Government employees are now America’s richest class. On average, they make more money than self-employed business owners or private-sector workers. New data shows what everyone has long suspected: Government “workers” have the highest median ‘earnings’ among all full-time, year-round American workers.” “According to the Census Bureau’s Personal Income Table 07 (PINC-07), the competition isn’t close. …
Category: Forbidden Glaciology
May 01
Faith in Democracy and Government Crumbles Worldwide
Recent global events have shaken faith in governments–and political engagement itself. More than two years after the people of Britain bravely voted to leave the European Union–against the wishes of the entire world political class–British elites continue to stall the move toward Brexit. The Brexit vote was the biggest vote in British history, with thousands …
Dec 12
New Climate Bet: Roots bets Kocienzski III that U.S. crop yields will continue in the next decade
Just weeks ago the U.S. government released its 1,700-page 2018 US National Climate Assessment, which claimed that failure to eliminate fossil fuels will send global temperatures soaring 15 degrees F by 2100! Chaos and food shortages will ensue! In the wake of these predictions, Dr. Roger Roots, founder and president of Lysander Spooner University, proposed …
Dec 11
Nicaraguan Reporters face assaults, violence, and death threats
The safest job in the world is that of a pro-government reporter; the most dangerous job in the world is that of an anti-government reporter. Dozens of courageous journalists have faced violent threats and attacks in the past year as they have reported on life under the repressive government. One journalist who has reported on …
Mar 05
Government “Disease Control” Agency Asks for more Money and Power as Life Expectancy Declines
Never in American history has the federal government had more power over the health and medical care of the American people. And life expectancy has gone down for the past two consecutive years, as American health care choices are increasingly choked and controlled by government. But the government “Center for Disease Control” is now seeking …
Dec 25
Government scientists rage at slight Trump budget cuts
Study after study shows that when government pays for science, that “science” tends to be very expensive, very inefficient, and biased in favor of government. This can be seen in numerous fields including welfare policy, education, health care and climate science. Dr. Roger Roots, the founder of Lysander Spooner University, documented the inefficiency of government-funded …
Sep 18
Are the glaciers in Glacier National Park growing? Lysander Spooner University investigates climate claims
Glacier National Park (GNP) straddles the continental divide along Montana’s border with Canada. Ever since Al Gore’s 2006 film, “An Inconvenient Truth,” the Park has been seen as ground zero in the international battle over manmade global warming. Almost every major figure promoting apocalyptic-manmade-global-warming-by-CO2 hysteria has made a publicized visit to the Park. Today’s visitors …
Aug 02
New Speakers Announced for August 12 Symposium
Amazing roster of speakers and lecturers for Lysander Spooner University’s “Despotism and Defiance” Conference. Saturday, August 12, Las Vegas, Nevada downtown, 1217 S. 4th Street, just north of the Stratosphere at “Camp Liberty.” Nationally recognized researchers and activists will discuss current threats to American liberty. $7 at the door appreciated. Maureen Peltier, army veteran turned …
Feb 21
Dennis Prager: Universities are the seminaries of modern America
Today’s government-funded colleges and universities deliver a steady stream of elitist, socialist worship of the state. Writer and higher-education reformer Dennis Prager compares modern government colleges to the seminaries of old Europe, where the Church indoctinated the leaders of western society. See here.
Jan 04
Join us for Lectures on Liberty, Pahrump, Nevada public library, Saturday Jan. 7, 2017
An Incredible afternoon of lectures in Pahrump, Nevada! Join us for an afternoon of facts and fun! Saturday, January 7, 2017 at the public library in Pahrump, Nevada Free to the public! Everyone is welcome! Refreshments and Stimulating Lectures! 1:30 p.m.: Patricia Aiken, “Milestones to Tyranny: How We Got Here.” 2:15 p.m.: “Cowboys and Indians …