Libertarian News
Aspartame Classified as ‘Possibly Carcinogenic’
The artificial sweetener aspartame is primarily made up of aspartic acid and phenylalanine. The phenylalanine has been synthetically modified to carry a methyl group, which provides most of the sweetness. That phenylalanine methyl bond, called a methyl ester, is very weak, which allows the methyl group on the phenylalanine to easily break off and form […]
No Pseudonymity in Lawsuit Challenging N.Y.’s Involuntary Commitment System as It Affects Gun Rights
In P.D. v. Sullivan (S.D.N.Y.), plaintiff alleges: New York State Mental Hygiene Law 9.39 is used to admit individuals to a hospital solely for emergency observation and evaluation as a person “alleged” to have a mental illness. An admission under MHL 9.39 is not a formal adjudication that an individual suffers from a mental disease or […]
Elections this year
Views are mixed Question Is volunteering to campaign on any level of politics worth it When do people usually start volunteering at national level and is it even worth it Some random ideas of things that should be (which candidates or people anywhere come closest to this) Tax the wealthy Much much more taxes (and […]
Congress Yet Again Abuses ‘Emergency Spending’ for Non-Emergency Purposes
This week, Congress moved closer to passing four separate bills with $95 billion in funding for Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific allies, and the domestic submarine industrial base. This funding has been debated for months, with much of it intended for wars that have been going on—and likely will continue—for a while. In other words, it’s not […]
How bad is the EU and can it be avoided?
Tl;dr: simple basic question: considering that the European Union lacks any true enforcement abilities beyond suspending voting rights in the EU and withdrawing financial assistance, if a nation just ignores EU law and is a net contributor (or just doesn’t care about the money), can the EU just be ignored? Context: I am not an […]
Building on the Success of Uniting for Ukraine
(NA) CBS News recently published an article reviewing the impressive success of the Uniting for Ukraine program, which allows Americans to sponsor Ukrainian migrants fleeing Russia’s brutal invasion of their country. Ukrainians with such sponsorship can live and work legally in the US for up to two years. Since it began two years ago, the […]
Aspartame Classified as ‘Possibly Carcinogenic’
The artificial sweetener aspartame is primarily made up of aspartic acid and phenylalanine. The phenylalanine has been synthetically modified to carry a methyl group, which provides most of the sweetness. That phenylalanine methyl bond, called a methyl ester, is very weak, which allows the methyl group on the phenylalanine to easily break off and form […]
No Pseudonymity in Lawsuit Challenging N.Y.’s Involuntary Commitment System as It Affects Gun Rights
In P.D. v. Sullivan (S.D.N.Y.), plaintiff alleges: New York State Mental Hygiene Law 9.39 is used to admit individuals to a hospital solely for emergency observation and evaluation as a person “alleged” to have a mental illness. An admission under MHL 9.39 is not a formal adjudication that an individual suffers from a mental disease or […]
Elections this year
Views are mixed Question Is volunteering to campaign on any level of politics worth it When do people usually start volunteering at national level and is it even worth it Some random ideas of things that should be (which candidates or people anywhere come closest to this) Tax the wealthy Much much more taxes (and […]
Congress Yet Again Abuses ‘Emergency Spending’ for Non-Emergency Purposes
This week, Congress moved closer to passing four separate bills with $95 billion in funding for Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific allies, and the domestic submarine industrial base. This funding has been debated for months, with much of it intended for wars that have been going on—and likely will continue—for a while. In other words, it’s not […]
How bad is the EU and can it be avoided?
Tl;dr: simple basic question: considering that the European Union lacks any true enforcement abilities beyond suspending voting rights in the EU and withdrawing financial assistance, if a nation just ignores EU law and is a net contributor (or just doesn’t care about the money), can the EU just be ignored? Context: I am not an […]
Building on the Success of Uniting for Ukraine
(NA) CBS News recently published an article reviewing the impressive success of the Uniting for Ukraine program, which allows Americans to sponsor Ukrainian migrants fleeing Russia’s brutal invasion of their country. Ukrainians with such sponsorship can live and work legally in the US for up to two years. Since it began two years ago, the […]