Brian Doherty
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Biden's Proposed Assault Weapon Ban Is Unconstitutional, Unlikely, and Ineffectual
In his State of the Union address last night, President Joe Biden repeated his desire for a new assault weapon ban. → Read More
20 Years Later, Has the U.S. Learned Any Lessons From the War in Iraq?
It was a blunder. Worse than that, it was a crime. → Read More
New House Foreign Affairs Chair Michael McCaul is a standard old-school interventionist busybody
Kevin McCarthy's pick to lead the House Foreign Affairs Committee evades any post-Trump humbleness in foreign policy. → Read More
Libertarian Radio Host Ian Freeman Convicted for Helping People Buy Bitcoin
Ian Freeman, an early adopter of the virtual currency, gets slammed by a state that can't tolerate any use of money without its permission and knowledge. → Read More
Governments Worldwide Abuse COVID Surveillance Powers
Once the government has an excuse to electronically track everywhere you've been and everyone you've been near, abuses are predictable. → Read More
Governments Scramble To Manage, Regulate, and Throttle Crypto
States around the world are chipping away at the freedom-enhancing qualities of virtual currencies that have proliferated since bitcoin was released in January 2009. → Read More
College Vaccine Booster Mandates Don't Make Any Medical or Ethical Sense, New Study Concludes
College students should be able to use their own judgment on COVID boosters, not be forced into them by learning institutions. → Read More
Farewell to the Mother of Modern Feminist Cartooning
Aline Kominsky-Crumb, R.I.P. → Read More
The Former Kanye West Is Running for President Again, Allying With Fascists
The former Kanye West launches a 2024 presidential campaign so far based on complaining about Jewish people he thinks have wronged him. → Read More
Cryptotoken LBC is Legally a Security, Federal Judge Declares, and Requires Regulation by the SEC
This is bad news for any virtual currency that was pre-mined, including ethereum. → Read More
'Zap' Comix Were Never for Kids: From Brian Doherty's 'Dirty Pictures'
An excerpt from Brian Doherty's new book, 'Dirty Pictures: How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists, Misfits, Geniuses, Bikers, Potheads, Printers, Intellectuals, and Art School Rebels Revolutionized Art and Invented Comix by permission of Abrams Press.' → Read More
Mises Caucus Takes Control of Libertarian Party
Dominating the convention body by more than two-thirds, the Mises Caucus claims to offer an edgier, more libertarian organization. Foes accuse it of right-wing deviationism and racism. → Read More
Honduras Ends Its Experiment With Charter Cities
No more new ZEDEs will exist, after a unanimous congressional vote to end program; existing ZEDEs are optimistic their deals will be honored. → Read More
This Is Us
Randall's actions hint at the dark side of people who are just trying to make things better for everyone—regardless of whether their victims want the help. → Read More
Canadian Banks Prepared To Make Un-Persons of Protesters, at Government Demand
Our gentle neighbor to the North rushes toward grim authoritarianism. → Read More
Tennessee School Board Pulls Maus From Eighth-Grade Curriculum
Art Spiegelman's once-controversial and now-canonical graphic memoir Maus has been removed from the McMinn County, Tennessee, school curriculum in a... → Read More
Court Bars Health Care Workers from Switching Jobs
A Wisconsin judge treats health care workers like serfs, legally tied to the workplace they'd like to leave. → Read More
We Don’t Know Why Murder Rates Spiked in 2020
It's bad public policy to leap to the conclusion that we do. → Read More
Police Tase Man in His Home After Relative Calls Fire and Rescue for a Drug-Related Emergency
The victim denied police permission to search his home. The cops shouted, "I don't need your permission!" → Read More
RIP Phil Harvey, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Who Expanded Human Pleasure and Human Choice
Harvey, who died last week, dedicated his life to supporting human pleasure along with the power to manage it responsibly. → Read More