Source: Lisa Liberty
by Lisa Liberty

“Freedom on the water has long been part of Florida’s heritage. Generations of Floridians lived aboard their boats, finding community and independence on the open waters. Anchoring has long been understood as a natural right, as fundamental as breathing free air or walking down a public road. Anchoring is when a boat uses an anchor to hold itself in place on the water. It’s the most basic, traditional way people secure their boats when they are not tied to a dock or in a marina. For many Floridians, especially those living aboard their boats, anchoring is a way to make a stable, affordable home on the water. But with one quiet policy change, that right is now under direct assault.” (09/24/25)

https://lisaliberty.substack.com/p/an-opportunistic-attack-on-the-right

Source: Common Dreams
by Robert Ivie

“The premise of After Empire: Myth, Rhetoric, and Democratic Revival (which I coauthored with Oscar Giner last year) is that the backlash to the decline of US empire bodes ill for democracy. Indeed, the roots of democracy are being torn up in the name of ‘Making America Great Again.’ Authoritarian rule is ascendant. While not dead yet, collective self-rule in America (whether it is called liberal democracy, electoral democracy, representative democracy, or constitutional democracy) is rapidly disintegrating. The alternative of reviving the nation’s flagging democracy, I want to suggest, must include the practice of deliberative dissent. One can hope that democracy will bounce back, starting with the 2026 election, eventually to recover its previous status and perhaps even deepen its cultural roots. It is too early not to hope. Already, though, those who would defend democracy are operating on undemocratic terrain.” (09/24/25)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/dissent-to-save-democracy

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Katrina Gulliver

“On September 15, 1922, Harry Oldbaum was walking near 116th St and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. He was suddenly surrounded by a crowd of teens who grabbed at him and stole his hat. Oldbaum was in good enough shape to give chase and apprehend one of his attackers, and haul the perpetrator to a nearby police station. Morris Sikeowitz, 16, was charged with disorderly conduct. It sounds like a minor street incident in a big city, but Oldbaum was just one of many victims that night. In New York at the time, there were social rules about when to wear straw hats …. sporting a boater after the end of the summer was seen as inappropriate — at least by people of means. The end-day for straw hat season had originally been September 22, but by the 1920s crept forward to September 15. However, unlike other fashion solecisms, this one suddenly came with physical enforcement.” (09/24/25)

https://fee.org/articles/hat-havoc-in-the-big-apple/

Source: ProSocial Libertarians
by Andrew Jason Cohen

“The core of a liberal education is training people to think clearly and analytically so they can consider and discuss issues in unbiased ways. That is the ‘learning’ we are most concerned with. We are not concerned with simply having students learn facts of history, math, or science. These things matter, but are not the big intended gains. They are intended — but are also a means to helping students gain the critical thinking analytic skills that are so much more important. Unfortunately, many colleges and universities primarily market themselves as helping students (merely) become career ready.” (09/24/25)

https://prosociallibertarians.substack.com/p/fixing-academia-marketing-its-real