The European liberty movement may be small, but it’s having extraordinary growth and grassroots success in a place you might least expect it: Switzerland.
Macron’s crackdown on fake news is a terrible idea
In press statements for the beginning of this year, French president Emmanuel Macron announced his plans for cracking down on fake news. Haunted by the controversial Macron Leaks towards the end of the presidential campaign (which he won in May last year), the new French president was expected to go after the practice early in […]
Big government might push your favorite TV and radio stations off the air
When it was first used, eminent domain was designed to aid large public infrastructure projects: If a small farm stands in the way of the construction of a highway, then the government forces the owner to sell it to the public. But the practice has evolved into something far worse. In the landmark case Kelo v. […]
The Scotch Enlightenment#1: German solutions, Alexa orders cocaine & Bitcoin w/ Yaël Ossowski
The Scotch Enlightenment is a podcast which I produce together with Daniel Fallenstein, for the Freedom Today Network. In our first regular episode of The Scotch Enlightenment, Yaël Ossowski (@yaeloss) joins us for an hour full of society, economics and technology.
Frédéric Jollien: “It’s us against the whole media landscape”
Together with other classical liberals in Switzerland, Frédéric Jollien is fighting against the royalties imposed by the government for media consumption. 450 Swiss Francs, the equivalent of €382, is the annual fee that consumers need to pay, regardless if they want state-run TV and radio channels or not. “We are not trying to abolish anything. […]
The technopanic of today’s media would have prevented the printing press in the 15th century
The opposition towards contemporary technological advancements is common, but it never had such a powerful ally in mainstream media sources. Commentators in newsrooms should know that the mindset that now opposes Lyft, Uber, and Airbnb would have prevented the commercialization of the printing press, and would, therefore, have threatened their own existence.
In Europe, Bill O’Reilly would still have a Job
“F**k it, we’ll do it live!” Bill O’Reilly’s iconic moment as a peeved host of “Inside Edition,” mixed with his more recent habit of dominating the ratings at Fox News, seem unusual in Europe. Here, TV, especially shows about politics and culture, attempts to maintain a facade of earnestness. Apart from the UK’s “Prime Minister’s Questions,” the […]
You Clicked on This Article because Marine Le Pen is in the Thumbnail
Le Pen’s National Front is living off the same media coverage advantages that Donald Trump profited off in the Republican primaries.
Bill Wirtz 