There is a sea change in how society views false accusations of sexual abuse. And it’s about time. The lawsuit John C. Depp, II v. Amber Laura Heard (2022) points to this transformation. Depp and Heard sued each other for defamation with “actual malice” over public accusations of domestic violence (DV) during their marriage; Heard also sued Depp’s
The acronym 2SLGBTQ + IA stands for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, androgynous, and asexual. The 2SLGBTQ+IA community is often described as seeking “rights and equality” for its members. What fair-minded person could object? Increasingly, however, the community appears to want privileges and equity
A “civil society” is a community of individuals who are linked together by common interests and activities. Common interests include being able to walk the streets safely (peace) and to exercise such rights as freedom of speech (individual freedom). These shared interests allow common activities to flourish, including commerce and the education of
College campuses have long been battlegrounds between due process for those accused of sexual misconduct (innocent until proven guilty) and legal privileges for alleged victims who many automatically believe (guilty until proven innocent). The front line is Title IX, the 1972 federal law designed to curb sex discrimination in schools. President
Gender feminism, the New Left, and Marxism (FLM) are often said to be politically aligned, and, certainly, there is significant overlap. But does a political FLM axis exist? The answer is important. A surreal dynamic has politicized every crevice of society and decent people now need to defend themselves against groundless accusations of racism,
Se está produciendo un cambio radical en la forma en que la sociedad ve las falsas acusaciones de abuso sexual. Y ya va siendo hora. El pleito John C. Depp, II v. Amber Laura Heard (2022) apunta a esta transformación. Depp y Heard se demandaron mutuamente por difamación con «malicia real» por acusaciones públicas de violencia doméstica (VD)
Las siglas 2SLGBTQ+IA significan dos espíritus, lesbianas, gays, bisexuales, transexuales, queer, cuestionadores, intersexuales, andróginos y asexuales. A menudo se dice que la comunidad 2SLGBTQ+IA busca «derechos e igualdad» para sus miembros. ¿Qué persona justa podría oponerse? Sin embargo, cada vez más, la comunidad parece querer también
Una «sociedad civil» es una comunidad de individuos unidos por intereses y actividades comunes. Los intereses comunes incluyen poder caminar por las calles con seguridad (paz) y ejercer derechos como la libertad de expresión (libertad individual). Estos intereses compartidos permiten el florecimiento de actividades comunes, como el comercio y la
Los campus universitarios han sido durante mucho tiempo campos de batalla entre el debido proceso para los acusados de mala conducta sexual (inocentes hasta que se demuestre su culpabilidad) y los privilegios legales para las presuntas víctimas a las que muchos creen automáticamente (culpables hasta que se demuestre su inocencia). La primera línea
Se suele decir que el feminismo de género, la nueva izquierda y el marxismo (FLM) están alineados políticamente y, ciertamente, hay una superposición significativa. ¿Pero existe un eje político del FLM? La respuesta es importante. Una dinámica surrealista ha politizado cada grieta de la sociedad y las personas decentes necesitan ahora defenderse
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The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.