trump’s most impressive accomplishment. Today’s column, however, will be dripping with sarcasm. That’s because I’m going to repeat what I did in June and...
International Liberty
Sep 6, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Today in Supreme Court History: September 6, 1983
9/6/1983: The City of Richmond solicited bids for installing plumbing fixtures at the city jail. The J.A. Croson Company's bid… The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 6, 1983 appeared firs...
Reason Magazine
Sep 6, 2026 - reason.com
Dozens of Joint Staff Members Given Polygraphs in Hunt for Leakers
Investigators forced dozens of civilian employees and military officials assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff to take polygraphs. The Pentagon is looking for leakers amid a flurry of reports about th...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 6, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Trump and the Nuclear Threshold: A Man Unfit for Office
What sort of president has to be asked whether he intends to drop a nuclear weapon on a country that does not possess one? Donald Trump was asked that question in the Oval Office on August 31. His ans...
The Libertarian Alliance
Sep 6, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
Alienation of Affections as Complicity
In the discussion of the Kyrsten Sinema alienation of affections case, several commenters took roughly the following view: Spouses have… The post Alienation of Affections as Complicity appeared first ...
Reason Magazine
Sep 6, 2026 - reason.com
N.C. Court Has Jurisdiction over Alienation of Affection Claim Brought Against Ex-Arizona-Senator Kyrsten Sinema
This tort, which lets people sue their spouses' lovers for interfering with the marriage, is litigated in about 150 new cases per year in North Carolina.
Reason Magazine
Sep 5, 2026 - reason.com
Opera Star Anna Netrebko Loses Follow-Up Defamation Case Against the N.Y. Metropolitan Opera
From Netrebko v. Metropolitan Opera Ass'n Inc., decided Thursday by Judge Analisa Torres (S.D.N.Y.): In early 2022, the Met fired… The post Opera Star Anna Netrebko Loses Follow-Up Defamation Case Aga...