The Roots of Liberty : A Libertarian Blog

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,...

Compliance Over Compassion

by Peter Venetoklis | Dec 17, 2021 | Culture, Health, Opinion, Politics

Mask and vax. Or else. That seems to be the sum total of government’s policy set on managing COVID in our society. Excepting those benighted red states (and some blue ones, I’m glad to report), which any right-thinking-leftist knows is being run by idiots...

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...

Mandates and Narratives

by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 25, 2021 | Health, Opinion, Politics

Professional basketball player Kyrie Irving has opted to resist a COVID vaccination mandate. Not the NBA’s mandate – the NBA has not established a vaccine requirement. New York City’s mandate, which has trickled down to Irving’s team, the...

Global Warming’s Third Way

by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 17, 2021 | Economics, Environment, Health, Opinion, Politics

News outlets are reporting that electricity prices are spiking in Europe. Apparently, a lull in offshore winds is reducing windmill power output, causing a mad scramble to buy coal and gas to make up for the shortfall. Their best buddy Vladimir Putin is jacking up the...

Broken Trust

by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 26, 2021 | Health, Opinion, Politics

Trump held a rally the other day, in which he stood behind a lectern that reads “Save America,” touted his successes. Included among these was the fast-tracking of vaccine development and approval. Then he did something he should have done more forcefully...