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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, April 8, 2026Stop Pretending Military Spending is About "Defense" In what universe does the already bloated US military need nearly half again as much money next year as this year, and twice as much as it needed during previous wars?
Thursday, April 2, 2026Chiles v. Salazar: One Cheer for SCOTUS As both a legal matter and cultural norm, it's understood that parents and guardians have broad authority to make medical decisions for children ... but there are limits.
Thursday, April 2, 2026OK, Fine, Give TSA Agents Back Pay ... But Then Send Them Home For Good The very existence of the TSA has been a costly 25-year mistake. Now, with the DHS funding dispute still in full swing, it's time to correct that mistake by abolishing the agency, sending its workfare clients back into the productive sector, and returning airport security responsibility to airports and airlines.
Saturday, March 28, 2026A California Jury Tries to Repeal the 21st Century Google and Meta provided services which K.G.M. was free to use, not use, or use as much or as little, and in whatever ways, she pleased. The availability of those services neither, as Thomas Jefferson might put it, picked K.G.M.'s pocket nor broke K.G.M.'s leg.
Saturday, March 28, 2026Autarky: Terrible at Political Scale, But Great as Individual Self-Defense At the level of a society or national government, autarky is a stump-stupid idea. It makes people poorer by thwarting competitive advantage. ... At the level of the individual American, on the other hand, a certain amount of "energy independence" -- autarky! -- makes a good deal of sense.
Tuesday, March 24, 2026Congress Can Halt the Iran War by Doing Nothing. It Should. Since Congress hasn't declared war, the executive branch has no authority to wage war. Congress shouldn't fund something that only Congress has the power to approve when it hasn't exercised that power.
Tuesday, March 24, 2026"But Kamala!" Yeah, So What? "But Kamala!" explains nothing, nor is Trump the real problem. We can't vote our way out of the messes we keep voting ourselves into. Elections aren't a substitute for freedom.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026Automatic Draft Registration: Everything Old is New Again Given current events, the prospect understandably gives off sinister vibes -- "but without a draft, who would do the necessary work of murdering Iranian elementary school students and Venezuelan fisherme ... er, 'narco-terrorists?'" -- so you might be surprised to learn that "automatic draft registration" is old news.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026Social Media's Down Side: No Fresh Starts We've removed "flight" from the "fight or flight" menu.
Monday, March 9, 2026Thune and Johnson: A Tale of Two Orphans In The Joy of Yiddish, Leo Rosten defines chutzpah as "that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan." Ladies and gentlemen, meet US Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and US House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
Sunday, March 8, 2026On War Powers, Questions Aren't a Working Substitute for Action No president has ever been held to account by, and punished by, Congress for exceeding his powers and exercising its, not his, prerogative of declaring war or not. Why would Trump consider himself an exception? And why wouldn't he try to stretch past administrations' ridiculous "unitary executive" claims even further?
Sunday, March 1, 2026Tariff Refunds: Honest Policy Would Be Smart Politics Six months of good economic news could make a big difference at the polls.
Sunday, March 1, 2026Liberation Day for Real? Not Really After venting his spleen at the Supreme Court for daring to defy him by nixing his illegal tariff scheme, Trump immediately went to work on a new version. His next caper will no doubt be as illegal as the previous one, and the courts will no doubt take their time addressing that one too. The court's ruling is correct as far as it goes, but don't hold your breath waiting for relief, let alone recompense.
Thursday, February 19, 2026The Political and Personal Case for Linux (Yes, I Am Talking to You) Linux is good politics AND a wise financial decision.
Thursday, February 19, 2026Russell Vought Says "We are in a post constitutional moment in our country." He's Not Wrong. Here's the constitutional role of the president in American elections: THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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