Ed. Note: FreedomFest regular Marc Beauchamp recommends this side trip to those driving to Vegas in July. My favorite t-shirt in the closet is a black crew neck with a picture of a garish orange nuclear mushroom cloud on the front. The tag line below the cloud reads, “It seemed like a good idea at…
Something There Is that Doesn’t Love a Wall
Donald Trump made “The Wall” a yuuuge part of his campaign for president from the very beginning. In fact, FreedomFesters were treated to a preview in the summer of 2015, shortly after Trump announced his candidacy (thank you, Mark Skousen) when he made an unexpected appearance on Saturday afternoon. In a road-test of what would…
One Man’s Space Odyssey
Big milestone coming up: Next July, the 20th to be exact, will be the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. In the run-up to it, look for lots of nostalgic hand-wringing about the supposedly sorry state of the manned space program. To be sure, it hasn’t all turned out as advertised by mid-20th century science…
Electricity, Monopoly and California’s Fiery Apocalypse
As I write this, California is burning down, from rural Paradise in the north of the state to Malibu Canyon in the south. President Trump blames environmentalists and government red tape for overgrown forests. Environmentalists blame climate change and clamor for government to do something about fossil fuels. From my perch in Redding, in far…
Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces, and Callout Culture: What’s Happening on College Campuses, and Can It Be Changed?
“This is a book about education and wisdom. If we can educate the next generation more wisely, they will be stronger, richer, more virtuous, and even safer.” This is the optimistic goal and tconclusion of The Coddling of the America Mind by Greg Lukianoff, president of FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) and…
A Tribute to Andrea Rich
For nearly half a century, Andrea and Howie Rich were the dynamic duo of libertarianism. They met while serving in the New York Libertarian Party in 1973, Andrea as its first chairman and Howie as vice chairman. While Howie worked tirelessly for the cause of term limits and as the longest serving member of the…
End the War on Drugs by Changing our Approach to Drug Users
For the last several years I have been advocating for ending the war on drugs. Many people have asked how, as a member of the LDS Church (Mormon), I could advocate for this. Church doctrine, after all, teaches that we should follow the Word of Wisdom, which includes not partaking of mind altering substances without…
Wealth, Privacy, and Capital Gains
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Agriculture Opportunities in Paraguay – creating generational wealth, naturally
Long, long ago, some ancient human decided that planting seeds and reaping the produce was a safer approach to food production than chasing larger, stronger and toothier animals. Since that time, the agriculture sector has flourished with each passing year. The world is trying to feed more people with less land, so the interest in…
The Theory of a Perfect Money
Monetary systems have a job to do, and money has a specific role within monetary systems. The job of the monetary system is to track what value an individual adds to the economy and ensure that more value is received than is put in. If a monetary system does not do this, then it will…