Source: ProSocial Libertarians
by Andrew Jason Cohen
“Together, Hinman vs. Pacific Air Transport (1936) and United States v. Causby (1945), ended ad coelum rights in the US. In ancient times and basically until Hinman, landowners were thought to have ad coelum rights of their land — rights to everything below it and everything above it ‘to the heavens.’ In the Hinman case, a landowner wanted the space above his land to be closed to airplanes. The court ruled that he had no such right. The essential concern was to allow for air travel, which was thought necessary for the future of the country. … Though I agree that air travel was good for economic prosperity and that such prosperity should be protected, I’ve never thought the court’s decision followed. Ending ad coelum rights was not necessary to attain the goal.” (12/15/25)
https://prosociallibertarians.substack.com/p/the-bundle-theory-of-property
Source: Seattle Times
“Spain’s government has fined Airbnb 64 million euros ($75 million) for advertising unlicensed tourist rentals, officials said Monday. The move is the latest government action in Spain against short-term rental companies such as Airbnb and Booking.com as the country grapples with a housing affordability problem, particularly in city centers. The consumer rights ministry said the rentals didn’t include license numbers — a requirement in many regions in Spain — or listed license numbers that didn’t match what authorities had. Other had incorrect information about hosts, it said. Airbnb said that it plans to challenge the fine in court.” (12/15/25)
https://archive.is/Rd8ov
Source: EconTalk
“Free Will Is Real (with Kevin Mitchell).” (12/15/25)
https://www.econtalk.org/free-will-is-real-with-kevin-mitchell/
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Charles Goyette
“Once again, the U.S. global military empire is the father of the fear that it propagates. And this time it’s right here in our own backyard. Just as freezing Russia’s dollar assets has encouraged foreign central banks’ gold accumulation and driven global de-dollarization, leading to President Donald Trump’s veiled threats against those that turn their back on the weaponized dollar, sanctions on Venezuela’s oil production and markets made certain the growing presence of Iran, Russia, and China in our hemisphere.” (12/15/25)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/venezuela-and-the-empire-of-lies
Source: New York Post
by Joel Pollak
“Gavin Newsom won headlines Friday after he trolled Elon Musk — by attacking his relationship with his children. ‘We’re sorry your daughter hates you, Elon’, the California governor’s press office posted on X. Yes, this is the same Gavin Newsom who recently said Democrats’ next presidential nominee needs to be ‘someone who is a repairer of the breach’. By that standard, he has disqualified himself. Newsom has spent much of the year trolling President Donald Trump, trying to match — or exceed — Trump’s provocative rhetoric. Last week, responding to a White House post of footage of criminal illegal aliens being arrested, Newsom posted an AI-generated video showing Trump handcuffed and crying on a street curb. Ironically, Newsom once boasted that he had banned such AI ‘deepfake’ videos. But a federal judge said Newsom’s ban violated the First Amendment. Now such videos are part of Newsom’s daily output.” (12/15/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/12/15/opinion/newsom-disqualifies-himself-from-the-presidency-in-his-own-words/
Source: SFGate
“Prosecutors played audio recordings Monday as they tried to show jurors that a Wisconsin judge knew what was at stake last spring when she directed an immigrant to a private door while federal agents were in the courthouse to [abduct] the man. ‘I’ll get the heat,’ Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan told her court reporter as they discussed who would assist Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, according to courtroom audio. Dugan is on trial for obstruction and concealment, an extraordinary consequence of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. There is no dispute that Dugan directed Flores-Ruiz to leave her courtroom through a private door after telling immigration agents to speak with the chief judge about trying to [abduct] him.” (12/15/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/trial-set-to-begin-for-wisconsin-judge-accused-of-21243006.php
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“All Chad Tausch wanted to do was add a few rooms to his Miami home. In many cities, homeowners need a permit to make such additions. But although the city had no problem with his proposed construction, it required something more than a permit fee: half of Tausch’s front yard — without even offering to pay for it. No land surrender, no permit. The city has been making the same demand of other homeowners who need alteration permits. The city has a plan, a goal: Pile up land that the city might one day use to widen roads.” (12/15/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/12/15/miamis-property-grabbing-vice/
Source: CNBC
“Inflation looks to be sapping some of Americans’ holiday cheer as they head out to buy gifts this Christmas season, according to the CNBC All-America Economic Survey. The survey found the high cost of goods has emerged as a major factor affecting how much shoppers spend and where they spend, suggesting inflation of the past several years and the rise in import goods prices from tariffs are being felt at the checkout counter. The survey of 1,000 people nationwide, with a margin of error of +/- 3.1%, found that the high cost of goods is the top reason Americans are spending less and, in a first for the survey, the main reason they are spending more. … Overall, 41% of Americans plan to spend less this year, with 42% saying they will spend about the same and 16% saying they will spend more.” (12/15/25)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/inflation-causing-less-holiday-spending-cnbc-all-america-economic-survey.html
Source: The Corbett Report
“The Secret of the Doomsday Seed Vault.” (12/15/25)
https://corbettreport.com/the-secret-of-the-doomsday-seed-vault/
Source: The American Conservative
by Joseph Addington
“The U.S. seizure of the tanker Skipper earlier this week has been widely interpreted as a significant escalation by the Trump administration against the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. Losing the tanker, which was carrying Venezuelan crude to Cuba, is a significant blow to Maduro and will make it more difficult for the Venezuelan government to fund itself, as it is overwhelmingly reliant on oil exports for government revenue. However, the seizure is also an escalation of American economic warfare generally, including against Iran and Russia, which have also taken advantage of the world’s ‘shadow tanker’ fleet to evade U.S. sanctions and sell energy abroad.” (12/15/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/u-s-seizure-of-venezuelan-tanker-doesnt-only-threaten-maduro/
