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The Torch and the Scale
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Liberty and justice are inalienable rights, yet they are being eroded away before our very eyes. The Torch and the Scale provides information, resources, and opinion for libertarians to use to fight back against the tide of authoritarian government.
Recent Posts
Guns and Butter, Round Two
In the tumultuous presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson, politicos typically referred to Johnson's twin policies of increased intervention in Vietnam and expanded social programs as "guns and butter." While the financial toll of these two fronts separa...
Why Your Packages May Soon Cost Twice As Much
For the past several months, FedEx and United Parcel Service (UPS) have been in an intense legal battle that could shake the entire shipping industry. FedEx, because it ships the majority of its packages via air, is governed under different unionizat...
Physics and the Fry Guy
My house, though upwards of forty years old, is a sturdy old place. I could walk out back, do some stretching, maybe a quick warmup, then push with all my might against its walls, but it wouldn't do a thing, no matter how hard or how long I pushed. I...
Six Reasons Why Conservatives Should Support Non-Intervention
While liberals are doing more than their fair share at intervening in other country's affairs, conservatives have generally been the ones promoting a foreign policy of aggression and abrasiveness, all in the name of "national security". Conservatives...
Resignation over Afghanistan
From the Washington Post: When Matthew Hoh joined the Foreign Service early this year, he was exactly the kind of smart civil-military hybrid the administration was looking for to help expand its development efforts in Afghanistan. A former Marine ...
Equality. Fraternity. Crime.
While there are exceptions to every rule, the typical gun control advocate leans significantly to the left, supporting feminism, welfare, and the like, and general pushing equality as the highest principle of a civilized society. This typical support...

