mises.org: The Student Debt Racket -- -- Much of the current debate on student higher education debt centers around the students as victims of rapacious capitalism. However, the government‘s student loan program has driven up education costs, impoverished student borrowers, and financed the leftist takeover of higher education. #liberty #news
reason.com: Smithsonian Heat -- -- Plus: The mindset behind wokeness, Trump adds to steel and aluminum tariffs, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Trump’s D.C. "Takeover" Is Missing the Point -- -- Few really understand why these blue cities are crime-ridden. It’s not merely a lack of resources or even progressive ideology. At the root of the problem are governments working hard to maintain a monopoly on a service they then refuse to provide. #liberty #news
reason.com: Nova Scotia Bans Everyone From Hiking in the Woods Until October -- -- The province says this will prevent forest fires. Those who violate the ban will face a $25,000 fine. #liberty #news
reason.com: Trump: The Erratic but Potentially Effective Peacemaker -- -- Can a mercurial narcissist decenter America from global policing? #liberty #news
reason.com: Sanctions Are a Silent War on Humanity -- -- U.S.-led economic warfare punishes the world’s most vulnerable while failing to achieve its foreign policy goals. #liberty #news
reason.com: Colorado wants to make its garbage cleaner. A new regulation might just make it pricier and dirtier. -- -- One rural county expects the regulation to cost its landfill almost $4 million up front, and an additional $1 million annually. #liberty #news
mises.org: Why Do We Live in a Two-Faced World? -- -- In normal human affairs, actions like lying, theft, and murder are considered to be immoral and anti-social. However, people are quick to accept those same behaviors from government agents and they will even defend such actions as “necessary” for the “good of society.” #liberty #news
mises.org: Merger of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern Highlights the Need to End Amtrak Subsidies -- -- The standard line for passenger rail travel in the US is that we need a government-subsidized entity like Amtrak because while there is a “need” for such service, it is impossible to provide it profitably. However, profitable travel is possible, but would require the end of Amtrak itself. #liberty #news
reason.com: What Will Israel Do? -- -- Plus: LLM limitations, Adams sues campaign finance board, when public schools indoctrinate kids, and more... #liberty #news