Bidenflation Torpedoed Biden-Harris by James Bovard February 24, 2025 High inflation spurred Donald Trump’s defeat of Kamala Harris last November. The economy was the top issue for most voters, and inflation was the ...
Libertarianism and Value Judgments by Laurence M. Vance February 21, 2025 Most people on the Left and the Right misunderstand the essence of libertarianism. This should come as no surprise since even some libertarians misunderstand ...
Political Paternalism, Not Capitalism, Brings Poverty and Privilege by Richard M. Ebeling February 18, 2025 George Orwell (1903–1950), the author of the anti-Utopian novels Animal Farm (1945) and 1984 (1949), has often been quoted as saying, “Some ideas are ...
Sleepwalking into Tyranny by John W. Whitehead February 14, 2025 “This is what militaries do during coups: you capture the major targets, with government buildings high on the list, and you ...
Tariffs: Another Consequence of the Drug War by Laurence M. Vance February 12, 2025 President Trump recently announced additional tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China — three of America’s largest trading partners: 25 percent on goods ...
Statism Was Alive and Well in Ian Freeman’s Appellate Hearing by Jacob G. Hornberger February 10, 2025 Last Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, Massachusetts, held oral arguments in the case of Ian ...
The Feds Destroyed Laredo’s (and America’s) Heritage of Open Borders by Jacob G. Hornberger February 25, 2025 Every day, millions of Americans cross state borders without encountering border-control stations, where they would otherwise have to show some sort of identification and have their vehicles inspected for contraband or dangerous people. There is total, unrestricted, free movements of goods, services, and people across state borders. Most everyone likes this open-border system. Sure, it means that murderers, rapists, thieves, drug dealers, communists, ...
Is Trump Risking His Life with Russia and Ukraine? by Jacob G. Hornberger February 20, 2025 If you want to get a sense of what President Kennedy was up against with his Peace Speech at American University a few months before he was taken out, just look at the reaction to President Trump’s friendly overtures toward Russia in the last few days. The mainstream media is up in arms over Trump’s actions. Multiply that reaction by about 1,000 and ...
Trump’s Takeover of the Kennedy Center by Jacob G. Hornberger February 19, 2025 President Trump is cleaning house at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Upset over some of the center’s performances and possibly miffed over the fact that three honorees in 2017 didn’t want to meet with him, Trump fired Biden-appointed board members and others, criticized the center’s programming, and, amazingly, has appointed himself as the new chairman of ...
Trump’s Anti-DEI Policy and Private-Sector Dictatorship by Jacob G. Hornberger February 18, 2025 President Trump has upended the liberal/progressive policy of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by decreeing its immediate end within the federal government. Is that a good thing? Conservatives sure think so. My position? I don’t really care how presidents run their welfare-state, warfare-state departments and agencies. I’m with Murray Rothbard when he was asked about the importance of ferreting out communists in the federal ...
Trump Watch: The Problem Is America’s Welfare-Warfare State February 25, 2025 In this week's Trump Watch, Jacob analyzes Trump's dealing with Putin over Ukraine, Trump's wars on drugs ...
Libertarian Angle: The Virtues of Free Trade February 20, 2025 In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the virtues of free trade--with respect to both ...
Trump Watch: Trump’s Interventionism in Ukraine February 19, 2025 In this week’s Trump Watch, Jacob discusses President Trump’s policy toward Ukraine. Go to the
Libertarian Angle: FDR’s Executive Order on Gold February 13, 2025 In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss one of the most infamous acts in ...
