reason.com: Only Congress May Suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus -- -- Lessons from Hamdi v. Rumsfeld #liberty #news
reason.com: Should the Civilization Video Games Be Fun—or Real? -- -- Some players like the game to mimic the real world. Others like to play as Gandhi but nuke their enemies into oblivion. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Spanish Blackout Is a Warning to the World -- -- The blackout in Spain was not caused by a cyberattack but by the worst possible attack—that of politicians against their own citizens. #liberty #news
mises.org: Why Elon Musk Is Right: The Case Against Subsidizing Amtrak -- -- Amtrak is always on the verge of reviving intercity rail traffic in the US, or at least that is what politicians want us to believe. The truth is that the case for defunding Amtrak has never been stronger. #liberty #news
reason.com: White House May Try to Suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus in Order to Facilitate Deportation of Migrants -- -- I have long warned of this dangerous implication of the argument that illegal migration qualifies as invasion. #liberty #news
reason.com: Court Orders Release of Tufts Foreign Student Detained For Her Speech -- -- The ruling is a victory for the proposition that the First Amendment applies to immigration and visa restrictions. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Political Business Cycle 50 Years Later -- -- William Nordhaus coined the term “Political Business Cycle” a half-century ago. The idea was that government authorities, particularly the central bank, would manipulate the economy to correspond with election cycles, a practice that continues to this day. #liberty #news
mises.org: Enslavement of Native Americans in the Caribbean -- -- The transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but much lesser known is the enslavement of Native Americans. Many of them were shipped to plantations in the Caribbean where they were worked to death. #liberty #news
mises.org: Truth or Consequences -- -- This week on Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews The Price of Our Values by Augustin Landier and David Thesmar. While the authors claim that economists often substitute utilitarianism for moral values, they dismiss any idea of objective standards for morality. #liberty #news
mises.org: Federal Judge Sets Free Op-Ed Writer -- -- Federal prosecutors were not able to produce any evidence at all other than an op-ed Ozturk wrote. #liberty #news