Legality should be this boring. If it violates the non-aggression principle, ban it. If it doesn’t, leave people alone. It really is that simple.

The lesson of the Boston Massacre isn’t just about the past. It’s a reminder that the “Spirit of Liberty” must be guarded constantly, because power rarely limits itself.

Liberty is rarely lost in a single dramatic moment. More often, it fades slowly as each generation tolerates a little more power concentrated in fewer hands.

Yet history since 1770 shows a constant tension. Even in free societies, governments tend to expand, accumulating authority, regulation, surveillance, and control.

The American Revolution that followed was rooted in a simple but powerful idea: government exists to secure liberty, not to control it. When power becomes unaccountable, freedom erodes.

The Boston Gazette framed the event as part of an ongoing scheme to “quell a Spirit of Liberty.” That phrase captured a deep concern shared by many colonists: that centralized power naturally seeks to suppress individual freedom.

British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people during rising tensions over taxation, military occupation, and imperial authority. For many colonists, it confirmed their worst fears about unchecked government power.

On this day in 1770, the Boston Massacre shocked the American colonies and helped ignite the movement for independence. 🧵

I love seeing this! While lawmakers argue about capping prices and expanding government control, a nurse in Orono just opened a primary care clinic outside the traditional insurance model. No giant system. No endless red tape. Just direct primary care with transparent pricing

https://t.co/iVXTs8iUqv

Want more affordable health care? Policies that expand supply and competition work better than arbitrary price caps.

The lesson? Suppressing prices suppresses the signals markets need to allocate resources. That leads to misallocation and scarcity.

Research shows price ceilings tend to reduce supply and investment rather than solve affordability issues.

History is full of examples. In the 1970s, Nixon’s wage & price controls aimed to fight inflation but instead created shortages — famously at gas pumps.

If providers can’t cover costs, they cut back or pull out. That means fewer services, not lower costs.

Prices aren’t just tags — they’re signals that help match supply with demand. When government sets a ceiling, it distorts those signals.

Maine is debating a bill to cap what hospitals can charge private insurers. Sounds good, but price controls almost always backfire 👇 https://t.co/fDl2m7dXdn

Whole lotta important folks resigning over a “hoax.”

When he won his Nobel prize, Al Gore said the Arctic summer may be ice-free by 2014. Later he said it was LIKELY by 2016. Those dates came and went. There's still LOTS of ice. Turns out alarmists' predictions are alarmist. But they grab headlines. We debunk here:

Trump says he deserves an “A+++++” grade on the economy. "Clearly not," laughs @ryanmcmaken, “Give him a D+.” Why? Because Trump pushes crony capitalism (his government takes part-ownership of companies). Because of his tariffs (mostly paid by us, not foreigners):