reason.com: Will 2025 Be the Year of U.S. Fiscal Sanity? -- -- With inflation risks persisting and entitlement spending surging, the situation cannot be ignored. But we never should have gotten to this point to begin with. #liberty #news
reason.com: An Urgent Meeting of the Fact-Check Legion of Doom -- -- Mark Zuckerberg has had it with these people. #liberty #news
mises.org: Wall Street Prospers while Main Street Suffers -- -- GDP is a ridiculous way to gauge the strength of the economy. While prices on Wall Street remain robust, trouble lurks on Main Street. #liberty #news
mises.org: Freedom of Speech and Defamation Laws -- -- With governments cracking down on free speech and even criminalizing alleged defamation, it is time to take a new look at libel laws. Murray Rothbard provides a clear-headed view of libel law—and why it shouldn‘t exist at all. #liberty #news
reason.com: Texas Cop Chases Prostitution Suspect, Causes Car Accident, Gets Immunity -- -- Houston police initiated a high-speed chase to pursue a suspect evading arrest for paying $40 to solicit sexual activity from another adult, notes a Texas Supreme Court judge. #liberty #news
reason.com: A Failed State -- -- Plus: Israeli hostage update, ultraprocessed childhoods, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Modern Academe Has Corrupted the Media (And Pretty Much Everything Else) -- -- American higher education, which is supposed to be about learning truth, has become a bastion of untruth. As higher education loses accountability, it simultaneously is corrupting other institutions, especially journalism and even the business world. #liberty #news
mises.org: Politicians Won’t Solve Our Spending Problem Unless We Make Them -- -- Politicians respond to pressure. If we want them to actually carry out the cuts they claim to stand for it’s up to us to provide that pressure. #liberty #news
mises.org: Eating the Rich Is Not a Good Idea -- -- Progressives have been calling for heavy taxes and other confiscatory policies to be aimed at wealthy Americans. While they didn‘t win the recent presidential election, their toxic message remains. #liberty #news
reason.com: Next-Generation Nuclear Energy Developer Sues Federal Regulators -- -- If successful, the lawsuit could be a significant first step in reducing the red tape that has plagued American nuclear power. #liberty #news