Libertarian Reporting for 2026-09-18

Updated on September 17, 2026 at 7:09:00 PM GMT

Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 100 articles from 16 sites. We chose these from 1967 articles found on 36 sites.


Today's featured sites are:
LewRockwell, Reason Magazine, The Libertarian Institute, Cafe Hayek, John Locke Foundation, Americans for Limited Government, Law & Liberty, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, Tom Woods, Antiwar.com Blog, Main Feed, Mises Institute, International Liberty, Liberty International (New), Tenth Amendment Center, The Advocates for Self-Government.

Article Keywords: administration, congress, crime, crisis, debt, enforcement, escalation, federal reserve, fiscal, inflation, invasion, jobs, law enforcement, protest, protest, recession, recession, trade, unemployment

9 Terrifying Truths About Long-Term Economic Crises

Why preparation matters less than adaptation, and why the next crisis will not resemble the last My father kept his layoff notice from 1982 taped inside his toolbox until he died. The letterhead—blue,...


LewRockwell
Sep 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, appeals court, china, conservative, doj, federal judge, feds, immigration, judiciary, lawyer, maga, migration, national security, protest, protest, rule of law, supreme court, trump

Seven Federal Judges From Minnesota Talk To The N.Y. Times About Trump Administration

“It’s the rule of law. If you don’t have it, you have either anarchy or you have authoritarianism. You have Russia or you have China or you have North Korea.”


Reason Magazine
Sep 17, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  canad, administration, biden, china, chinese, climate, crime, crisis, defense, foreign policy, immigration, migration, nuclear, observer, surveillance, trade

Pacific Caution at the Forum: Washington’s Shadow over Canberra’s Security Push

The 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, held in Koror, Palau, from August 31 to September 3, offered a revealing window into the limits of an increasingly ambitious external security agenda in...


The Libertarian Institute
Sep 17, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: administration, china, congress, constitution, fossil fuels, iran, maga, nuclear, offender, senate, supreme court, tariff, taxes, trade, trump

A Russia Sanctions Bill Would Give Trump Vast New Tariff Powers

The bill, which passed the House and Senate, would let Trump impose tariffs up to 100 percent on certain countries, but it fails to properly define which.


Reason Magazine
Sep 17, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: appeals court, congress, conservative, constitution, crime, election, enforcement, first amendment, immigration, migration, national security, republican, supreme court, surveillance, trump

The Constitution Can’t Protect You If You Don’t Protect It

“What if the rights and principles guaranteed in the Constitution have been so distorted in the past 200 years as to be unrecognizable by the Founders? What if the government was the reason we don’t h...


LewRockwell
Sep 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, defense, detainees, election, impeachment, invasion, iran, nuclear, prison, propaganda, senate, trade, trump, white house

The Lie of September 11, 2001, Still Determines All of Our Lives

The events of September 11, 2001, are not a thing of the past. They have direct repercussions in the  wars in Ukraine, Palestine, and Iran. It is possible to mistake the enemy and remain fixed, admiri...


LewRockwell
Sep 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords:  canad, congress, crisis, debt, dhs, economy, inflation, iran, jobs, tariff, taxes, trade, trump, unemployment

Some Links

TweetWall Street Journal columnist Barton Swaim decries Americans’ loss of an ethos of risk-taking. Two slices: Evidence abounds that most college-educated Americans have lost the ability to assess ri...


Cafe Hayek
Sep 17, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords: administration, federal reserve, inflation, lawyer, maga, mamdani, mamdani::2, recession, recession, supreme court, trump, white house

Best Credit in the World

Plus: Rent freeze setback, AI misalignment, Bolshevik ridiculousness, and more...


Reason Magazine
Sep 17, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, conflict, congress, conservative, defense, explosive, gaza, iran, maga, nuclear, rubio, senate, trump

Tucker Carlson Sounds Alarm Over Trump’s Planned ‘Largest Transfer Of Ordinance In Modern History’

After the US was essentially forced to conduct a major and rapid draw down of forces from the Gulf and Mideast region in the wake of Iran’s ‘unexpectedly’ large retaliation for Operation Epic Fury, it...


LewRockwell
Sep 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: border, constitution, crisis, economy, federal reserve, foreign policy, immigration, inflation, migration, tariff, taxes, trump

It’s No Surprise that Young Americans Are Going for Socialism

The false indoctrination that American children receive in their public (i.e., government) schools about America’s “capitalist” economic system is now boomeranging in a big way. Indoctrinated with the...


LewRockwell
Sep 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, constitution, first amendment, national security, protest, protest, riot, supreme court, surveillance, trump

More Threats to the Freedom of Speech

The freedom of speech and of the press is not a gift bestowed by a president, Congress or a federal agency. It is a natural right of all persons. The First Amendment does not create that right; it pro...


LewRockwell
Sep 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords:  ice , administration, anti-ice, communist, maga, mamdani, mamdani::2, riot, sanctuary

Mamdani makes another questionable staffing choice

Jon Levine writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the New York City mayor’s latest staffing decision. New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani named a self-proclaimed “gay communist” who has called for...


John Locke Foundation
Sep 17, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: congress, conservative, constitution, executive order, maga, supreme court, tariff, trump, voting rights

Thomas and Alito Are More Reliable Votes for Trump Than His Own Supreme Court Appointees

The conservative legal movement may be winning big at the Supreme Court. But Trump is not.


Reason Magazine
Sep 17, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: china, chinese, conflict, congress, defense, economy, executive order, iran, trade

America Can Print Money—But It Can’t Print the Missiles It Needs

THAAD is one of the military-industrial complex’s most expensive boondoggles—and most Americans have never heard of it. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system ranks among America’s mos...


LewRockwell
Sep 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: conservative, maga, migrant, migrants, republican, senate, supreme court, trump

Why the Right Should Celebrate the UT-Austin Football Photo

For decades, conservative and libertarian legal activists worked to ban race preferences in admissions. They won.


Reason Magazine
Sep 17, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, climate, economy, jobs, mamdani, mamdani::2, trade

Lefties Don’t Understand the Market, and They Never Did

Last week I had some fun here with the economic nonsense of our DSA kiddies. For instance, DSA Wunderkind Mamdani proposed for New York City: Free and fast city buses Rent freeze Free universal child ...


LewRockwell
Sep 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, crime, defense, enforcement, national security, nuclear, prison

Existing Defense And Communications Law Already Covers Frontier AI Risks

Sept. 19, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement urging rejection of S. 2938: “Under S. 2938, developers of the most ...


Americans for Limited Government
Sep 17, 2026 - getliberty.org
Article Keywords: executive order, first amendment, maga, protest, protest, supreme court, trump

Free Speech Unmuted: Spoiler Alert: Can You Get Sued For Revealing A Plot Point?

A deepish dive into how copyright law and the First Amendment interact.


Reason Magazine
Sep 17, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: border, constitution, debt, migration, taxes, trade

Trading Westminster for Brussels?

I wrote on September 9, 2014, just days before Scotland’s independence referendum, that we had been taking the prospect of Scottish separation seriously since the Berlin Conference in 2012. At that co...


LewRockwell
Sep 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: conflict, crisis, economy, gas price, iran, trump

Destruction of Saudi Pipelines Bring Us From Crisis to Catastrophe

The war in the Middle East keeps getting worse for President Donald Trump. The campaign to defeat Iran and establish a new order in the Middle East that left Tehran’s allies marginalized has imploded ...


The Libertarian Institute
Sep 17, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: crime, maga, prison, supreme court, trafficking

Strip Searches Generally Aren't Allowed as Searches Incident to Arrest, Third Circuit Holds,

thus deepening a circuit split. (Note that strip searches are generally allowed when and if the arrestee is placed in the general population of the jail.)


Reason Magazine
Sep 17, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: debt, election, jobs, kings, migrant

Protect farmers from uncertainty by getting the H-2A wage methodology right

Agriculture depends heavily on immigrant labor, particularly for seasonal crops that cannot be easily mechanized. As I documented in my 2025 John Locke Foundation report, “Harvest on Hold,” North Caro...


John Locke Foundation
Sep 17, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: conflict, economy, inflation, taxes, trade

Making Economics Humane Again

The dismal science can be forced to reckon with richer accounts of human flourishing.


Law & Liberty
Sep 17, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: conflict, crisis, debt, protest, protest

The Theology of Liberalism

A new intellectual history of liberalism lays bare the ideology’s theological foundations.


Law & Liberty
Sep 17, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: feds, maga, supreme court

Not Using A Smartphone Burdens Others

It is increasingly difficult to function in society without a phone. So I'll turn mine off.


Reason Magazine
Sep 17, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, maga, supreme court

Today in Supreme Court History: September 17, 1787

9/17/1787: The Constitution is signed. Happy Constitution Day! The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 17, 1787 appeared first on Reason Magazine.


Reason Magazine
Sep 17, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, maga, national security

Nearly 50% of West Bank Palestinians Says Israel Does Not Have A Right To Exist

What "From The River To The Sea" Actually Means


Reason Magazine
Sep 17, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, climate, trump

Trump administration targets implausible emissions scenarios

I submitted comments last week in support of the US Global Change Research Program’s proposal to amend the 2023 Fifth US National Climate Assessment (NCA5). The amendment would withdraw official suppo...


Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Sep 17, 2026 - cei.org
Article Keywords: border, conflict, prison

AI doomsayer wants help from ‘super-woke globalists’

Thomas Barrabi writes for the New York Post about the clamor for new action to control artificial intelligence. Worried what AI will do to the world? Don’t fret — we got a group of woke elitists who w...


John Locke Foundation
Sep 17, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: administration, elon musk, trump

National Review targets ‘AI doomerism’

Editors at National Review Online explore current criticism of artificial intelligence. All of a sudden, all the AI mavens are aligned. Sam Altman, head of OpenAI, said this week that his company welc...


John Locke Foundation
Sep 17, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: congress, fiscal, trump

Trump-appointed Kennedy Center board votes to close

Brittany Bernstein writes for National Review Online about the latest fight between President Donald Trump and cultural elites. The Trump-appointed board of the Kennedy Center voted on Tuesday to imme...


John Locke Foundation
Sep 17, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: debt, tps, trump

Ep. 2796 Was Trump Right About South Africa?

Ernst Roets on what’s really been happening with race relations and white farmers. Sponsor Whether you’re running a business, doing a side hustle, flipping real estate, or just sick of… Read More The ...


Tom Woods
Sep 17, 2026 - tomwoods.com
Article Keywords: congress, maga

New York Wants To Scrap Testing Requirements While School Spending Soars

This week, the state's educational leaders moved to eliminate Regents exam requirements for high school students.


Reason Magazine
Sep 17, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: maga, surveillance

Brickbat: Swing, Swing

Two sisters, ages 10 and 12, ended up in court after a playground swing broke while they were playing at Veterans… The post Brickbat: Swing, Swing appeared first on Reason Magazine.


Reason Magazine
Sep 17, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: defense, gop

John Kiriakou on The $2.8 Billion Bomb Deal YOU Are Funding

From John Kiriakou’s Briefing Room: The United States is preparing its largest sale of bombs to Israel in years, carrying a massive $2.8 billion price tag. And get this… you are paying for it. Plus, R...


Antiwar.com Blog
Sep 17, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: inflation, trump

Spooked by Inflation, Fed Hikes Interest Rates – Liberty Road

How will President Donald Trump respond to Kevin Warsh’s hawkish stance?


Main Feed
Sep 17, 2026 - libertynation.com
Article Keywords: federal reserve, inflation

Price Inflation Has Been above the Two-Percent Target for 65 Months in a Row

The latest reminder of the Federal Reserve's record of failure, which now extends longer than five years, comes with the most recent inflation measure.


Mises Institute
Sep 17, 2026 - mises.org
Article Keywords: constitution, judiciary

Quotation of the Day…

Tweet… is from James Madison’s Federalist 47: The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappo...


Cafe Hayek
Sep 17, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords: fiscal, taxes

State Tax Progress, Part III

While fiscal policy in Washington has been deteriorating, there is some good news at the state level. In Part I of this series, I celebrated that top tax rates are declining. In Part II of this series...


International Liberty
Sep 17, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, border, communist, congress, conservative, economy, election, federal reserve, fiscal, gop, impeachment, inflation, iran, jobs, mamdani, mamdani::2, medicare for all, midterms, primaries, republican, senate, tariff, trump, white house

Republicans Ditch ‘Free Markets’ For ‘Free Money’

The Republican midterm convention was recently held in Dallas. If that sounds strange, your instincts are correct. Usually, the two major political parties hold their national conventions in the summe...


The Libertarian Institute
Sep 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords:  canad, border, communist, conflict, congress, crime, debt, defense, economy, enforcement, foreign policy, impeachment, iran, kings, midterms, national security, protest, protest, republican, rubio, senate, tariff, trade, trump, white house

A New Washington Colossus

The excitement In Washington is palpable with the announcement that President Donald Trump has a new project to help beautify the city on top of the huge banners bearing his image festooning the front...


LewRockwell
Sep 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords:  ice , administration, appeals court, biden, conflict, congress, debt, defense, election, epstein::-3, federal judge, federal reserve, iran, maga, mamdani, mamdani::2, republican, senate, supreme court, tps, trump

Close the Center

Plus: Embryos on ice, Venezuela's collapse, Talarico's lead, and more...


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, debt, election, federal budget, fiscal, maga, midterms, observer, republican, senate, supreme court, tariff, taxes, trade, trump

Trump's $5,000 'Dividends' Are a Brazen Vote-Buying Scheme

Tariffs won’t begin to fund the effort to purchase voters’ good will.


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  ice , constitution, crime, department of homeland security, dhs, enforcement, federal judge, first amendment, immigration, maga, migration, prison, protest, protest

A Federal Judge Enjoins DHS From Threatening To Prosecute a Critic for Constitutionally Protected Speech

After David Streever castigated ICE's acting director in an email, investigators delivered a "warning notice" saying he "may be in violation of federal law."


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: border, constitution, crime, enforcement, federal judge, immigration, jobs, law enforcement, maga, migration, prison, republican, trump, white house

Trump Backs Flock Cameras, Continuing His Long-Time Support for Unchecked Police Power

Trump says he supports the cameras simply because law enforcement does, no matter that they can be misused or abused.


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  canad, administration, conflict, defense, economy, election, gas price, iran, maga, nuclear, republican, trump, tulsi

Bold, perhaps; but not Brave and not Right

Steven Calabresi gets it only half right in his defense of Trump's handling of the Iran war


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, constitution, economy, lawyer, maga, supreme court, tariff, taxes, trade, trump, unfair trade

Former Trade Officials Explain Why Trump's Section 301 Tariffs Are Illegal

Their brief says the president is asserting "essentially boundless" authority to impose "economy-wide tariffs untethered from the statute Congress enacted."


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  ice , crime, dhs, election, enforcement, first amendment, fiscal, immigration, law enforcement, maga, migration, trump

Warning Notice to Man Who Sent Critical E-Mail to ICE Acting Director Likely Violated First Amendment

An excerpt from the longish opinion today by Judge Rudolph Contreras (D.D.C.) in Streever v. Mullin: Americans have long voiced… The post Warning Notice to Man Who Sent Critical E-Mail to ICE Acting D...


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: border, congress, crisis, debt, defense, economy, fiscal, migration, national security, propaganda, taxes, trump

Ukraine Allegedly Spends $190 Million Daily on War

They are just making up numbers at this point. Ukraine’s parliamentary Budget Committee chair Roksolana Pidlasa now says that one day of war costs Ukraine $190 million, up from $140 million per day in...


LewRockwell
Sep 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, conflict, congress, economy, federal reserve, gas price, inflation, iran, maga, trump, white house

Pentagon Auditors Say the Iran War Has Cost $33 Billion. The Real Price Tag Is Far Higher.

The Congressional Budget Office says the inflationary consequences of the war will be felt well into 2027.


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: border, chinese, conservative, department of homeland security, dhs, economy, enforcement, federal judge, first amendment, maga, national security

The Justification for New Time Limits on Student Visas 'Borders on the Absurd,' a Federal Judge Says

Although the impact of the DHS rule "is likely to be catastrophic," a George W. Bush appointee writes, the government's rationale is "exceptionally weak."


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, biden, china, chinese, congress, debt, economy, maga, trade, trump, white house

American Tax Dollars Are Financing Cell Towers in Angola

The Trump administration’s strategy for the Export-Import Bank could repeat the mistakes of China’s failed Belt and Road Initiative.


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: congress, defense, enforcement, judiciary, law enforcement, maga, offender, republican, senate, taxes, trafficking

'We Are Not Into Bestiality,' FBI Director Kash Patel Tells Members of Congress

Wait, what?


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords:  canad, administration, border, china, defense, foreign policy, invasion, iran, national security, surveillance, trump

The US ‘Burden Sharing Network’ Takes Shape

In 2025, the US National Security Strategy paper would be broadly misinterpreted as a US plan to break with its historical pursuit of global primacy and instead retreat to the Western Hemisphere while...


LewRockwell
Sep 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: china, conflict, constitution, crime, crisis, debt, jobs, prison, protest, protest, trade

Put It in Your Own Backyard

NIMBYism is more than retrograde reaction—it is a democratic practice.


Law & Liberty
Sep 16, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: administration, biden, constitution, defense, enforcement, inflation, iran, lawyer, maga, prison

Biden Pardoned Maduro's Fixer. He Just Pleaded Guilty to New Charges and Agreed To Forfeit $195 Million.

Alex Saab admitted to profiting from food and medicine contracts and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: communist, crime, crisis, first amendment, kings, maga, propaganda, protest, protest, riot

The Anti-Nazi Law

In the 1930s, New Jersey passed the most sweeping hate speech law in American history. [UPDATE: Originally erroneously posted under Eugene Volokh's byline; this post is from guest-blogger Samantha Bar...


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: communist, crime, defense, gaza, iran, maga, national security, surveillance, trump

AI Is Already Killing People—and Governments Are To Blame

Militaries are leaning on AI software for surveillance and targeting.


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, border, conflict, crisis, election, invasion, iran, scott bessent, trump

Lack of Foresight Is Catching Up With Trump

Some eight weeks before the midterm election the Trump administration has a fuel price problem: Diesel prices sped past $6.00 a gallon today for the first time ever – NPR, Sep 11 2026 Diesel prices sp...


LewRockwell
Sep 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: congress, newsom, newsom::2, scotus, scotus::2, senate, supreme court

Don’t cancel SCOTUS

Jonathan Turley explains in the latest edition of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis why we shouldn’t “cancel” the US Supreme Court. There is a radical movement rising in the U.S. with chilling parallels to...


John Locke Foundation
Sep 16, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: administration, border, constitution, economy, fiscal, iran, kings, tps, trade

Phoenix from the Ashes: Uncovering Institutional Realities in Nepal

Liberty International's second Phoenix from the Ashes mission took five researchers across Nepal to study institutions, enterprise and economic freedom. The post Phoenix from the Ashes: Uncovering Ins...


Liberty International (New)
Sep 16, 2026 - liberty-intl.org
Article Keywords: china, chinese, epstein::-3, jobs, maga, nuclear, prison, protest, protest, surveillance, trump, unemployment

AI Could Make Our Lives Better. So Why Are We Trying To Stop It?

Anthropic's CEO wants federal regulation that would slow down AI (and his competitors' innovations). Has that ever worked?


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conservative, constitution, enforcement, first amendment, law enforcement, maga, migrant, migrants

Firing of Employee for Kirk-Murder-Related Post Wasn't a Clear First Amendment Violation,

so the individual defendants are entitled to qualified immunity, a court rules (citing cases where employees were fired for right-wing speech that many had likewise found offensive).


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, enforcement, federal judge, jobs, law enforcement, lawyer, maga, supreme court

Federal Judge Refers Philly DA to Department of Justice for Potential Prosecution

Judge concludes "progressive prosecutor" Larry Krasner and a deputy engaged in unethical--and potentially unlawful--conduct in their zeal to undo a criminal conviction.


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: border, china, conflict, conservative, foreign policy, iran, nuclear, trump

The Road to Armageddon

The world is faced with two major war fronts, both of which are widening and could spin out of control. Ukraine is Washington’s proxy in the West’s war against Russia, a war that has moved deep within...


LewRockwell
Sep 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, crime, election, election law, national security, observer, prison, republican

Does ‘Freedom House’ Promote Freedom Or Discord?

When former CIA Director James Woolsey served as chairman of the board for the non-governmental organization (NGO) Freedom House for roughly two and a half years, it was during a particularly turbulen...


The Libertarian Institute
Sep 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: conflict, congress, defense, explosive, iran, riot, trump, white house

War Against Iran Created ‘Strategic Inventory Shortfalls’ of Key Munitions

A Pentagon Inspector General report reviewing the first four months of the war found that US munitions expenditures have created shortages in strategic weapons inventories. On Tuesday, Congress receiv...


The Libertarian Institute
Sep 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, maga, protest, protest, republican, riot, taxes

Religious dissenters and the coming of the American Revolution

Here’s something that isn’t discussed much. The Anglican Church was the state church of the English Crown. North Carolina colonists who were religious dissenters (members of any religious sect not fol...


John Locke Foundation
Sep 16, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords:  canad, administration, conflict, constitution, defense, election, taxes

The Anarcho-Capitalist Case for Alberta

The Canadian Confederation was based on liberal ideas. In nature every person has the right to life, liberty, and property and these rights precede government. Classical liberals believed that governm...


LewRockwell
Sep 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: china, constitution, elon musk, federal reserve, gop, inflation, trump

Is the AI Doomer Wave a Genuine Alarm, or a Scheme for Control?

For more than a decade, tech experts have warned that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity. For the most part, it remained a niche issue among reporters, tech insiders, and news junkies. Bu...


LewRockwell
Sep 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: administration, congress, constitution, impeachment, iran, republican, trump

House Votes to End Iran War for Third Time

The House of Representatives passed a third War Powers Resolution calling on President Donald Trump to end unauthorized hostilities against Iran. The following day, House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled...


The Libertarian Institute
Sep 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: enforcement, invasion, law enforcement, maga, supreme court, surveillance

Use of Flock Cameras Is Not a Fourth Amendment "Search," District Court Rules

The first post-Chatrie ruling on the question.


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, conflict, doj, election, maga, trump

DOJ Says Workers at L.A. Homeless Nonprofits Spent Tax Dollars on Vacations, Nightclubs, Bail

Three people in the Los Angeles area have been charged with fraud related to misappropriation of homelessness funds.


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: administration, gaza, iran, nuclear, trump, white house

Trump Rebuffed Saudi Request to Attack Ansar Allah After US-Houthi Talks

US officials secretly met representatives of Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement over the weekend in Oman as President Donald Trump rejected a request from Saudi Arabia for direct US strikes on the group. Wa...


The Libertarian Institute
Sep 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: administration, crime, explosive, gaza, iran, trump

US Plans $2.8 Billion Transfer of 40,000 2,000-Pound Bombs, 20,000 Penetrator Warheads to Israel

The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion arms sale to Israel that includes 40,000 2,000-pound bombs and 20,000 penetrator warheads, with the weapons to be purchased using US military aid. ...


The Libertarian Institute
Sep 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: communist, congress, economy, election, republican, unemployment

NYT insists socialists are not communists

Ira Stoll writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the latest anti-Republican complaint from the New York Times. Between now and Election Day, the economic, technology, and geopolitical news will h...


John Locke Foundation
Sep 16, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords:  canad, maga, tariff, trade, trump

Montreal Economic Institute Webinar on Legal Challenges to the Trump Tariffs Against Canadian Goods

I will be one of the speakers.


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: crisis, iran, midterms, trade, trump

The Wrong War: Trump Blames Kyiv for a Diesel Crisis His Own Iran War Triggered

On 14 September 2026, with American diesel having crossed six dollars a gallon for the first time in history, President Trump settled the question of blame in a single sentence posted to social media:...


LewRockwell
Sep 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: congress, constitution, crisis, riot, tps

They’re not Patriots. They’re Degenerate Cowards.

Degenerate cowards. That’s how the founders and old revolutionaries viewed people who refuse to protect and defend their own constitution and their own liberty out of fear for their own skin - or a la...


Tenth Amendment Center
Sep 16, 2026 - blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com
Article Keywords: conservative, immigration, migration, primaries, republican

State Freedom Caucus groups push conservative agenda

Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about a recent gathering of conservative state legislators. A common misconception throughout modern American politics is that, because a state is run by Repu...


John Locke Foundation
Sep 16, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Article Keywords: economy, propaganda, tariff, trade, trump

“State-directed Capitalism” Is an Oxymoron

TweetDeirdre McCloskey proposes to replace the term “capitalism” with “innovism.” I agree with her that the former term, because of decades of ignorant propaganda – and because the essence of “captial...


Cafe Hayek
Sep 16, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Article Keywords:  canad, china, conservative, propaganda

Stunning Testimony from Former CBC Reporter Rodney Palmer

In September 2026, Conservative MP Dean Allison convened four days of independent hearings on Parliament Hill to hear from Canadians who reported injuries after COVID-19 vaccination. Fifty witnesses w...


LewRockwell
Sep 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: crisis, iran, riot, trump

The Kyle Anzalone Show: America’s Middle East Crisis Has Become a Catastrophe

One comment from Donald Trump cuts through the usual talking points: Ukraine should stop hitting Russian diesel refineries. We dig into why that matters, what it says about U.S. intelligence support f...


The Libertarian Institute
Sep 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: china, chinese, nuclear, trump

North Korea Slams US Plan for ‘AUKUS 2.0’ with South Korea and Japan

North Korean state media published an article slamming the US for encouraging South Korea and Japan to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. The author argued the move justified North Korea building up ...


The Libertarian Institute
Sep 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: defense, lawyer, of color, rule of law

What Could Consensual Order Look Like?

If we cannot predict exactly what a future of genuine freedom would look like, what can we say about it? Drawing on John Hasnas’ insight into spontaneous order, we explore some of the many ways people...


The Advocates for Self-Government
Sep 16, 2026 - theadvocates.org
Article Keywords: conservative, constitution, taxes, trade

Mill’s Liberalism Revisited

Gregory Conti sheds new light on John Stuart Mill’s political life, constitutional writings, and distinctive liberalism.


Law & Liberty
Sep 16, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Article Keywords: maga, prison, propaganda

Defamation via Songs and AI-Generated Video? U Tenn Coach's Claim Can Go Forward

"[D]efendant purportedly posted more than 20 videos ... attacking plaintiff's character with 'blatantly false allegations of wrongdoing' and 'highly offensive and demeaning fake [AI] videos.'"


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conservative, first amendment, maga

Doxing Suit over Post Criticizing Government Employee's Kirk-Murder-Related Post …

rejected on First Amendment grounds.


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: conflict, first amendment, maga

Samantha Barbas Guest-Blogging on "Hate Speech: The Legal and Cultural History of an American Dilemma"

I'm delighted to welcome Prof. Samantha Barbas (Iowa), who will be guest-blogging this week and next about her new book.… The post Samantha Barbas Guest-Blogging on "Hate Speech: The Legal and Cultura...


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: maga, trade, unfair trade

Checkers (or Is It Draughts?) Infighting Leads to Court

Some excerpts from the long opinion yesterday by Judge Beth Bloom (S.D. Fla.) in Rudnitsky v. Int'l Checkers Ass'n of… The post Checkers (or Is It Draughts?) Infighting Leads to Court appeared first o...


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: constitution, maga, supreme court

Today in Supreme Court History: September 16, 1787

9/16/1787: The Constitutional Convention finalizes Constitution. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 16, 1787 appeared first on Reason Magazine.


Reason Magazine
Sep 16, 2026 - reason.com
Article Keywords: iran, rubio, trump

War in Iran Has Cost $33.4 Billion

Writes Ginny Garner: Donald Trump, Bibi Netanyahu, Marco Rubio, and Joe Kent are among those who have stated Israel pushed the US into starting the war with Iran. See this. The post War in Iran Has Co...


LewRockwell
Sep 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: constitution, defense, impeachment

Ron Paul on Smackdown! Massie Files Impeachment Charges on Hegseth!

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: US Rep. Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth yesterday, charging him with violating his oath to the Constitution ...


Antiwar.com Blog
Sep 16, 2026 - antiwar.com
Article Keywords: conflict, gaza, iran

CENTCOM Chief Tells Arab States US Will Not Withdraw from Middle East

Commander of Central Command (CENTCOM) Adm. Brad Cooper organized a meeting of Israeli and Arab military officials. At the summit, he informed his counterparts that the US military has no plans to wit...


The Libertarian Institute
Sep 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Article Keywords: administration, border, tps

Training Associate (Remote) | Job Description

Liberty International is hiring a Training Associate for a remote role supporting global courses, workshops, communications and participant engagement. The post Training Associate (Remote) | Job Descr...


Liberty International (New)
Sep 16, 2026 - liberty-intl.org
Article Keywords: border, china, tps

Liberty International Represented at LOLA Asia Leadership Retreat

Liberty International joined LOLA leaders from seven Asian countries in Kathmandu for leadership development, networking and deeper regional collaboration. The post Liberty International Represented a...


Liberty International (New)
Sep 16, 2026 - liberty-intl.org
Article Keywords: administration, fiscal, trump

The Simple Solution to the Controversy about the Kennedy Center

One of the best things about being a principled libertarian is summarized by this cartoon. Your knee-jerk instinct is to say no whenever someone suggests more power or more money for government. It’s ...


International Liberty
Sep 16, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Article Keywords: protest, protest

Tanya Tucker Leads Texas Ranchers and Farmers to Oppose Data Centers

Writes Ginny Garner: Singer Tanya Tucker is leading 1,000s of Texas ranchers and farmers to protest the stealing of their lands and livelihoods to install 200 foot high 768 kilovolt transmission lines...


LewRockwell
Sep 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Article Keywords: federal reserve, inflation

BREAKING: Federal Reserve Raises Rates for First Time Since July 2023

Renewed inflation has spooked the US central bank.


Main Feed
Sep 16, 2026 - libertynation.com
Article Keywords: migrant, trump

Cities, States Sue Trump Over Immigrant Welfare Rule

The "Public Charge" argument is about to be front and center.


Main Feed
Sep 16, 2026 - libertynation.com