Assad was supposed to be gone already. President Obama thought it would be just another “regime change” operation and perhaps Assad would end up like Saddam Hussein or Yanukovych. Or maybe even Gaddafi. But he was supposed to be gone. The US spent billions to get rid of him and even provided weapons and training to the kinds of radicals that
A popular poster depicts four cows standing in the corners of their respective fields at the intersection of two barbed wire fences. Each of the four cows has stretched her neck through the wires to reach the grass in another cow’s field. The poster invokes a humorous reaction from most observers. To most it would illustrate the phrase that “the
Today begins the Senate hearings on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. At Mises University this year, during a talk on how the courts disregard natural law in America , Judge Andrew Napolitano looked at some troubling moments in Judge Kavanaugh’s legal career. Here is a clip from that lecture: In a discussion on natural law, Napolitano noted
At Wal-Mart, Bitcoin is now competing alongside gold, silver, and government coins in the candy isle. Still not quite what Ron Paul and other Austrians have in mind advocating choice in currency , but it does serve as another illustration of how crypto-currency is becoming normalized in the United States.
Our regular readers are by now familiar with the work of economist Brendan Brown who offers some of the most detailed analysis of investment and monetary trends at mises.org. Now, Dr. Brown has finished a new book, The Case Against 2 Per Cent Inflation: From Negative Interest Rates to a 21st Century Gold Standard published by Palgrave Macmillan .
The 2016 campaign set a new standard for interruptions and other crimes against civility by candidates. The primaries were full of such rudeness, particularly the Republican free-for-alls. The presidential debates provided additional examples. Even the vice-presidential debate was described by one pundit as an “interruptionfest.” One side would
The late Sen. John McCain is being lauded far and wide for his long career of public service. Rep. John Lewis, the famous civil rights activist, hailed McCain as a “warrior for peace.” In reality, McCain embodied a mix of moralism and militarism that worked out badly for America and the world. When he was awarded the Liberty Medal last October at
When not assisting the continued politicization of America’s most powerful legislative branch , the media this week has relished in a variety of news items continuing to push the narrative that President Donald Trump is mentally unfit to hold office. While it’s fair to question the fitness of anyone to hold the power given to the modern American
According to the Federal Reserve’s Underlying Inflation Gauge , the 12-month inflation growth in June was 3.33 percent. That’s the highest rate recorded in 158 months, or more than 13 years. The last time the UIG measure was as high was in April 2005, when it was at 3.36 percent. The Fed began publicly reporting on new measure in December of last
By now you’ve heard about the combative spectacle that was last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. This momentous event was characterized not by political acumen, wit, cunning, or prudence, but by partisan obstruction, lawlessness, tantrums, hysteria, ignorance,
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