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Tag: individual rights

There Should be a Law

February 28, 2024 Brian Phillips Business Regulations, General

After my recent talk to Houston Oasis, an audience member expressed his disgust with developers who cut down trees to

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The Pot Calling the Kettle Black

October 4, 2023 Brian Phillips Business Regulations, General

A growing number of Congressmen are calling for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign after being charged for a variety of

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Individual Rights and Government Wrongs

July 28, 2023 Brian Phillips Property

This post is the sixth in a series. In the early 1990s, I wrote a paper titled “Government Without Taxation.”

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A Federal “Parents Bill of Rights”

March 29, 2023 Brian Phillips Education

Last week, the United States House of Representatives passed the “Parents Bill of Rights Act.” When the bill was first

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Get Individual Rights and Government Wrongs for Free

January 2, 2023 Brian Phillips General

What if there were no government regulations? What if there were no public schools, public libraries, or public parks? What

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Force is Destructive

October 5, 2022 Brian Phillips General

Force is not a creative power. Force is a destructive power. The only goal that can be achieved through force

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Individual Rights: The Ultimate in Local Control

September 23, 2022 Brian Phillips General

In his concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas wrote, “In future cases, we

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Semi-fascism and Democracy

September 16, 2022 Brian Phillips General

Joe Biden recently condemned “far-right extremism,” calling comments made by Republican leaders, including Trump, “semi-fascism.” Biden is correct to identify

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