Trump’s G7 Surprise – Red Dirt Liberty Report
"The marketplace is the most efficient when there are no interventions. When a nation raises tariffs on certain goods, what happens isn’t that the economy does better. Instead, what happens is that its citizens pay more for those goods. Any
The Unbearable Lightness of Justin Trudeau – Freedom Philosophy
"Trudeau was overwhelmed at the prospect of keeping his central campaign promise to address our democratic deficit. He now hides behind it. When pressed about his deficits he’ll make the unbearably light claim Canadians voted for them - when in
The Scheer Lunacy of the Conservative Party – Freedom Philosophy
"The central argument for Scheer over Trudeau is that he says less embarrassing things. His rhetoric is superior to Trudeau's. I would like to submit that this is the worst argument possible for voting in favour of a particular politician,"
A Minarchist Criticism of Anarchism – Freedom Philosophy
"We ought to free ourselves from the superstition that any politician is the Messiah. Government officials that can’t accomplish anything don’t deserve the vote. Politicians that promise the world but will predictably under-deliver have to be spotted in order for
Extremism in 2018 – Freedom Philosophy
"One can claim to be an environmentalist or an advocate of the poor by simply explaining that they support these causes, not by actually doing anything for the environment or lift a finger to help the poor. When optics replaces
Identity Politics Have Gone Too Far – Freedom Philosophy
"If someone isn’t taken seriously at work, scapegoating gender bias has the same impact. Some on the right will attribute it to affirmative action, while others on the left will attribute it to implicit gender bias in judgments. Heaven forbid
Free Trade and Steel: Winners and Losers! – Freedom Philosophy
Gary Cohn recently departed from the Trump administration in protest of their protectionism and diminishing stance on free trade for steel and aluminum - a policy that most of Trump’s advisors heavily advised against. Trump recently claimed that trade wars
Here’s the Latest on Justin Trudeau Being A Dufus – Freedom Philosophy
Canada’s response to the Kardashians has his latest wave of fiascos. I’ve written previously on Trudeau’s questionable leadership competence; with his arms sales to Saudi Arabia, his tax from-the-poor and give-to-the-rich policy of carbon taxes and fossil fuel subsidies, and
The Cults of JFK and Reagan – Freedom Philosophy
Plagued with boredom and overconsumption of libations to do much else, I found myself on YouTube watching Bill Maher (this was two minutes ago).It was a particularly cringe-worthy video citing his love of JFK compared to Ronald Reagan - the
The Rise of Jordan Peterson – What It Says About Us
A PhD in clinical psychology and teaching at the University of Toronto would not strike anyone as a libertarian poster-boy. That is, unless you’ve heard of Jordan Peterson. In the past 27 years, Peterson has transcended from psychology to sociology