Bloated

The One Bloated Brobdingnagian Bill

President Trump’s so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is more of the same: big and bloated. It adds billions to the federal deficit and does nothing to deal with the government‘s ruinous debt. Naturally, the Republicans support it.
Vincent Cook
JFK

JFK and the Burden of Proof

We know what happened on November 22, 1963, at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, but there is a lot about that terrible day we don’t know. But we also know that President Kennedy challenged the National Security State. Did it cost him his life?
George Ford Smith
Guilt politics

The Politics of Guilt

From Reconstruction to George Floyd, the left‘s guilt industry has run at full speed. As Murray Rothbard wrote, it is time to stand up to those that use guilt as a social weapon.
Wanjiru Njoya
Torture

We Never Got to Torture Congress

Thanks to the endless “War Against Terror,” the US Government promoted methods of torture, including some borrowed from the sadistic torturers of the former Soviet Union. Congress stood by and let it happen.
James Bovard
Tariff policy

What Is the Rationale Behind Current US Tariff Policy?

The Trump administration has pursued a high tariff policy, reversing the movement to lower trade barriers around the world. The justification for this policy is the presence of trade deficits with other nations. However, what if  US trade deficits don’t matter?
Frank Shostak
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Complexity: Liberty vs. Power

Can we find freedom and opportunity in an uncertain future? This series explores the complex systems that shape our world.
The Costs of the Progressives

Progressivism

The battle between American individualism and modern progressive collectivism.
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