Thomas Knapp

Thomas L. Knapp is director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism (thegarrisoncenter.org). He lives and works in north central Florida.

And Now We Return to Our Scheduled Programming: Presidential Election Theater

Election 2022: Time for the “Spoiler” Whining

The US “Intelligence Community” Can’t Be Trusted to Police Itself

Capital Punishment Places Too Much Trust in an Untrustworthy Institution

So Long as There are Nukes, We Had Better Hope We Live in a MAD World

Biden’s (Mild) Marijuana “October Surprise”: Good Start. More, Please.

The Herschel Walker Life Hack for Would-Be Politicians

Note to SCOTUS: Section 230 is an Acknowledgement of Reality, Not a “Liability Shield”

Presidents Should Avoid Disaster Areas

Imperial Delusion is the Enemy of Peace and Prosperity

Biden, Immigration, and Fentanyl: Republicans’ Strange Version of “Logic”

Journalism: “Objectivity” and “Neutrality” Aren’t the Same Thing

Pentagon’s Information Warfare Review Should Cover the Domestic Side, Too

Ron DeSantis’s Immigrant Trafficking Stunt Keeps Looking Weirder and Dumber

DeSantis’s Costly Political Stunts Turn Florida’s Taxpayers Into Involuntary Presidential Campaign Contributors

Cotton Mouth: Political Careerist vs. Ranked Choice Voting

Elizabeth II and Marsha Hunt: Two Passings That Impoverish Our Memory

Does Sparing the Rod Really Spoil the Child?

Joe Biden’s Battle for “the Soul of This Nation” is a Fascist versus Fascist Cage Match

Florida Gubernatorial Election: Swamp Monster Cage Match

More Young Americans are Using Cannabis and Hallucinogens. That’s Good News.

Don’t Wait: Get Into the Encryption Habit Now

How Would a “National Divorce” Work?

One Screen, Two Movies? Think Again.

Cracker Barrel’s Offering a New Sausage Option. The Response is Bananas.

Kansas: What it Looks Like When the “Center” Wins

Can a Third Party “Fail Forward?”

“Net Neutrality” is Back. It’s Still a Corporate Welfare Scam and Internet Censorship Enabling Act

Get Brittney Griner Back? Sure, But Release Her Counterparts in America, Too

The Constitution versus “Independent State Legislature” Theory

Public University Patents are a Racket

On “Democracy” Metrics, the US Lags Britain

Third Party? America Doesn’t Even Have a Second Party.

Don’t Expand NATO, Disband It

Who’s Murdering Immigrants? It’s No Mystery

Abortion: No, Dobbs Isn’t “Decentralization”

Florida: So Much for “Parental Rights”

Free Assange? Yes, But That’s Not Nearly Enough

January 6th Hearing: Don’t Let Motives Obscure Facts

The Corporate Welfare Devil is in the “Clean Energy” Details

Electric Cars: Great Idea, But Not a Panacea

Marijuana: John Carney and Delaware’s Law Enforcement Lobby versus “The Children”

America’s Ruling Class: Candid…But Only In Camera

Sussmann Trial: Mook Outs Clinton as “Russiagate” Shot-Caller

Politics: The Real Meaning of the Word “Prompt”

Suppressing Insane Ideas Doesn’t Stop Insane Conduct

Crime Begets Crime, ICE Edition

“Privacy”: Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others

“Democracy” Doesn’t Work as an Argument Against Overturning Roe v. Wade

Will DeSantis’s Latest Mickey Mouse Political Tantrum Cost Him His Career?