On Feb. 22, 2026, a Pakistani airstrike hit the village of Girdi Kas in eastern Afghanistan. As one family lost 18 of its 23 members, Pakistan termed it a targeted counterterrorism operation against militant hideouts. Afghanistan, in contrast, said the strikes hit civilian homes and a religious school. The United Nations…

Like the Luddites of two centuries ago, pundits tell us to fear AI because it might put people out of work and create mass unemployment. But AI is not a threat to our jobs, unlike the regulation the government unleashes ostensibly to control AI.

My country is plagued by massive, inefficient state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The state keeps losing money, and the national budget is drained by subsidies because energy SOEs are perpetually in the red. Even government insiders admit this.

The constitution mandates the existence of these SOEs, but this is paired with policies that make private competitors hard to survive. For example, competitors are often prohibited from offering lower prices than the state-run monopolies. As for China and Vietnam, they might seem "successful", but that success is built on the back of total state economic domination and the loss of individual freedom.

Power is inherently prone to corruption and abuse. I find it an insult to my dignity to have my life micromanaged by people who can't even manage a budget. Lately, we've drifted toward heavy populism and authoritarian overreach---from massive welfare handouts (politically-timed) and a "free meal" program marred by food poisoning, to state-driven village cooperatives. Add to that a mega-project to move the capital city, which is just burning through borrowed money.

Our ministry of finance is just as chaotic. They planned a VAT hike that would choke the middle class, only to back it off later, creating massive policy uncertainty. They complain about the "rich" benefiting from subsidies, yet their own bureaucracy is too incompetent to distribute welfare accurately. I don't agree with state-supported wealth accumulation---especially when government officials hold private monopolies behind the scenes---but the root of the evil is the corrupt state itself.

We have a bloated fat cabinet (49 ministries!). This giant bureaucracy is the definition of inefficiency. Despite being a developing nation, our government ignores technological integration that could make things easier and transparent. But how long can I keep blaming them? I’d rather become indifferent to their system and practice agorism.

PS: To give you perspective on the "rich" whom the government targets: the official definition of "not poor" used to justify these policies includes individuals spending as little as $1.50 per day.

The problem is not that the government collects too little. The problem is that the government spends too much.

Great article about Liberty Forum, the annual conference of Free Staters in New Hampshire. It was last weekend.

• Amazon’s Ring has terminated its partnership with police tech company Flock Safety.
• The partnership came under scrutiny after the Amazon doorbell company ran an ad during the Super Bowl that touted a “Search Party” feature that uses AI to help locate lost pets.
• Ring’s decision to cancel its partnership with Flock comes as tech companies face growing pressure to reexamine their work with federal agencies.

Amazon Ring’s Super Bowl ad offered a vision of our streets that should leave every person unsettled about the company’s goals for disintegrating our privacy in public.In the ad, disguised as a heartfelt effort to reunite the lost dogs of the country with their innocent owners, the company...

“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple. You don't have that right to break the law and incite violence.”

How is Alex situation different than Kyle’s aside from one being killed?

Do you feel that the US government is trying to infringe on constitutional rights of citizens. What are other ways that this government is going against the beliefs of libertarianism?

Let’s recognize the significance of this historic move. Schedule III is overdue, and it will matter for patients, researchers and businesses that have shouldered an absurd tax burden for too long. But we cannot let a single Oval Office photo op stand in for justice.

If this rescheduling is to mean anything, it must be the beginning of a second wave of reform, not the end of the story. Until the last nonviolent cannabis prisoner is free —and until a weed charge no longer shadows a person’s life—the war on pot isn’t over. It’s just wearing a better suit.

🇺🇸 Want to keep NH from going the way of our New England Neighbors? We're going to need a lot of help in the mid-term elections. 🫡

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