Libertarian Reporting for 2026-09-21
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 34 articles from 10 sites. We chose these from 1966 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Cafe Hayek, Notes On Liberty, Free the People, International Liberty, Reason Magazine, LewRockwell, Americans for Limited Government, The Libertarian Institute, Mises Institute, Main Feed.
Some Links
TweetRather than tighten the reins on the power of the executive branch to levy tariffs punitive taxes on Americans’ purchases of imports, Congress recently loosened those reins, as was wanted by the ...
Cafe Hayek
Sep 20, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Oren Cass Makes An Economically Weak Case for Protectionism Against China
TweetHere’s a letter to a long-time correspondent. Mr. Barnes: Thanks for sending along Oren Cass’s recent Congressional testimony. Unlike you, I’m not favorably impressed. The Chinese government is i...
Cafe Hayek
Sep 20, 2026 - cafehayek.com
The Genocide Next Door
Something extraordinary happened in Greenland last month, and much of the world barely noticed. An independent investigation into Denmark’s decades-long “Spiral Case”—the forced or non-consensual inse...
Notes On Liberty
Sep 20, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
Goldwin Smith’s 1883 Warnings About Paper Money Matter More Than Ever
The names have changed, but the impulse behind Greenback advocates has carried right through to today. The post Goldwin Smith’s 1883 Warnings About Paper Money Matter More Than Ever appeared first on ...
Free the People
Sep 20, 2026 - freethepeople.org
The Most Depressing Chart about the Global Economy.
I’ve used “most depressing chart” in the title of columns about Germany, Japan, the western world (twice), Europe, and the United States. Well, here’s a candidate for the most depressing chart about t...
International Liberty
Sep 20, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
AI Companies Promise Humanoid Assistants. How Will the Robots Know What To Do?
Developers are using videos of real-life work to train the new generation of robots.
Reason Magazine
Sep 20, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: September 20, 1968
9/20/1968: The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission denied a certificate of no exterior effect to the Penn Central Transportation… The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 20, 196...
Reason Magazine
Sep 20, 2026 - reason.com
Why Did a California County Fine Them Over $1 Million for Someone Else's Code Violations?
A recent settlement crippled a local code enforcement scheme—and exposed the perils of turning petty violations into government revenue streams.
Reason Magazine
Sep 20, 2026 - reason.com
Trump’s $5,000 Checks and Buying Votes With Printed Money
International Man: President Trump wants to send every adult American a $5,000 “dividend” if Republicans keep control of Congress. JD Vance went on Fox and defended the idea. We’re talking about rough...
LewRockwell
Sep 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
West Asia and a Coming American Independence
When assessing Israel’s recent demand for 40,000 MK-84 and BLU-117 2000 pound of munitions, I misspoke in an interview this week. I left out the 20,000 I-2000 penetrator bombs they also requested, and...
LewRockwell
Sep 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Customs and Border Protection Doesn't Deny Using Facial Recognition To Target Foreign OnlyFans Models
The immigration system has a confusing and opaque approach to foreigners who have done sex work.
Reason Magazine
Sep 19, 2026 - reason.com
Now Even English Villages Want To Leave Britain
The tiny Oxfordshire village of Piddington has held a symbolic referendum to leave the United Kingdom after the government proposed housing up to 1,200 male asylum seekers at a former Ministry of Defe...
LewRockwell
Sep 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
No Benefits: Why Most Americans Hate The Idea of AI Data Centers
This article was written by Brandon Smith and originally published at Birch Gold Group In recent months I’ve been asked by numerous readers to give my take on the AI data center issue and the debate i...
LewRockwell
Sep 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Does Anyone Understand the Actual Situation?
Professor John Mearsheimer, one of America’s more realistic foreign policy experts, has just returned from a few days in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In this 46-minute video he reports his discussions w...
LewRockwell
Sep 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
More Than We Can Be: U.S. AI Force Will Protect National Security And Humanity
Sept. 19, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s plan to create the U.S. AI Force branch ...
Americans for Limited Government
Sep 19, 2026 - getliberty.org
By Inviting Canada To Join, The EU Has Revealed Their Plan To Transform the European Union Into a ‘Global Union’
The European Union has a population that is larger than the United States, it has the second largest economy in the entire world, and now it wants Canada. Of course any form of membership in the EU wi...
LewRockwell
Sep 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
General Threats to Kill Jews and "Zionists" Can Be Punished
An excerpt from a longish opinion by Judge David Alan Ezra (W.D. Tex.) Monday in U.S. v. Griffin: Defendant was… The post General Threats to Kill Jews and "Zionists" Can Be Punished appeared first on ...
Reason Magazine
Sep 19, 2026 - reason.com
When You're in a College Electrical Circuits Lab, Better Follow the Teacher's Instructions
From Soliz v. Alamo Colleges Dist., decided by Judge David Ezra (W.D. Tex.) on Sept. 16: Plaintiff Joseph Soliz, who… The post When You're in a College Electrical Circuits Lab, Better Follow the Teach...
Reason Magazine
Sep 19, 2026 - reason.com
9/14/26 Elfadil Ibrahim on How the Iran War is Impacting Iraq
Download Audio. Scott interviews writer and analyst Elfadil Ibrahim about the current state of Iraqi politics. The US-backed Iraqi government sits in a strange, awkward and concerningly unstable place...
The Libertarian Institute
Sep 19, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Charlie Kirk was Close to Catholic Conversion
Writes Ginny Garner: John Yep, founder of Catholics for Catholics, the fastest growing Catholic movement in America, recently remembered his friend and brother in Christ Charlie Kirk. CforC’s mission ...
LewRockwell
Sep 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Zhao Ziyang, Zhu Rongji, and the Limits of the Chinese Market Reform under the Communist Party Rule
While Americans are tempted to see the Chinese economy as something akin to China, Inc., the reality is different. The Chinese government has not found a way to make socialism and interventionism work...
Mises Institute
Sep 19, 2026 - mises.org
Cancer Vaccines, Anti-Aging Treatments, and 5 Other Exciting Biomedical Advances
Getting older makes you more prone to all kinds of maladies. So why not become younger?
Reason Magazine
Sep 19, 2026 - reason.com
Just Stop IT! Stop Perpetuating False History
Mirror, Mirror on the wall? Our lyin TV Mirror reflects a beautiful, compassionate and free nation. It perpetuates a glowing narrative. It never allows a peek at the ugly Hag America has truly become....
LewRockwell
Sep 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Judge Probes Mamdani Rent Freeze – Was Collusion Involved?
Campaign promises are one thing, but guaranteeing the outcome of a vote from an independent board is something else entirely.
Main Feed
Sep 19, 2026 - libertynation.com
Today in Supreme Court History: September 19, 1907
9/19/1907: Justice Lewis Powell's birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 19, 1907 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Sep 19, 2026 - reason.com
Smug Hypocrisy Invites Nemesis
We’re all dependent on a sprawling global industrial base that generates downsides and sacrifices that few of us experience. Among the many infuriating facets of everyday life, a special corner of Hec...
LewRockwell
Sep 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Hidden Harms of Modern Lighting and the Fight to Bring Back Incandescent Bulbs
Over the years, I have become convinced sunlight is one of the most essential nutrients for the body. For example, as human beings moved further and further north from Africa and had increasingly lowe...
LewRockwell
Sep 19, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Canada Reduces the Tax Burden on New Investment
Until about 10 years ago, I often wrote positive columns about Canadian policy. I praised our northern neighbors for spending restraint, corporate tax reform, bank bailout policy, regulatory budgeting...
International Liberty
Sep 19, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Cellphones searches, home searches, and strip searches.
Reason Magazine
Sep 18, 2026 - reason.com
Montana's Anti-Deepfakes Law Just Hit a First Amendment Roadblock
A federal judge found that the state's restrictions on AI-generated political speech likely violate the First Amendment.
Reason Magazine
Sep 18, 2026 - reason.com
Restriction on Handgun Sales to Out-of-State Residents Violates Second Amendment
So held Elite Precision Customs L.L.C. v. BATFE, decided today by Fifth Circuit Judge Jerry Smith, joined by Kurt Engelhardt;… The post Restriction on Handgun Sales to Out-of-State Residents Violates ...
Reason Magazine
Sep 18, 2026 - reason.com
Can President Trump Ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House?
President Trump posted today: Is that constitutional? According to the D.C. Circuit (the federal appellate court with jurisdiction over D.C.),… The post Can President Trump Ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politi...
Reason Magazine
Sep 18, 2026 - reason.com
Lindsay Clancy's Holdout Juror Did What Jurors Are Supposed To Do
Just as a holdout may be a bulwark against wrongful conviction, a unanimous verdict is difficult to obtain by design.
Reason Magazine
Sep 18, 2026 - reason.com
The Shaky Evidence That Flock Cameras Reduce Crime Rates
Flock has been promoting a recent study of its cameras' impacts on car theft. But the paper didn't demonstrate a causal effect.