A French-Canadian Visits the Nation Which Could Soon Become Free by Yaël Ossowski | PanAm Post What is it like to cross a tract of land which may soon become a border between two countries? From behind the wheel of my rented Spanish SEAT Léon, the vast territory looked rather similar. The sight of the Scottish line from the English side looked much like the…
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Quebec Seeks to Tax and Regulate AirBnb Out of Existence
Despite being popular with travelers and hosts alike, the government of Quebec is doing everything it can to stop AirBnb. (PanAm Post) Español By Yaël Ossowski – August 20, 2014 During a recent stint back in Montreal, I decided to try the service AirBnb, by now a ritual of my international travel. I’ve used it in more than a dozen countries in Europe, plenty of…
This year’s European Students For Liberty Local Coordinators
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Philly schools to be ‘one-stop location’ for government handouts
LINE FORMS HERE: Philadelphia school systems could soon become the centers of government handouts. By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org Instead of the welfare office and City Hall, Philadelphia residents may soon be lining up at schools to apply for government benefits. A proposed bill by the Philadelphia City Council would make public schools the “one-stop location” for government handouts, including everything from Section 8 housing…
End the War on Migrant Children
Federal Bureaucracy, Migration Criminalization Put Forward Nation’s Worst Face YAËL OSSOWSKI JULY 21, 2014 | PanAm Post A migrant attempts to cross the US-Mexico border fence. (Wikimedia) Español When families with young children escape the perils of economic hardship and gangster-dominated neighborhoods in Latin America to make their way to the American border, their chances for a better life are just within reach. Most of them aim to connect with their…
Waging a “War on Terror” against FBI-Concocted Plots
Sting Operations Mislead US Public on Domestic Terrorism Threat By Yaël Ossowski | PanAm Post If you’ve heard news about a domestic terrorist plot in the United States, it’s more than likely the federal government had a hand in it. A hand not just in arresting, prosecuting, and exposing the suspected masterminds of these so-called terrorist plots, but also in tricking and entrapping them to commit…
Tom Steyer wants to ‘penalize people’ who add to ‘climate risk’
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org Speaking in New York City last week, Wall Street billionaire Tom Steyer laid clear his vision for penalizing people whose actions may contribute to climate change. “We need to reward people whose behavior reduces climate risk and penalize people who add to it,” said Steyer “If we can get this right, I think there’s no doubt that our economy is going to continue…
‘Risky Business’ billionaire bankers prop up federal carbon taxes
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org Ramping up the focus on the economic consequences of global warming, the newly minted Risky Business Project has unveiled a report predicting billions of dollars in damage if government fails to intervene. The report is laden with photos of recent hurricanes, floods, and storms, hoping to connect these weather events to the burning of fossil fuels and the connection to a changing climate. The news conference accompanying the…
Investigative Journalism, and How it Relates to Freedom
My speech given at the International Liberty Conference on August 24, 2013 hosted by the International Society for Individual Liberty. Transcript found here.
Why John Kerry’s Climate-Change Crusade Is Dangerous and Wrong
Obama’s Top Diplomat Leads with Doomsday Fiction, Follows with Policy Delusion By YAËL OSSOWSKI JUNE 4, 2014 PanAm Post John Kerry has made tackling climate change his top priority as US Secretary of State. It’s a mission doomed from the beginning, and we should be glad to see Kerry fail. The reasons for this are more about policy and the realities of government and less about science and ideology….