Image Credit: Európa Pont, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons On Dec. 15 the Hungarian Parliament passed a constitutional amendment banning adoption of children by same-sex couples. The government-sponsored Ninth Amendment declares, succinctly…
Category: Sovereign Nations
Nations by Consent – Desmond Berg
Libertarians tend to focus on two important units of analysis: the individual and the state. And yet, one of the most dramatic and significant events of our time has been…
China’s Threat To The Bible – Desmond Berg
The Bible is America’s best-selling book, annually outpacing the top 20 best sellers combined. Yet a single Chinese company has a near monopoly on Bible printing, meaning that any rupture…
The New Oligarchs Will Not Tolerate Secession – Desmond Berg
The article, “The Separation: A Proposal for a Renewed America,” was apparently written under the pseudonym “Rebecca,” which the author indicates was taken from a series of letters written by…
Taxation and Theft, Viking Style – Desmond Berg
When visiting an exhibition about the Viking Age at the Museum of History in Stockholm I came across a memorial runestone that had been raised by Skuli and Folki in…
China Says Killing Americans Over Taiwan Is ‘Morally Justified’ – Desmond Berg
China, violating previous understandings, has been sending large numbers of fighter aircraft and bombers into Taiwan’s airspace this month. At the same time, China’s ruling Communist Party is issuing threats.…
Opposition to State Power Evaporates Whenever There Is a “Crisis” – Desmond Berg
Robert Higgs identified the Leviathan as an opportunistic beast, using crises—real or manufactured—to expand its realm, to slither its tentacles into the remaining halls where large amounts of liberty are found.…
Chinese Military Bases in The Caribbean? – Desmond Berg
Photo by Rutger van der Maar. China’s Communist Party (CCP) seems to be implementing a multidimensional strategy in the Caribbean, reaping economic, political and potentially military gains a few miles…
No Privacy, No Property: The World in 2030 According to the WEF – Desmond Berg
The World Economic Forum (WEF) was founded fifty years ago. It has gained more and more prominence over the decades and has become one of the leading platforms of futuristic…
Raphael Warnock and his Contradictions to Christianity – Dr. Josh Buice
Raphael Warnock is running for the United States Senate, and the whole nation is focused on the Georgia runoff election that will be held in a few weeks. Raphael Warnock…