Why “Majority Rule” Doesn’t Work
Even if whole regions of the country vote overwhelmingly against a president, they are still forced to submit to four years of that president’s rule-by-decree.
Green Energy Trash
Chris Edwards President-elect Trump is moving quickly to choose cabinet members and announce his priorities for next year. Tax policy will be on the agenda, including scaling back the green…
An Idea Whose Time Should Never Come: Using Special Forces Against the Cartels Would Be a Colossal Mistake
Brandan P. Buck A perennial yet fanciful idea, the notion of sending US Special Forces into Mexico, has once again entered American political discourse. This latest flowering of foolishness emanated…
The Road Ahead
Trump is far from ideal, and we need to do all we can to work against the policies he favors that are inimical to a free society.
Misinformation Is Not the Election Boogeyman
David Inserra The election is over and the losing side is scrambling to justify its defeat. An emerging narrative is that misinformation is to blame: inaccurate reporting, misleading and biased…
The Federal Reserve Exposed
Lena Petrova interviews Ryan McMaken on World Affairs In Context.
FDIC Survey Shows 5.6 Million Unbanked Households, But Only 1.6 Million Want Accounts
Nicholas Anthony Millions of Americans do not have a bank account. Known as the “unbanked,” these Americans are often referred to in discussions of financial inclusion. As it stands, the…
The Battle on Lake Geneva—Mises vs. the Statists at Mont Pelerin
The original Mont Pelerin Society meeting in 1947 featured Ludwig von Mises, whose warnings about the dangers of socialism and totalitarianism had gone unheeded. In the wreckage of World War…
Here Come the Awful Neocon Trump Appointments
The transition team is rapidly revealing that Trump never had any intention of fundamentally changing how the American Empire functions.