I’ve long believed that conservatives have a strange way of thinking when it comes to the federal government. Their positions on three issues — immigration, the drug war, and sanctions — buttress my point.
Let’s start with immigration. ...
The ideal free society is one in which people are living in a limited-government republic, one whose powers are limited to the three legitimate functions of government and one that is funded voluntarily — that is, funded without ...
There are two important principles to keep in mind with respect to America’s decades-old, ongoing, never-ending immigration crisis:
1. The crisis is caused by the immigration system itself. That is, if there was no immigration-control system, there would ...
In a press conference yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia desires to “reach an agreement” with respect to the return to the United States of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. The reporter has been incarcerated ...
U.S. spies for Cuba are in the news. Last week, U.S. officials announced the arrest of Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, a former U.S. ambassador, on charges of having spied for Cuba since the 1970s. Meanwhile, Ana Montes, a ...
One of the questions about libertarianism that has long fascinated me is: Why have so many libertarians given up on freedom? Everyone is given just one life to live. It seems to me that if there is anyone ...
In a time in which U.S. officials, especially those in Congress, are tripping over themselves with accusations of anti-Semitism against people who fail to unconditionally support the policies and practices of the Israeli government, this might be a ...
The issue of free speech on U.S. college campuses has reappeared big time with the Israel-Palestinian war.
Ross Stevens, a big donor to the University of Pennsylvania, is asking for the return of his $100 million donation ...
I was watching the 2002 war movie We Were Soldiers a couple of nights ago. I’ve seen it before but it’s such a great movie that I periodically re-watch it. It stars Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, ...
The FTC’s current lawsuit against Amazon is a perfect example of the statist mentality that undergirds antitrust laws. Amazon is an enormously big and hugely successful business enterprise. Therefore, according to statists, it must be an anti-competitive “monopoly.” ...