A lot can change in three months. In March, the message from the United States government, communicated through individuals including Surgeon General Jerome Adams and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, was that people should...
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Protesters, Rioters, Looters, and Revolutionaries, Be Aware There Are Government Agents Among You
by Adam Dick | May 30, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
With protests, riots, looting, and revolutionary acts rising over the last few days across the country, here is a bit of information for participants in these activities to keep in mind: There are likely government agents among you. These government agents are...
Virginia’s Statewide Mask Mandate
by Adam Dick | May 27, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Starting Friday, people ten years old and older who are indoors just about anywhere in Virginia other than in private homes will be required by a new executive order of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to “cover their mouth and nose with a face covering, as described...
Jacob Hornberger Comes in Second for Libertarian Presidential Nomination
by Adam Dick | May 24, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Future of Freedom Foundation President Jacob Hornberger failed to win the Libertarian Party presidential nomination in Saturday evening online voting by party delegates. Hornberger, who has spoken at Ron Paul Institute (RPI) events and whose articles have been...
Will the Texas Supreme Court Follow the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Rejecting Much of the Coronavirus Crackdown?
by Adam Dick | May 23, 2020 | Featured Articles
Last week the Wisconsin Supreme Court became the first among the highest state courts in America to void much of a state government’s coronavirus crackdown. With legal challenges being pursued in response to liberty suppression through the expanding of government...
Danger: Cops are on the Road
by Adam Dick | May 22, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
“Once police stop you, a ticket is the least of your worries,” writes Jacob Sullum early on in his new Reason article “10 Ways a Roadside Police Stop Can Go Wrong.” After starting off with a short examination of the discretion police have to pull over vehicles on the...
Test Positive for Coronavirus, End Up in a Police Database
by Adam Dick | May 20, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
So you are curious whether you have coronavirus? You could take a coronavirus test to find out. Well, not really find out, since the test results are not reliable. Nonetheless, you can take a test to obtain at least a Magic 8 Ball level answer of if you are or are not...
Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s Conscription of Restaurants to Surveil Diners
by Adam Dick | May 17, 2020 | Featured Articles
Isn’t lifting the prohibition on reopening businesses that were required to close in the coronavirus crackdown supposed to provide greater respect for individual rights? It seems that that is not the view of some politicians, including Washington Governor Jay Inslee....
Wisconsin Supreme Court to the Rescue, Justices Void Much of Governor’s Coronavirus Crackdown
by Adam Dick | May 14, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Politicians across America who have been trampling on liberty via a multitude of mandates imposed in the name of countering coronavirus should beware. There may be a court of jurisdiction stomping out your tyrannical efforts soon. The Wisconsin Supreme Court led the...
Amid Record-Breaking Job Losses in America, Military Contractors Are Hiring
by Adam Dick | May 11, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Tens of millions of jobs have disappeared over the last couple months after government actions taken in the name of countering coronavirus sank an already suffering economy, including through mandating that many businesses shut down. Nevertheless, one group of...
Brooklyn District Attorney Refuses to Prosecute People Arrested for Not Complying with Social Distancing Mandates
by Adam Dick | May 8, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It is refreshing to see government officials across America refuse to participate in all or part of the ongoing coronavirus crackdowns. A new action in this admirable secession from the authoritarianism was taken by Eric Gonzalez, the district attorney for the New...
Don’t Be so Scared by Media Reports about there being Many New Coronavirus Cases
by Adam Dick | May 8, 2020 | Featured Articles
Media reports are relating that there have been in the last few days many new coronavirus cases in America, or in certain areas of the county. The reports often suggest that this is something about which people should be fearful. However, a high number of reported...
Rep. Justin Amash has Another National Media Interview about His Libertarian Presidential Campaign. He Again Says Nothing Libertarian.
by Adam Dick | May 5, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On Thursday, I wrote about Rep. Justin Amash (L-MI), in a ten-minute interview at MSNBC focused on why he is interested in seeking the Libertarian Party presidential nomination, saying nothing libertarian. Further, I noted that, when Amash was asked about what a...
Knock, Knock. We’re from the Government, and We Want Your Family’s Blood
by Adam Dick | May 3, 2020 | Featured Articles
Talk about creepy. The Georgia Department of Public Health has announced that it, the United Sates Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and county health boards are together sending teams of government agents to randomly selected homes in two Georgia...
New Libertarian Presidential Candidate has Ten-Minute MSNBC Interview about Why He is Running, Says Nothing Libertarian
by Adam Dick | Apr 30, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
After Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI) established a committee this week to enable him to run for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination, he was interviewed for ten minutes at MSNBC regarding his candidacy. Did Amash use this time to advocate for accomplishing...
Mayor Defies State’s Coronavirus Shutdown
by Adam Dick | Apr 28, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Martin “Modey” Hicks, the mayor of Grants, New Mexico, has had enough of the mandate that businesses remain closed in the name of countering coronavirus. Russell Contreras reported last week at the Associated Press that Hicks, in defiance of an ongoing shutdown order...
Cato Institute Editorial: The Coronavirus Crackdown is Libertarian
by Adam Dick | Apr 23, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
When you come across an editorial titled “Libertarianism and the Coronavirus Pandemic” at the website of the Cato institute that describes itself as “a public policy research organization — a think tank — dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited...
My Coronavirus Crackdown Predictions
by Adam Dick | Apr 21, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A while back, I made two predictions regarding the coronavirus crackdown in America. First, in an April 11 Ron Paul Institute (RPI) article, I predicted that across the country there would be a proliferation of protests with a growing number of supporters. Second, in...
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman Wants Her City to Reopen Now
by Adam Dick | Apr 20, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
If many more politicians viewed the coronavirus crackdown the way Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has viewed it, America may have avoided plummeting into economic devastation with tens of millions of people losing their jobs and with many small businesses closed down...
End the Coronavirus Crackdown, for the Children
by Adam Dick | Apr 18, 2020 | Featured Articles
“For the children” is often a rallying cry for increasing government power at the expense of liberty. Maybe now it should be a rallying cry for ending the coronavirus crackdown. In the age of governments across the world forcing businesses to close and mandating that...
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