Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton

“The enemies of our freedom, our liberty, are NOT limited to the Woke, so-called progressives, and left/liberal social justice warriors. We at TPOL call them Regressives because they want to return all mankind – especially Americans – to a time when tyrants ruled and the great mass of the people were slaves. In reality if not with the name or title.” (10/02/23)

https://thepriceofliberty.org/2023/10/02/the-extinction-of-liberty-and-freedom/

Source: JimBovard.com
by James Bovard

“Macaulay hailed the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 as ‘the most stringent curb that ever legislation imposed on tyranny,’ a law that adds to ‘the security and happiness of every inhabitant of the realm.’ … As America celebrated the 200th anniversary of its independence, however, I assumed that stuff about habeas was as irrelevant as the flintlock muskets used at the Battle of Bunker Hill. And then George W. Bush proved me wrong.” (10/02/23)

https://jimbovard.com/blog/2023/10/02/macaulay-and-the-ghosts-of-tyranny-past-part-2/

Source: EconLog
by Jeremy Horpedahl

“Improving standards of living are something that we have mostly taken for granted in modern America. In fact, failing to produce sufficient increases in national income is one of the surest ways for a President to lose reelection (even if they have little control over it in the short run). But how much are living standards and income improving? Has growth slowed down in recent decades? Are we worse off than a generation ago? Both regular Americans and economic researchers have been asking these questions a lot lately. The debate often slips into dueling anecdotes or — even worse — wonky discussions of income measures and inflation adjustments.” (10/02/23)

https://www.econlib.org/library/columns/y2023/horpedahlthriving.html

Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan

“I’ve been using the following hypothetical for a long time. It doesn’t google, so I’m pretty sure that I originated it. ‘The year is 1946. You’re in Buenos Aires and see an ordinary crowd of people. Due to severe misanthropy, you take out a gun and shoot randomly in their general direction. You hit exactly one person and he dies. Yet as luck would have it, the person you killed turns out to be none other than Adolf Hitler. The next day, global headlines trumpet, ‘Hitler Shot Dead in Argentina.” What are questions raised by this moral thought experiment? What are its lessons?” (10/02/23)

https://betonit.substack.com/p/on-firing-into-a-crowd-and-accidentally