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A Message From The Editor…

A Message From The Editor…

by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 24, 2021 | Culture, Drug Policy, Economics, Education, Election, Environment, Featured, Guns, Health, Immigration, Not Politics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation, Uncategorized

Friends and subscribers, in the interest of spreading the joys of liberty farther and wider, I’ve started publishing content on Substack. This site will remain active, but not carry all new content, so please, if you’ve enjoyed what you’ve read here,...
When Everything Is Illegal…

When Everything Is Illegal…

by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Nov 30, 2021 | Culture, Drug Policy, Health, Opinion, Politics

One of the few things our divided America agrees on is that our criminal justice system is failing. That the explanation and solution would be polar opposites is a separate matter. Leftists point at the Kyle Rittenhouse shooting, Righties point at the Darrel Brooks...
COVID, Candy, Cigarettes, and Choice

COVID, Candy, Cigarettes, and Choice

by Peter Venetoklis | May 12, 2021 | Culture, Drug Policy, Health, Opinion, Politics

Sixteen months ago, the World Health Organization announced a ‘Mysterious Coronavirus-Related Pneumonia in Wuhan, China.’ We all know what happened next. And by that I mean chaos, confusion, conflicting information, tendentious reporting (in multiple...
Menthol Madness

Menthol Madness

by Peter Venetoklis | May 6, 2021 | Culture, Drug Policy, Health, Opinion, Politics, Taxation

It didn’t take America very long to figure out that alcohol prohibition was a bad idea. The Volstead Act, which took effect in 1920 to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment, was repealed, via the Twenty-First Amendment, in 1933. Prohibitionists being who and what...
A Message From The Editor…

Do You Love Liberty?

by Peter Venetoklis | Apr 17, 2021 | Culture, Drug Policy, Economics, Education, Election, Environment, Featured, Guns, Health, Immigration, Not Politics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation, Uncategorized

If so, and if you like the content you find here on TheRootsOfLiberty.com, you can help the cause in many ways. First, don’t hesitate to share any articles you like, anywhere you wish. Seeds of liberty can be planted in many different fields, and it can be...
The Drug War Killed Breonna Taylor

The Drug War Killed Breonna Taylor

by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Oct 15, 2020 | Culture, Drug Policy, Economics, Opinion, Politics

Once again, the nation is agonized over a police killing of a person of color. Once again, mistrust between the community and the police rile riots that rope in the innocent. This time, it is the case of Breonna Taylor, killed in a botched drug raid. Once again,...
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