Libertarian Lessons from the Super Bowl
Even most non-sports fans like me know that the Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). It is one of the world’s most watched …
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Supreme Court Tortures the Constitution Again
The Supreme Court ruled in March that Americans have no right to learn the grisly details of CIA torture because the CIA has never formally confessed its crimes. The case …
The Summit of the Americas: What a Joke!
I can’t decide which part of the Summit of the Americas is funnier — the dust-up over which Latin American countries President Biden would permit to attend or Biden’s dramatic …
The U.S. Government Is Waging Psychological Warfare on the Nation
“Have you ever wondered who’s pulling the strings? … Anything we touch is a weapon. We can deceive, persuade, change, influence, inspire. We come in many forms. We are everywhere.”— …
What If the U.S. Had Invaded Ukraine?
Let’s engage in a thought experiment. Suppose that Ukraine was headed by a pro-Russia regime. After repeated failed attempts at assassination by the CIA, the Pentagon finally decides to invade …
The Centenary of Ludwig von Mises’s Critique of Socialism
At a banquet dinner held in New York City on March 7, 1956, honoring the famous Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises, another equally renowned member of the Austrian school of …
A Weird Society
By now, even the most diehard welfare-warfare statist has to acknowledge that we are living in a weird, dysfunctional, drug-addled, poverty-producing, and violence-prone society. What better proof of the failure …
And Then There Were Three
The Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.R.7691), which provides $40.1 billion for “appropriations for defense equipment, migration and refugee assistance, regulatory and technical support regarding nuclear power issues, emergency …
The Fed, And No One Else, Is Responsible for Inflation
According to commentators in the mainstream press and various federal officials, inflation is like the coronavirus. It spreads around the world, hitting different countries in different ways. Sometimes a country …
Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich, Part 1
Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich — How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey and Art Carden (University of Chicago Press, 2020). Throughout almost …