Politics & Rights

Far from a history of liberty, de Dijn’s book is a conscious effort to undermine that concept and to substitute in its place what she calls a “democratic conception of freedom,” which, in principle, amounts to collective control over every aspect of individual behavior.

As we look back on 2020 and look ahead to 2021, it’s important that we do so in a balanced way, not disregarding the things that have gone wrong, but also not letting ourselves slip into the fallacy of thinking that we live in the worst of times or at the end of history. We don’t.

Markovits’s reliance on loaded language is a good sign that his argument cannot stand—pardon the pun—on its own merits.

Chernobyl explores the reasons for a monumental catastrophe and illustrates how it was magnified by the evasion and denial of those in charge.

Is it reasonable to suppose that the officers involved lacked restraint and that this deficit was due to racial bias? Let’s investigate.

Ex-Muslims play a critical role in challenging the evil belief system that is Islam. Help them in the fight to protect free speech and civil society by supporting their work however you can.

Cronyism follows from a government with the power to meddle in the economy. The solution, therefore, to the dysfunction and injustice of a mixed economy is an unmixed economy, an economy separated from the state.

Imagine telling a heart surgeon that he can make only three movements per operation. If you are aiming to make money by day-trading, limits imposed by the PDT rule are equally asinine.

Universal basic income would sacrifice the most productive to the least, wrenching the rewards of their productivity away from them.

The fundamental problem with claiming that the Swedish government has failed its people is that the proper purpose of government is not to protect citizens’ health but rather their rights.