The American Empire
The Roman Empire never doubted that it was the defender of civilization. Americans have added freedom and democracy. Yet the more that may be added to it the more it…
Democracy Is Not the Same Thing as Freedom
The ruling classes insist that a country with a democratic government is also a free country. However, democracies also can be tyrannical and despotic. After all, in the final analysis,…
Harry Frankfurt, Humbug, and the Battle against Wokery
Philosopher Harry Frankfurt definitely was not a product of modern academe, where wokeness and outright humbug rule. He understood that the equal-outcomes portion of DEI was neither possible nor desirable.
Why Consumer Sentiment Fell To A Seven-Month Low
The US consumer has been adding debt to maintain consumption, and credit card debt has reached new record levels. This is not a strong economy.
The Lesson of the Trump Conviction
The case against Donald Trump was utterly ridiculous. Yet he was convicted anyway. Opponents of the political establishment need to understand why.
The Biden Administration Uses Fudged Numbers to Justify Imposing Punitive Regulations
In order to vastly expand the regulatory state, the Biden administration is using fake cost-benefit ratios to make its regulations seem less costly and more beneficial. This is clearly fraudulent,…
Do You Know Who’s Hitting You?
While our political “leaders” insist that the government is “protecting” us, it offers the same kind of “protection” that mobsters offer: pay us to “protect” you, or we burn down…
The Socialist Road to Destruction amid So-Called Good Intentions
Socialists pride themselves on their supposed good intentions even as they fashion policies that create havoc and harm the people socialists claim to be helping. Ludwig von Mises called it…
The Menace of Political Show Trials
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s conviction in Manhattan—a political show trial, to be sure—David Gordon reviews Danilo Zolo’s, Victor’s Justice, which examined the Nuremberg Trials following World War II.