Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Mark Thornton

“This retrospective, covering half a century, is a personal history of modern libertarianism. It provides some historical perspective on the growth of libertarianism and its impact on society, especially for those who were born into an existing libertarian movement, including political and academic paths. As outsiders, Austrians and libertarians can expect more than their share of difficult times and roadblocks, although that situation has improved over time. It also shows the limitations of the political path to liberty and the importance of the Austrian view that society changes via emphasis on sound economic science, its practicality, and its subsequent impact on ideology. Finally, it conveys the importance of solving practical problems and puzzles via the thin, radical version of libertarianism.” (07/22/21)

https://mises.org/library/libertarianism-fifty-year-personal-retrospectivea

Source: Everything Voluntary
by Isaac Morehouse

“There’s a funny idea about courage floating around. People get called courageous for loudly denouncing things they believe are evil. But that alone is not courage. Yes, taking a stand against evil can be courageous. But only if it is scary, painful, and costly to do so. If there is no cost, it’s not courage. Most of what gets called courageous has no cost and brings no pain. To denounce as evil something everyone already believes is evil, or something with no power to do you bodily or reputational harm, is not courageous.” (07/22/21)

https://everything-voluntary.com/courage-and-cowardice-arent-always-easy-to-tell-apart

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“Can you communicate with your mind alone, without moving a muscle? Setting aside fantasy and wishful thinking, my answer is, at least presumptively, ‘No.’ But the paralyzed man known as T5 was not alone when the sentences he imagined appeared on screen at a rate of 18 words per minute with an accuracy of about 94 percent. He had the help of inventive scientists. And, by some definitions, I suppose T5 did move a muscle: his brain.” (07/22/21)

https://thisiscommonsense.org/2021/07/22/the-power-of-mans-mind/

Source: Common Dreams
by Mike Lofgren

“For those who were looking forward to obtaining transparency for the incompetent negligence, malfeasance, and reckless disregard for the health and safety of the American people that were the hallmarks of Donald Trump, the prospect of that reckoning has dimmed. Joe Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland appears to be working to protect the interests of Trump and all those in his administration who may have broken the law and were investigated in federal grand jury proceedings. Garland’s Justice Department is now advocating that federal judicial procedure should be amended to instate a 50-year ban on grand jury information. What would this mean? Had this proposal been in practice during Watergate, we still would not know until 2023 or 2024 all the facts about Nixon’s crimes that were uncovered by grand juries.” (07/22/21)

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/22/strange-case-attorney-general-merrick-garland