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Thomas L. Knapp is director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism (thegarrisoncenter.org). He lives and works in north central Florida.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Minnesota Murders Shoot a Hole in the Overton Window Even a few weeks ago, my position on something like the murder of Alex Pretti -- sadly not an uncommon occurrence, as cops kill hundreds, sometimes thousands, of Americans per year, many of them unjustifiably -- was well outside the Overton Window. ... The shots that killed Alex Pretti shattered the window entirely.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026Minnesota Murders Shoot a Hole in the Overton Window Even a few weeks ago, my position on something like the murder of Alex Pretti -- sadly not an uncommon occurrence, as cops kill hundreds, sometimes thousands, of Americans per year, many of them unjustifiably -- was well outside the Overton Window. ... The shots that killed Alex Pretti shattered the window entirely.
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Saturday, January 24, 2026
Carney Speech: The Rupture is a Necessary Part of the Transition Yes, Trump's trade and economic policies seem purpose-built for the task of dismantling American prosperity at home and power ("soft" and "hard") abroad. In reality, though, the American empire and the supposed global "rules-based order" have been in continual decline pretty much since that happy accident 80 years ago, when World War 2 ended with most of the world's industry wrecked, but America's untouched.
Saturday, January 24, 2026Carney Speech: The Rupture is a Necessary Part of the Transition Yes, Trump's trade and economic policies seem purpose-built for the task of dismantling American prosperity at home and power ("soft" and "hard") abroad. In reality, though, the American empire and the supposed global "rules-based order" have been in continual decline pretty much since that happy accident 80 years ago, when World War 2 ended with most of the world's industry wrecked, but America's untouched.
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Saturday, January 24, 2026
If You Own Nothing, the Real Owners Don't Have to Care Whether You're Happy In my opinion, if I pay to own something, I've paid to own all the things it can do ... assuming I can figure out how to make it do those things. The manufacturers of "'owned,' but with subscription-only features" goods, though, frown on homebrew tinkerers jail-breaking those products instead of forking over cash in perpetuity.
Saturday, January 24, 2026If You Own Nothing, the Real Owners Don't Have to Care Whether You're Happy In my opinion, if I pay to own something, I've paid to own all the things it can do ... assuming I can figure out how to make it do those things. The manufacturers of "'owned,' but with subscription-only features" goods, though, frown on homebrew tinkerers jail-breaking those products instead of forking over cash in perpetuity.
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Sunday, January 18, 2026
Recipe vs. Result: Does the US Government Actually Exist? A recipe is powerless to prevent incompetent or mischievous cooks from ruining the dish. Those who want "constitutional government" and think it's possible need to fire the entire kitchen staff and start fresh.
Sunday, January 18, 2026Recipe vs. Result: Does the US Government Actually Exist? A recipe is powerless to prevent incompetent or mischievous cooks from ruining the dish. Those who want "constitutional government" and think it's possible need to fire the entire kitchen staff and start fresh.
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Friday, January 16, 2026
Data Centers Might Break the Grid? Good, Something Needs To. As my kids might say (if they bothered themselves with such issues rather than just plugging their bazillion game consoles into the wall and ignoring such things while raising my electric bill) "grids are SOOOOOO 20th century."
Friday, January 16, 2026Data Centers Might Break the Grid? Good, Something Needs To. As my kids might say (if they bothered themselves with such issues rather than just plugging their bazillion game consoles into the wall and ignoring such things while raising my electric bill) "grids are SOOOOOO 20th century."
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Friday, January 16, 2026
Will Trump's Residential Investment Ban Really Make Housing More Affordable? When government shoves its nose into markets, the supposed beneficiaries usually end up losing. Politically connected businesses pocket more money. Government bureaucrats enjoy more power. Everyone else pays through the nose. Politicians' assertions of contrary motivation just add insult to injury.
Friday, January 16, 2026Will Trump's Residential Investment Ban Really Make Housing More Affordable? When government shoves its nose into markets, the supposed beneficiaries usually end up losing. Politically connected businesses pocket more money. Government bureaucrats enjoy more power. Everyone else pays through the nose. Politicians' assertions of contrary motivation just add insult to injury.
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Friday, January 16, 2026
Murder in Minneapolis: Time to Stop Coddling the ICE Gang and Its Enablers If ICE gang-bangers start finding that they can't rent hotel rooms, get served at coffee shops, receive communion at churches, or find play dates for their kids with decent people's kids, they'll be incentivized modify their behavior, abandon the thug life, and seek real jobs.
Friday, January 16, 2026Murder in Minneapolis: Time to Stop Coddling the ICE Gang and Its Enablers If ICE gang-bangers start finding that they can't rent hotel rooms, get served at coffee shops, receive communion at churches, or find play dates for their kids with decent people's kids, they'll be incentivized modify their behavior, abandon the thug life, and seek real jobs.
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Saturday, January 3, 2026
Cannabis: Don't Just Reschedule, Deschedule The war on drugs has always been stupid and evil; its application to marijuana particularly so. Far too many people have spent far too many years in prison for possession and use of a common and benign plant, and taxpayers have been mulcted of far too much money to put them there.
Saturday, January 3, 2026Cannabis: Don't Just Reschedule, Deschedule The war on drugs has always been stupid and evil; its application to marijuana particularly so. Far too many people have spent far too many years in prison for possession and use of a common and benign plant, and taxpayers have been mulcted of far too much money to put them there.
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Saturday, January 3, 2026
January 3: The "Peace President's" Latest Date Which Will Live in Infamy Trump's attack on Venezuela was entirely optional. There was no plausible, let alone imminent, threat against the United States by the Venezuelan regime that could have served as an excuse for "retaliation" or any plea of "necessity."
Saturday, January 3, 2026January 3: The "Peace President's" Latest Date Which Will Live in Infamy Trump's attack on Venezuela was entirely optional. There was no plausible, let alone imminent, threat against the United States by the Venezuelan regime that could have served as an excuse for "retaliation" or any plea of "necessity."
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Saturday, January 3, 2026
Peace President? Yeah, Right. As Christmas approaches, I'm all in favor of "on earth peace, goodwill toward men." But I find Trump's claims and promises on that subject less believable than stories about Santa Claus.
Saturday, January 3, 2026Peace President? Yeah, Right. As Christmas approaches, I'm all in favor of "on earth peace, goodwill toward men." But I find Trump's claims and promises on that subject less believable than stories about Santa Claus.
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
First They Came for the Tourists ... As a practical matter, all this snooping just gums up the works of everyone's life so more government employees can collect more paychecks. It doesn't protect "America" and it doesn't protect you.
Sunday, December 14, 2025First They Came for the Tourists ... As a practical matter, all this snooping just gums up the works of everyone's life so more government employees can collect more paychecks. It doesn't protect "America" and it doesn't protect you.
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
Regime Change: Adam Smith Talks One Game and Spends on Another So long as Congress keeps paying presidents to wage wars, presidents will happily take that money, and enthusiastically deliver the goods.
Sunday, December 14, 2025Regime Change: Adam Smith Talks One Game and Spends on Another So long as Congress keeps paying presidents to wage wars, presidents will happily take that money, and enthusiastically deliver the goods.
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Monday, December 1, 2025
You Must Refuse Illegal Orders. If This Be Treason, Make The Most Of It. You must refuse illegal orders. If it's "treason" or "sedition" to state that fact, then every instructor in every basic training class on military law is a traitor who's been teaching treason and preaching sedition to every recruit since 1950, when the UCMJ was adopted ... and probably long before that.
Monday, December 1, 2025You Must Refuse Illegal Orders. If This Be Treason, Make The Most Of It. You must refuse illegal orders. If it's "treason" or "sedition" to state that fact, then every instructor in every basic training class on military law is a traitor who's been teaching treason and preaching sedition to every recruit since 1950, when the UCMJ was adopted ... and probably long before that.
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Monday, December 1, 2025
Quiet, Piggy: Reporters Aren't Trump's Subordinates Trump's only subordinates (with respect to his position as president of the United States) are employees of the federal government's executive branch. Literally everyone else in the country is either his equal or his superior.
Monday, December 1, 2025Quiet, Piggy: Reporters Aren't Trump's Subordinates Trump's only subordinates (with respect to his position as president of the United States) are employees of the federal government's executive branch. Literally everyone else in the country is either his equal or his superior.
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Monday, December 1, 2025
Taiwan: Takaichi Strikes a Long-Needed Blow Against "Strategic Ambiguity" Taiwan is not now, and never has been, part of the People's Republic of China.
Monday, December 1, 2025Taiwan: Takaichi Strikes a Long-Needed Blow Against "Strategic Ambiguity" Taiwan is not now, and never has been, part of the People's Republic of China.
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Saturday, November 8, 2025
SCOTUS Passport Ruling: A Distraction from the Real Issue If the purpose of a passport is to establish that the government has issued a particular person a Very Special Important Permission Slip to Travel, matching that person's fingerprint to a fingerprint on the passport is sufficient. Anything more is about bureaucratic control fetishes, not a desire to identify travelers.
Saturday, November 8, 2025SCOTUS Passport Ruling: A Distraction from the Real Issue If the purpose of a passport is to establish that the government has issued a particular person a Very Special Important Permission Slip to Travel, matching that person's fingerprint to a fingerprint on the passport is sufficient. Anything more is about bureaucratic control fetishes, not a desire to identify travelers.
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Thursday, November 6, 2025
Against Moral Panic: Or, Dolls Aren't Real Kids Do we want fewer or more child molesters? If the former, we'll stop letting moral panic drive our legal and political demands.
Thursday, November 6, 2025Against Moral Panic: Or, Dolls Aren't Real Kids Do we want fewer or more child molesters? If the former, we'll stop letting moral panic drive our legal and political demands.
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Monday, November 3, 2025
The Administration Just Admitted War Powers Don't Cover Trump's Caribbean Murder Spree If the drone strike campaign in the Caribbean isn't war, what is it? It's not law enforcement. In law enforcement, there are investigations, charges filed, judicial warrants issued, and attempts at arrest. These drone strikes include none of those elements except, supposedly, investigations. They also take place entirely outside the legal jurisdiction of the United States. Not war. Not law enforcement. What, then? Murder.
Monday, November 3, 2025The Administration Just Admitted War Powers Don't Cover Trump's Caribbean Murder Spree If the drone strike campaign in the Caribbean isn't war, what is it? It's not law enforcement. In law enforcement, there are investigations, charges filed, judicial warrants issued, and attempts at arrest. These drone strikes include none of those elements except, supposedly, investigations. They also take place entirely outside the legal jurisdiction of the United States. Not war. Not law enforcement. What, then? Murder.
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Monday, November 3, 2025
Tariffs: The Truth May Hurt Trump, But Trump's Lies Hurt You Estimates vary -- in large part because Trump's tariffs rates seem to change by the minute on the basis of his whims and tantrums -- but over the last few months he's hiked your household's annual tax bill by at least $2,500, and probably closer to $5,000. That's a lot of money to spend humoring one guy's "throw myself on the floor and hold my breath 'til I turn blue" approach to trade/tax policy.
Monday, November 3, 2025Tariffs: The Truth May Hurt Trump, But Trump's Lies Hurt You Estimates vary -- in large part because Trump's tariffs rates seem to change by the minute on the basis of his whims and tantrums -- but over the last few months he's hiked your household's annual tax bill by at least $2,500, and probably closer to $5,000. That's a lot of money to spend humoring one guy's "throw myself on the floor and hold my breath 'til I turn blue" approach to trade/tax policy.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Gaza: Yes, It's A War Trying to separate war from the genocide and ethnic cleansing that often accompanies it is cheap moralizing for propaganda points.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025Gaza: Yes, It's A War Trying to separate war from the genocide and ethnic cleansing that often accompanies it is cheap moralizing for propaganda points.
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