Libertarian Reporting for 2026-10-18
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 74 articles from 13 sites. We chose these from 1967 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Cafe Hayek, Reason Magazine, LewRockwell, International Liberty, The Republican Liberty Caucus – RLC.org, The Libertarian Alliance, Mises Institute, Free the People, Law & Liberty, The Libertarian Institute, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist, John Locke Foundation, Main Feed.
Some Links
TweetThe Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal justly criticizes Jane Fonda and other ‘progressives’ for opposing a California initiative that would ease Californians’ ability to build and produc...
Cafe Hayek
Oct 17, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Some Progressives Tried To Abolish the Tipped Minimum Wage. Now They're Backtracking.
Policymakers across the country are confronting the unfortunate—and predictable—economic results of prohibiting restaurants from paying servers a lower base wage supplemented by tips.
Reason Magazine
Oct 17, 2026 - reason.com
Who Owns Your Life?
Where is it written in the Constitution, in what article or section is it contained, that you may take children from their parents, & parents from their children, & compel them to fight the battles of...
LewRockwell
Oct 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The U.S. Government Is Not America
In a Wall Street Journal article about how the U.S. government’s deportation machine now has Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar in its sights, the Wall Street Journal’s assistant editor James Freeman included a...
LewRockwell
Oct 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Protectionists Continue to Slay Straw Men
TweetHere’s a letter to a new correspondent. Mr. Wynn: Thanks for sharing this tweet by Social-Identity-Thief. The point that Mr. Thief seems to make – one that you expressly endorse – is that, becaus...
Cafe Hayek
Oct 17, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Part VII of the Western World’s Entitlement Crisis: Will Greece (again) Be the First Domino?
As part of our series on the looming fiscal crisis, we’ve reviewed the grim policies of France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan. Today, let’s turn our attention to Greece, which has the ...
International Liberty
Oct 17, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Sue for Peace, You Friggin Idiots!
So, by this time, nearly everyone knows that the U.S. MIC (Military-Idustrial-Congressional complex) branch of the “Deep State” needs a constant supply of blood. Ukraine is the current nubile victim. ...
LewRockwell
Oct 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
What Is Making People Near Data Centers Sick (and What Could Fix It)
The Law of Displacement All throughout history, profitable technologies have been deployed which advanced the national wealth but harmed a significant portion of the population, and in all the case st...
LewRockwell
Oct 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Aspirin, Rasputin, Tsarevich Alexei & Spanish Flu
With Europe’s bizarre “leaders” apparently determined to have another military showdown with Russia, despite those of 1812, 1918, and 1941 going horribly wrong, I have returned to an old graduate scho...
LewRockwell
Oct 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Republican Liberty Caucus Supports Defend the Guard Legislation, Commits to Advocate for the Initiative in All States
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 2026 Defend the Guard legislation would prohibit a state’s National Guard units from being deployed into active combat without a formal declaration of war by Congress...
The Republican Liberty Caucus – RLC.org
Oct 17, 2026 - rlc.org
Students Need Struggle
And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.” Here, we have one of the countless instances of struggle in Holy Scripture. The idea that man could wrestle with G...
LewRockwell
Oct 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Moral Resistance: Trump To Restart Iran War, Moab To Be Used On Pickaxe Mountain, Yemen-Saudi War w/ Robert Barnes
Not only is Robert Barnes a master litigator and top-notch attorney but one of the most in depth, articulate, well read and street-smart experienced political analysts in the nation. Whether it involv...
LewRockwell
Oct 17, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Why Not God? by Charles Mastroni: A Catholic Review
Why Not God? Rethinking Our Beliefs About Truth and Faith Charles Mastroni Emerald Lake Books, 2026, 233 pp. Charles Mastroni was born in 1954. He studied biology as an undergraduate at Penn State, wo...
The Libertarian Alliance
Oct 17, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
Today in Supreme Court History: October 17, 1862
10/17/1862: Justice David Davis takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 17, 1862 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Oct 17, 2026 - reason.com
The Empire Has No Clothes
As debt, inflation, and war erode trust in Washington, Mark Thornton argues that real reform must come from the bottom up—not from the political establishment.
Mises Institute
Oct 17, 2026 - mises.org
How the Republicans seized Control of Voting Rights from the States
Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, there were Republican-led civil rights actions taken during Reconstruction to secure voting rights for blacks. In all cases, stat...
Mises Institute
Oct 17, 2026 - mises.org
Only One Box Left
“And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right a...
LewRockwell
Oct 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Musk's Meddling
Plus: Hochul's race, shooting in Oregon, Taiwanese export controls for chips, and more...
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
As D.C. Embraces State Economic Control, a Hopeful Project Seeks to Restore Free Enterprise
Government ownership of private companies threatens American prosperity.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Federal wrong-door raids, federal vigilantes, and federal prosecutions in Indian country.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Has Trump Handed Democrats the Rope With Which To Hang Him?
Alexander Dugin thinks that if the Republicans lose control of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections, the Democrats will renew their attempt to prosecute Trump as a criminal and members of his ...
LewRockwell
Oct 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Politics of Denial: When Americans Stop Seeing the Warning Signs
“You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they’re people just like you. You’re wrong. Dead wrong.” — They Live The spectacle of public executi...
LewRockwell
Oct 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Are the United States and Israel in Decline-and-Fall Mode?
Speculation is growing over the sustainability of the United States’ model of global dominance which emerged as Washington ended the Second World War as plausibly the sole superpower. That role was fi...
LewRockwell
Oct 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Trump Loses Yet Another Sanctuary City Case—This Time Against New York City
Like numerous other federal courts in similar cases, this one rule sanctuary cities are protected by the Tenth Amendment.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Nobody Wants To Be the Pro-Tech Candidate in This New York Race That Could Flip the House
Republican incumbent Mike Lawler and Democratic challenger Cait Conley are trying to tie each other to the AI industry and data centers.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
DOGE Worked? Only If You Grade on a Curve.
Cutting the number of federal employees wasn't the disaster that many critics fretted about, but that wasn't the metric for success.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Some Link
TweetMy intrepid Mercatus Center colleague, Veronique de Rugy, continues to warn of the dire consequences of the U.S. government’s fiscal incontinence. Two slices: The federal government just closed f...
Cafe Hayek
Oct 16, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Impact of War on Commodity Markets
International Man: The world is in its most precarious geopolitical environment since World War 2. Considering similar historical periods, what have been the most important investment implications of ...
LewRockwell
Oct 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Landowners in Texas' Big Bend Region Fight Trump Administration's Attempts To Seize Land for Border Wall
A federal judge temporarily halted border wall construction in Texas' Big Bend region in response to one of several lawsuits by landowners and conservationists.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
The Socialist Roots of Japanese Fascism
These movements all seem to start from the same place. The post The Socialist Roots of Japanese Fascism appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Oct 16, 2026 - freethepeople.org
The Sheer Ignorance of What’s at Stake Globally
This is a textbook case of how someone can reach the top of one field and still be utterly clueless about everything else. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg served as National Security Advisor to former Vice Pre...
LewRockwell
Oct 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
The Depth of Digger
Tom Cruise trades his physical stunts for a more psychological form of athleticism.
Law & Liberty
Oct 16, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Steve Vladeck's "Hard Questions About Court Expansion"
A leading critic of the conservative majority on the Supreme Court oultines reasons why court-packing is a bad response to its flaws.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
It’s Worse Than Just the Stupid Party
I have always had an ambivalent relationship with “conservatives,” because I could never divine their principles. They want to “conserve” . . . what, exactly? Their congressional majority? Why? What f...
LewRockwell
Oct 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
America Abandoned Public Executions for a Good Reason
The Trump administration's plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan ran afoul of a deep-rooted aversion to bloody displays of state power going back to the colonial era.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Why Are California's Governments So Lousy at Fighting Wildfires?
Bigger agencies, higher spending, and expanded workforces don't always make government more effective.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Postpone the AI Public Offerings Until Congress Acts
A company should not disclose a risk of catastrophe to humanity and then sell its shares to the public before any public authority has the power to evaluate that risk or to stop deployment. Anthropic,...
LewRockwell
Oct 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Nordstream Sabotage Trial in Hamburg Begins
October 14, 2026, began what is surely one of the weirdest trials in European history. The Venue is the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court (Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht) in Hamburg. The Defendant is 5...
LewRockwell
Oct 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
Georgia Cop Who Shot a Miniature Donkey Says Body Camera Footage Shows an 'Imminent Threat'
HeeHaw's owner argues that “no reasonable officer…would have believed that such force was necessary or justified.”
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Presumptive D.C. Mayor Janeese Lewis George Demands Halt to Waymo Legalization To Protect Drivers' Jobs
The socialist D.C. council member is wrong to assume that autonomous vehicles will reduce employment.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Bitcoin Is a Threat to Government-Controlled Money
Brazilian economist Fernando Ulrich discusses Bitcoin's challenge to state-controlled money, the AI boom's impact on crypto, and Javier Milei's economic reforms.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
The Kyle Anzalone Show: Bombs, Backroom Deals & Blowback, Trump’s Iran Gamble and Kushner’s Private Diplomacy
The fastest way to misread a war is to believe one leader can simply declare it over. We dig into President Trump’s claim that the Iran war will end “very soon” and test it against the hard constraint...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 16, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Devin Nunes Loses Libel Suit Based on Rachel Maddow Show Statements
From Nunes v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC, decided yesterday by Judges Guido Calabresi, William J. Nardini, and Eunice C. Lee: Nunes… The post Devin Nunes Loses Libel Suit Based on Rachel Maddow Show Stat...
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Anticipated Religious Clashes Can't Justify Current Restriction on Parents' Religious Upbringing of Child
From Lajara v. McMenamin, decided Wednesday by Pennsylvania Superior Court judge Brandon Neuman, joined by Judges Jack Panella and Carolyn… The post Anticipated Religious Clashes Can't Justify Current...
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Journal of Free Speech Law: "How Matal v. Tam Became a First Amendment Case: The Record and the Reality" by Simon Tam
It's not by the lead singer of "The Slants."
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
The Elizabeth Holmes Documentary You Can See Everything Is an Act of Radical Empathy
The high-concept documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim offers surprising generosity to a Big Tech villain without fully excusing her crimes.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Second Amendment Roundup: "Sensitive Places" Issue Coming to a Head?
Third Circuit will benefit from latest research tying arms bans with comprehensive security.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Dostoevsky and the Mangione Mind
The mental pathologies afflicting Crime and Punishment’s protagonist fester in contemporary society.
Law & Liberty
Oct 16, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Freeze the minimum wage
It must have been at least ten years ago now, but I remember watching a BBC compilation of humorous moments from its late-night current affairs programme Question Time. Bloopers and gaffes, as Danny B...
Velvet Glove, Iron Fist
Oct 16, 2026 - velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com
Ohio Court Strikes Down a Scholarship Program That Supports More Than 100,000 Families
The court called school choice a "misnomer." The Ohio Supreme Court may get the last word.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
No Closed Courtroom When Plaintiff Dr. Jane Doe Testifies in S.C. Abortion Ban Challenge
But she can testify as Dr. Doe, rather than under her real name.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
GOP Spending Swells US Deficit to Nearly $2 Trillion for 2026
So much for DOGE and fiscal restraint. Under the Trump White House, the new 2026 fiscal-year deficit was grown to nearly $2 trillion. We should expect even more in the future.
Mises Institute
Oct 16, 2026 - mises.org
Documenting the rise of democratic socialism
The latest edition of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis features Kimberly Strassel’s assessment of a dangerous political movement’s growing popularity. Of the many alarming statements uttered this past yea...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 16, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Big banks targeted MAGA and other enemies of the left
M.D. Kittle writes for the Federalist about a disturbing report involving major American banks. Major financial institutes were “debanking” all manner of right-of-center individuals and organizations ...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 16, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Part VI of the Western World’s Entitlement Crisis: Will Canada Be the First Domino?
In this series, we’ve reviewed the shaky fiscal status of France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Today’s column looks at Canada. As we’ve done with the other nations, here’s a summary of how fi...
International Liberty
Oct 16, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Education Freedom Tax Credit Scholarship: What is it and how does it work?
In July 2025, the Education Freedom Tax Credit Scholarship (EFTCS) was approved as part of the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of the Treasur...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 16, 2026 - johnlocke.org
The “Climate and Nature Emergency” Hydra
Image credit: climateemergencycentre.org.uk I thought I had completed my series of essays on the current UK political situation, and was ready to move on to my diagnosis phase. But I have been interru...
The Libertarian Alliance
Oct 16, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
"If You Throw a Skunk into the Jury Box, You Can't Instruct the Jury Not to Smell It"
Some colorful lawyer wisdom (see, e.g., Dunn v. U.S. (5th Cir. 1962)); I found versions of this in newspapers going back… The post "If You Throw a Skunk into the Jury Box, You Can't Instruct the Jury ...
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Google Blocked Times (London) Articles About Businessman Mason Soiza, Apparently Based on Unjustified DMCA Demands
Here's what happens when I search for "mason soiza spammer with a gold lamborghini"; that headline is the title of a… The post Google Blocked Times (London) Articles About Businessman Mason Soi...
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: October 16, 1898
10/16/1898: Justice William O. Douglas's birthday. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 16, 1898 appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Review: The Political Cronyism of the Dutton Universe
Dutton Ranch, the new Yellowstone spinoff, reminds us that corruption isn't limited to Washington, D.C.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
Brickbat: Penalty for Posting
Four police officers woke and arrested Will Fraser, a 15-year-old Reform U.K. activist, at his Walsall home. More than two… The post Brickbat: Penalty for Posting appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason Magazine
Oct 16, 2026 - reason.com
‘Weak’ Donald Trump (Again) Fails To Assert His Powers Over Ukraine
Last Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal about the export of Russian diesel. Payments for Russian oil products had previously been under U.S. sanctions. Soon after Trump’s announcemen...
LewRockwell
Oct 16, 2026 - lewrockwell.com
DOJ Takes California to Court Over Potential Noncitizen Voting
Has the Golden State’s motor voter program run election security off the road?
Main Feed
Oct 16, 2026 - libertynation.com
Wage Growth Wiped Out by Rising Inflation
New price inflation data from the federal government shows that rising prices are outpacing wage growth yet again. Overall inflation is broader and bigger than forecasters have expected, and it's not ...
Mises Institute
Oct 16, 2026 - mises.org
El-Sayed’s ties deemed ‘troubling’
Editors at National Review Online raise concerns about Michigan’s Democratic US Senate candidate. Mike Rogers hammered Abdul El-Sayed in last week’s Michigan Senate debate over the Democratic candidat...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 16, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Michael Brendan Dougherty Swings and (Wildly) Misses
TweetHere’s a letter to National Review. Editor: Michael Brendan Dougherty claims to find support for tariffs in F.A. Hayek’s article “Competition as a Discovery Procedure” (“Defending Dynamic Markets...
Cafe Hayek
Oct 16, 2026 - cafehayek.com
To Avoid Criticizing Trump's Tariffs and War, Vivek Ramaswamy Takes on Data Centers
Republicans who want to speak to voters' anger over higher prices without criticizing the president who's caused them are in a bind.
Reason Magazine
Oct 15, 2026 - reason.com
Eleventh Circuit Rejects Netchoice's Challenge to Georgia Law Restricting Under-16-Year-Old Social Media Access
From today's Eleventh Circuit opinion in Netchoice v. Attorney General, by Judge Kevin Newsom, joined by Judges Robert Luck and… The post Eleventh Circuit Rejects Netchoice's Challenge to Georgia Law ...
Reason Magazine
Oct 15, 2026 - reason.com
Why Some Americans Living Abroad Would Rather Renounce Their Citizenship Than File Taxes
Most Americans who reside overseas owe the IRS nothing, but complying with U.S. financial regulations can cost them their foreign bank accounts.
Reason Magazine
Oct 15, 2026 - reason.com
3 Charlotte Cops Resign After Group Chat Reveals Competition To Arrest the Most Black People
The officers could face consequences beyond termination, as prosecutors review whether their past testimony and arrests can still be trusted.
Reason Magazine
Oct 15, 2026 - reason.com
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Dave DeCamp: Will Trump Restart the War Against Iran Before the Midterm Elections?
The fastest way a “regional conflict” becomes a global problem is through chokepoints, and we spend this conversation mapping the ones that matter. Dave DeCamp joins me to explain why a US move toward...
The Libertarian Institute
Oct 15, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Benjamin Cleveland: Frontier Patriot
You may have heard of the term “living large.” Benjamin Cleveland, one of North Carolina’s heroes of the American Revolution, embodied that phrase in many ways. Known primarily as a colonel in the Wil...
John Locke Foundation
Oct 15, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Ilhan Omar vs. DHS, Russia vs. Ukraine, Shane Gillis vs. Women
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi somehow manage to cover domestic politics, foreign policy, culture wars, and the latest movies in this jam-packed episode of Freed Up.