Libertarian News
A Last Ditch Attempt to Bring Kids Climate Case Back from the Dead
When last we checked in on Juliana v. United States—the first “kids climate case”—the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had granted the Department of Justice’s petition for a writ of mandamus and ordered the case dismissed. As I noted at the time, this order was unsurprising and quite warranted. That should have been […]
BRICS, the Rise of China and How the Hegemon Buried the Concept of ‘Security’
The first meeting of security experts/National Security Advisors under the expanded BRICS+ format in St. Petersburg unveiled quite a few nuggets. The first meeting of security experts/National Security Advisors under the expanded BRICS+ format at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg unveiled quite a few nuggets. Let’s start with China. Foreign Minister Wang Yi proposed […]
Rebel Ridge, Netflix’s Civil Asset Forfeiture Revenge Flick, Is a Thrilling Political Action Movie
Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge is the rarest of things: a taut, tense thriller packed with rip-roaring action that is also a detailed and believably accurate story about public policy. Specifically, it’s about civil asset forfeiture and small-town municipal budget corruption. Yes, this is a civil asset forfeiture revenge film. Rebel Ridge follows an ex-Marine with […]
A Last Ditch Attempt to Bring Kids Climate Case Back from the Dead
When last we checked in on Juliana v. United States—the first “kids climate case”—the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had granted the Department of Justice’s petition for a writ of mandamus and ordered the case dismissed. As I noted at the time, this order was unsurprising and quite warranted. That should have been […]
BRICS, the Rise of China and How the Hegemon Buried the Concept of ‘Security’
The first meeting of security experts/National Security Advisors under the expanded BRICS+ format in St. Petersburg unveiled quite a few nuggets. The first meeting of security experts/National Security Advisors under the expanded BRICS+ format at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg unveiled quite a few nuggets. Let’s start with China. Foreign Minister Wang Yi proposed […]
Rebel Ridge, Netflix’s Civil Asset Forfeiture Revenge Flick, Is a Thrilling Political Action Movie
Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge is the rarest of things: a taut, tense thriller packed with rip-roaring action that is also a detailed and believably accurate story about public policy. Specifically, it’s about civil asset forfeiture and small-town municipal budget corruption. Yes, this is a civil asset forfeiture revenge film. Rebel Ridge follows an ex-Marine with […]