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.

Trial and Error: Pelosi’s Foolish Impeachment Ploy

A Modest Proposal for Improving Senate Impeachment Trials

Afghanistan: Oh, When Will We Ever Learn?

JEDI Mind Tricks: Amazon Versus the Pentagon and Trump

Congress: The Snail’s Pace Race

Meet Virgil Griffith: America’s Newest Political Prisoner

NATO is a Brain Dead, Obsolete, Rabid Dog. Euthanize It.

Non-Intervention: an Imperfect Solution to a Terrible Problem

Trump Sentences Future War Criminals to Death

Thankful in 2019

Trump’s Course Correction on E-Cigarettes: Great Idea, No Matter His Reasons

Voters Say They Want a Third Party, They Should Vote Accordingly

Trump’s Democratic Critics Want it Both Ways on Biden, Clinton

Explainer: No, House Democrats Aren’t Violating Trump’s Rights

Mexico: One Failed US War Doesn’t Justify Another

Messaging as Manslaughter

Don’t Make Zuckerberg America’s Political Truth Czar

Trump’s Syria “Withdrawal”: Where Less is Probably More

Impeachment: Trump Has Already Confessed to “High Crimes”

Excuses, Excuses: Now Hillary Clinton’s Attacking Her Own Party’s Candidates

The Down Side of Impeachment

“The Grid” is the Problem, Not the Solution

Entangling Alliances Make For Forever Wars

Instead of Explaining Greta Thunberg, Debate Her Claims

Politicians: A Necessary Demystification

Impeachment is on the Rails, But That’s Not the Hard Part

E-Cigarettes: Media Bury the Lede, We Get to Bury the Bodies

Trump and Netanyahu: “Mutual Defense” or Just Mutual Political Back-Scratching?

Election 2020: Time to Stop Pretending and Start Over

War in All But Name as US State Department Offers Bribes to Pirates of Iranian Ships

Your Vote, Your Voice: Don’t Waste It

In Cybersecurity, Decentralization and Diversity are Strength

Will the DNC Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory Yet Again?

“Nuance” in Politics and Public Policy? No Thanks

Lung Disease Outbreak: First Casualties of the War on Vaping?

Sneering at “Conspiracy Theories” is a Lazy Substitute for Seeking the Truth

Tweeting Publicly Available Information isn’t “Shameful and Dangerous”

Don’t Let Mass Shooters and the New York Times Destroy Freedom of Speech

Afghanistan: In Search of Monsters to Not Destroy

Human Sacrifice: A Grand Old American Political Tradition

American Politicians Use Jews as Pawns to Excuse Their Meddling  in Israeli Elections

No Bail is Excessive Bail, Even for Jeffrey Epstein

Peckerwood Populism is About Political Strategy, Not Personal Belief

National Polls Don’t Mean Much. Here’s Why.

Free Speech Just isn’t That Complicated

Did Jeffrey Epstein “Belong to Intelligence?”

Photo ID is Obsolete and Unnecessary. Facial Recognition Technology Makes It Dangerous

Marianne Williamson is Right About American Elections

North Korea Nuclear Freeze? Finally, a Realistic Proposal

Yes, They’re Concentration Camps